PodWiki vs. GWiki

General Features PodWiki GWiki
Version
0.9.1
2.4.0
Last Release Date
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2018-06-15 (8 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2018-10-16 (8 years ago)
Author
Thomas Linden
Roger Rene Kommer
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Apache License, Version 2.0
Programming Language
Perl
Java
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
GPL / none
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
average to advanced users
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
System Requirements PodWiki GWiki
Operating System
Unix
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
apache
All Java Servlet Container, included
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite optional
Java 1.8+
Datastorage PodWiki GWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Oracle
No
Yes
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Yes
Plugin
Other
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Google Datastore
Security/Anti-Spam PodWiki GWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
builtin
Internal and external with adapter
Host Blocking
No
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
nofollow
No
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support PodWiki GWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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Common Features PodWiki GWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Special Features PodWiki GWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
2
German, English
Email notification
No
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Links PodWiki GWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features PodWiki GWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
All
Math formulas
No
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
Yes
BBCode Support
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Footnotes
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
Perl
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Usability PodWiki GWiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Page Templates
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Statistics PodWiki GWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output PodWiki GWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Optional
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Media and Files PodWiki GWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Extras PodWiki GWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
Blogs
Unknown
Plugin
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples PodWiki GWiki
Internal Link
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
External Link
L<http://www.daemon.de>
[http://example.com]
Headlines
=head1 The Weather
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
Bold Format
B<bold>
*Bold Format*
Italics Format
I<italics>
_Italic format_
Underline Format
via html only
+Unterlined+
Monospace Format
put a space in front of monospaced text
{{Monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
via html only
-StrikeThrough-
Superscript Format
via html only
^Superscript^
Subscript Format
via html only
~Subscript~
Images
G<logo.png>
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
Aligning Text
via stylesheet only
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
Text Indentation
via stylesheet only
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
Bulleted Lists
=over

=item* listitem

=back
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
Numbered Lists
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
Definition Lists
via html only
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
Horizontal Rule
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