PodWiki vs. Zim vs. Pepperminty Wiki

General Features PodWiki Zim Pepperminty Wiki
Version
0.9.1
0.56
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
Last Release Date
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2023-02-18 (3 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2012-07-16 (14 years ago)
2023-02-19 (3 years ago)
Author
Thomas Linden
Jaap Karssenberg
Starbeamrainbowlabs
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
MPL-2.0
Programming Language
Perl
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
GPL / none
0
Free!
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
average to advanced users
Private users, small teams
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
System Requirements PodWiki Zim Pepperminty Wiki
Operating System
Unix
Linux, Windows, OSX
Linux / Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
apache
None
Anything PHP enabled
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite optional
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
php-mbstring, php-imagick (for previews), php-fileinfo (for checking file uploads), php-intl (for unicode text normalization in the search index), `php-sqlite3` (for search index storage), and php-zip (for exporting)
Datastorage PodWiki Zim Pepperminty Wiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
Plugin
No
Other
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Text Files with index in SQLite
n/a
Security/Anti-Spam PodWiki Zim Pepperminty Wiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
builtin
File permissions
None yet
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
Yes
nofollow
No
No
No
Blacklist
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Optional
Development/Support PodWiki Zim Pepperminty Wiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features PodWiki Zim Pepperminty Wiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
No
No
No
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features PodWiki Zim Pepperminty Wiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
No
No
Yes
Comments
Threaded
No
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
No
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Unknown
Links PodWiki Zim Pepperminty Wiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Yes
Syntax Features PodWiki Zim Pepperminty Wiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
None
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Optional
Tables
simple + complex
none
simple
CREOLE support
Yes
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
Yes
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
No
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
Perl
None
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
No
Usability PodWiki Zim Pepperminty Wiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics PodWiki Zim Pepperminty Wiki
Recent Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Yes
Output PodWiki Zim Pepperminty Wiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Optional
No
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files PodWiki Zim Pepperminty Wiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
No
No
Embedded Video
Optional
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
Keywords
Extras PodWiki Zim Pepperminty Wiki
Calendar
Unknown
Yes
No
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
No
Forums
Unknown
No
No
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
No
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PodWiki Zim Pepperminty Wiki
Internal Link
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

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

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
[[Internal Link]]s
External Link
L<http://www.daemon.de>
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
![See the full syntax help here](https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/labs/peppermint/build/index.php?action=help#20-parser-default)
Headlines
=head1 The Weather
=== Heading ===
# Headline
Bold Format
B<bold>
**bold**
**bold text**
Italics Format
I<italics>
//italic//
_italics_
Underline Format
via html only
__underline__
Monospace Format
put a space in front of monospaced text
``monospace``
`code text`
Strikethrough Format
via html only
~~strike~~
~~strikethough text~~
Superscript Format
via html only
^{sup}
sometext^superscript^
Subscript Format
via html only
_{sub}
sometext~subscript~
Images
G<logo.png>
{{./image.png}}
![Alt text](http://example.com/path/to/image.png)
Aligning Text
via stylesheet only
not implemented
Col1 | Col2 | Col3
-------|--------|-------
this  | is      | a
mark|down|table
Text Indentation
via stylesheet only
indent with tabs
> Blockquote
Bulleted Lists
=over

=item* listitem

=back
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
* Item A
* Item B
* Item C
Numbered Lists
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
1. A
2. B
3. C
Definition Lists
via html only
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
---
not implemented
-------
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