PodWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Oddmuse

General Features PodWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
Version
0.9.1
5.1.21
2.3.13
Last Release Date
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
2018-09-04 (8 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
Author
Thomas Linden
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Alex Schroeder
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
Perl
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
GPL / none
0
free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
average to advanced users
Individuals, private, small groups
family people, hackers
System Requirements PodWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
Operating System
Unix
Any
Anything supported by Perl
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
apache
Not required (optional backends available)
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite optional
A common browser
Writable data directory
Datastorage PodWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Other
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
No
Security/Anti-Spam PodWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
builtin
optional extensions available
None (use your web server instead)
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
nofollow
No
Unknown
No
Blacklist
No
No
Optional
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support PodWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8642 ⭐
89 ⭐
Common Features PodWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features PodWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Unknown
Plugin
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Plugin
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Links PodWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Plugin
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features PodWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Plugin
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
Yes
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Plugin
Scripting
Perl
JavaScript
Perl
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability PodWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Plugin
Statistics PodWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output PodWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Optional
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files PodWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
Filenames only
Extras PodWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
No
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
No
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples PodWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
Internal Link
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

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

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
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
External Link
L<http://www.daemon.de>
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

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

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
Headlines
=head1 The Weather
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
Bold Format
B<bold>
''bold''
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
I<italics>
//italic//
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
via html only
__underline__
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
Monospace Format
put a space in front of monospaced text
{{{monospaced}}}
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
Strikethrough Format
via html only
--strikethrough--
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
Superscript Format
via html only
^^superscript^^
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
Subscript Format
via html only
~~subscript~~
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
Images
G<logo.png>
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
Aligning Text
via stylesheet only
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
no example known
Text Indentation
via stylesheet only
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
Bulleted Lists
=over

=item* listitem

=back
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* one
** two
Numbered Lists
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
Definition Lists
via html only
; term
: description
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
---
----
Depending on plugins:
----
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