PhpWiki vs. Oddmuse vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features PhpWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Version
phpwiki-1.3.14
2.3.13
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Alex Schroeder
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Any
family people, hackers
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements PhpWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Anything supported by Perl
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
various opt. helpers
Writable data directory
A common browser
Datastorage PhpWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Optional
MySQL
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Other
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
No
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam PhpWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
None (use your web server instead)
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
No
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
Yes
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support PhpWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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8587 ⭐
Common Features PhpWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PhpWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
No
Plugin
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Structured Data
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Links PhpWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Plugin
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features PhpWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
No
Optional
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Plugin
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
Perl
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Usability PhpWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Statistics PhpWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Yes
Plugin
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
Plugin
Output PhpWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files PhpWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Extras PhpWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
No
Plugin
Forums
Yes
No
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples PhpWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
optional, default on:
[[page name]]

optional, default off:
PageName
[PageName] → [1]
[[[page name]]] → [1]
[PageName text] → text
[[page name|text]] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](page) → text
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

optional, default on:
[http://example.com/ text] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
''bold''
Italics Format
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
//italic//
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
<strike>striked through</strike>
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>above</sup>
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>below</sub>
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
~~subscript~~
Images
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

no example known
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* list
or
- list
* one
** two
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# list
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
Term:<def>
def
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
----
Depending on plugins:
----
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