PodWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. UseMod

General Features PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod
Version
0.9.1
phpwiki-1.3.14
1.2.2
Last Release Date
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2023-11-10 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2025-02-25 (1 year ago)
Author
Thomas Linden
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Clifford Adams
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
GPL / none
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
average to advanced users
Any
System Requirements PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod
Operating System
Unix
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, Windows, MacOS X
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
apache
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache, probably anything with CGI support
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite optional
various opt. helpers
Datastorage PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
RCS
Yes
Yes
No
Other
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
No
Security/Anti-Spam PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
builtin
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
Unknown
nofollow
No
Yes
Patch
Blacklist
No
Yes
Patch
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Special Features PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
0
Email notification
No
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
No
No
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Links PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod
HTML Tags
Plugin
Some
Some
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Yes
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
Yes
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
Perl
plugins, templates, PHP
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Usability PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Patch
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Patch
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Patch
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Optional
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
Unknown
Media Search
No
No
No
Extras PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod
Calendar
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod
Internal Link
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

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

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
External Link
L<http://www.daemon.de>
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
Headlines
=head1 The Weather
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 6 ======
Bold Format
B<bold>
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
'''bold'''
Italics Format
I<italics>
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
''italic''
Underline Format
via html only
<u>underlined</u>
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
put a space in front of monospaced text
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


<tt>for monospace text</tt>
Strikethrough Format
via html only
<strike>striked through</strike>
N/A
Superscript Format
via html only
<sup>above</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
via html only
<sub>below</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
G<logo.png>
[ 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://url.com/pic.gif
Aligning Text
via stylesheet only
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

N/A
Text Indentation
via stylesheet only
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
: indented
Bulleted Lists
=over

=item* listitem

=back
* list
or
- list
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
# list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
via html only
Term:<def>
def
;Term:Definition
Horizontal Rule
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