UseMod vs. Oddmuse vs. Zwiki

General Features UseMod Oddmuse Zwiki
Version
1.2.2
2.3.13
0.61
Last Release Date
2023-11-10 (2 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2025-02-25 (1 year ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
Author
Clifford Adams
Alex Schroeder
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPLv2
Programming Language
Perl
Perl
Python
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
family people, hackers
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
System Requirements UseMod Oddmuse Zwiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, MacOS X
Anything supported by Perl
any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, probably anything with CGI support
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Zope
Other Requirements
Writable data directory
Datastorage UseMod Oddmuse Zwiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Plugin
MySQL
No
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
Plugin
Oracle
No
No
Plugin
SQLite
No
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
RCS
No
No
Unknown
Other
No
No
ZODB (zope object database)
Security/Anti-Spam UseMod Oddmuse Zwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
None (use your web server instead)
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Patch
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
Yes
nofollow
Patch
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Patch
Optional
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Patch
Development/Support UseMod Oddmuse Zwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
N/A
88 ⭐
N/A
Common Features UseMod Oddmuse Zwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features UseMod Oddmuse Zwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Optional
Optional
Interface Languages
0
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
0
Email notification
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Flat
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
No
Namespaces
Unknown
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Links UseMod Oddmuse Zwiki
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Optional
Backlinks
Yes
Plugin
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Plugin
Unknown
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features UseMod Oddmuse Zwiki
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
No
Optional
Patch
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
No
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
No
No
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Optional
Scripting
None
Perl
DTML
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Usability UseMod Oddmuse Zwiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Patch
Toolbar
No
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Yes
Statistics UseMod Oddmuse Zwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Patch
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Patch
Plugin
Optional
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Optional
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
Plugin
Analysis
No
No
No
Output UseMod Oddmuse Zwiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files UseMod Oddmuse Zwiki
File Attachments
Optional
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
No
Yes
Embedded Video
No
No
Yes
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras UseMod Oddmuse Zwiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
No
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples UseMod Oddmuse Zwiki
Internal 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
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
External Link
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

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

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
Bare urls plus markup-specific 
link syntax. This and all 
following syntax examples depend 
on which markup mode is used for 
a page, including:

restructured text, structured 
text, wikiwikiweb, moinmoin, 
html, plaintext..
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 6 ======
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
Bold Format
'''bold'''
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
''italic''
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>for monospace text</tt>
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
Strikethrough Format
N/A
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
Images
http://url.com/pic.gif
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
Aligning Text
N/A
no example known
Text Indentation
: indented
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* one
** two
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
Definition Lists
;Term:Definition
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
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Depending on plugins:
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