| General Features | PodWiki | PhpWiki | UseMod | PmWiki |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
0.9.1
|
phpwiki-1.3.14
|
1.2.2
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2.6.0
|
| Last Release Date |
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
|
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
|
2023-11-10 (2 years ago)
|
2026-05-16 (29 days ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
|
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
|
2025-02-25 (1 year ago)
|
2026-05-16 (29 days ago)
|
| Author |
Thomas Linden
|
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
|
Clifford Adams
|
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
|
| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPL
|
GPL
|
GPL
|
GPL2+
|
| Programming Language |
Perl
|
PHP
|
Perl
|
PHP
|
| Data Storage |
Files, RCS
|
Database, Files, RCS
|
Files
|
Files
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
GPL / none
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
average to advanced users
|
Any
|
All
|
|
| System Requirements | PodWiki | PhpWiki | UseMod | PmWiki |
| Operating System |
Unix
|
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
|
Linux, Windows, MacOS X
|
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
apache
|
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
|
Apache, probably anything with CGI support
|
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
|
| Other Requirements |
mod_rewrite optional
|
various opt. helpers
|
none
|
|
| Datastorage | PodWiki | PhpWiki | UseMod | PmWiki |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Other |
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
|
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
|
No
|
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | PodWiki | PhpWiki | UseMod | PmWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
builtin
|
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
|
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
|
|
| Host Blocking |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Mail Encryption |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
| nofollow |
No
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Optional
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Development/Support | PodWiki | PhpWiki | UseMod | PmWiki |
| # of Consultants | ||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Code Repository | ||||
| Issue Tracker | ||||
| Mailing List | ||||
| Support Forum | ||||
| Chat Channel |
#49
|
#phpwiki
|
||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | PodWiki | PhpWiki | UseMod | PmWiki |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | PodWiki | PhpWiki | UseMod | PmWiki |
| Unicode Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
| Interface Languages |
1
English |
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional |
0
|
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
| Comments |
Threaded
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Discussion Pages
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Detection
|
Conflict Resolution
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Structured Data |
Unknown
|
Patch
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Links | PodWiki | PhpWiki | UseMod | PmWiki |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Features | PodWiki | PhpWiki | UseMod | PmWiki |
| HTML Tags |
Plugin
|
Some
|
Some
|
Plugin
|
| Math formulas |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Textile Support |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Footnotes |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Scripting |
Perl
|
plugins, templates, PHP
|
None
|
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Usability | PodWiki | PhpWiki | UseMod | PmWiki |
| Section Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
Patch
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Access Keys |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Statistics | PodWiki | PhpWiki | UseMod | PmWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Optional
|
| Orphaned Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Optional
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Analysis |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Output | PodWiki | PhpWiki | UseMod | PmWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
No
|
Print View
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Abbreviations |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| XML export |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Media and Files | PodWiki | PhpWiki | UseMod | PmWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Embedded Flash |
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Embedded Video |
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Media Search |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Filenames only
|
| Extras | PodWiki | PhpWiki | UseMod | PmWiki |
| Calendar |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Image Galleries |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Forums |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Blogs |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Ticket System |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Syntax Examples | PodWiki | PhpWiki | UseMod | PmWiki |
| 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 ] |
|
[[page name]] [[page name | link text]] [[link text -> page name]] [[#anchor]] [[#anchor|link to anchor]] [[page name #anchor]] |
| External Link |
L<http://www.daemon.de> |
http://someserver/someurl [ desc | exturl ] |
|
http://.... [[http://... | link text]] [[link text -> http://...]] |
| Headlines |
=head1 The Weather |
!!!Headline1 !!Headline2 !Headline3 |
= Level 1 = == Level 2 == === Level 3 === ==== Level 4 ==== ===== Level 5 ===== ====== Level 6 ====== |
! Level 1 !!#anchor Level 2 !!! Level 3 |
| Bold Format |
B<bold> |
*bold* or <strong>bold</strong> |
'''bold''' |
'''bold''' |
| Italics Format |
I<italics> |
_italics_ or or <em>italics</em> |
''italic'' |
''italic'' |
| Underline Format |
via html only |
<u>underlined</u> |
<u>underline</u> |
{+underlined+} |
| 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> |
@@monospace@@ |
| Strikethrough Format |
via html only |
<strike>striked through</strike> |
N/A |
{-strikethrough-} |
| Superscript Format |
via html only |
<sup>above</sup> |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
'^superscript^' |
| Subscript Format |
via html only |
<sub>below</sub> |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
'_subscript_' |
| 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 |
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg Attach:foo.jpg Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption |
| Aligning Text |
via stylesheet only |
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?> or <div align="right"> right </div> |
N/A |
%center% centered text %right% right aligned %lfloat% left floating text %rfloat% right floating text %rframe% right floating frame %lframe% left floating frame |
| Text Indentation |
via stylesheet only |
;: left indent ;;: more left indent or paragraph and another level |
: indented |
-> indented text --> more indentation -< hanging text --< more indentation |
| Bulleted Lists |
=over =item* listitem =back |
* list or - list |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 alternatively, indented: * item 1 * item 1.1 * item 2 |
| Numbered Lists |
=over =item 1. listitem =back |
# list |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 alternatively, indented: # Item 1 # Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
| Definition Lists |
via html only |
Term:<def> def |
;Term:Definition |
: term : definition |
| Horizontal Rule |
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