UseMod vs. Pepperminty Wiki vs. Oddmuse vs. Wala Wiki

General Features UseMod Pepperminty Wiki Oddmuse Wala Wiki
Version
1.2.2
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
2.3.13
1.1.7
Last Release Date
2023-11-10 (2 years ago)
2023-02-18 (3 years ago)
2018-09-04 (8 years ago)
2026-03-02 (7 months ago)
Last Update here
2025-02-25 (1 year ago)
2023-02-19 (3 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2007-03-28 (19 years ago)
Author
Clifford Adams
Starbeamrainbowlabs
Alex Schroeder
Brent P. Newhall, Brennen Bearnes
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
MPL-2.0
GPL
Public Domain
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
Perl
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free!
free
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
family people, hackers
Small groups and organizations, weblog authors, private users, and wiki-novices.
System Requirements UseMod Pepperminty Wiki Oddmuse Wala Wiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, MacOS X
Linux / Windows
Anything supported by Perl
Linux, *BSD
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, probably anything with CGI support
Anything PHP enabled
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Any that supports basic CGI.
Other Requirements
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)
Writable data directory
Depends on "diff" for revision tracking. Atom feeds are available with XML::Atom::SimpleFeed.
Datastorage UseMod Pepperminty Wiki Oddmuse Wala Wiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
Other
No
n/a
No
diffs
Security/Anti-Spam UseMod Pepperminty Wiki Oddmuse Wala Wiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
No
No
No
Authentication Backends
None yet
None (use your web server instead)
None; Wala does not authenticate users.
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
No
No
nofollow
Patch
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
Patch
No
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
No
No
Development/Support UseMod Pepperminty Wiki Oddmuse Wala Wiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
206 ⭐
89 ⭐
N/A
Common Features UseMod Pepperminty Wiki Oddmuse Wala Wiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features UseMod Pepperminty Wiki Oddmuse Wala Wiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
No
Interface Languages
0
1
English
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Comments
No
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Flat
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Namespaces
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Links UseMod Pepperminty Wiki Oddmuse Wala Wiki
CamelCase
Optional
Unknown
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Optional
Optional
Backlinks
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features UseMod Pepperminty Wiki Oddmuse Wala Wiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Plugin
None
Math formulas
No
Optional
Plugin
No
Tables
simple
simple
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Optional
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
No
No
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
None
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
Perl
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Usability UseMod Pepperminty Wiki Oddmuse Wala Wiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
No
No
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Statistics UseMod Pepperminty Wiki Oddmuse Wala Wiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Patch
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Patch
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
Yes
No
No
Output UseMod Pepperminty Wiki Oddmuse Wala Wiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Optional
No
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Media and Files UseMod Pepperminty Wiki Oddmuse Wala Wiki
File Attachments
Optional
Yes
Optional
No
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
No
No
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
No
No
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
Keywords
Filenames only
No
Extras UseMod Pepperminty Wiki Oddmuse Wala Wiki
Calendar
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
No
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples UseMod Pepperminty Wiki Oddmuse Wala Wiki
Internal Link
[[Internal Link]]s
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
LinkDump, [link dump]
External Link
![See the full syntax help here](https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/labs/peppermint/build/index.php?action=help#20-parser-default)
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

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

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
[http://p1k3.com/ p1k3]
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 6 ======
# Headline
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
= headline =
Bold Format
'''bold'''
**bold text**
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
'''bolded'''
Italics Format
''italic''
_italics_
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
''italicized''
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>for monospace text</tt>
`code text`
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
monospaced.
Strikethrough Format
N/A
~~strikethough text~~
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
sometext^superscript^
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
sometext~subscript~
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
Images
http://url.com/pic.gif
![Alt text](http://example.com/path/to/image.png)
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
http://p1k3.com/wheat.png - Image URL to include.
Aligning Text
N/A
Col1 | Col2 | Col3
-------|--------|-------
this  | is      | a
mark|down|table
no example known
Text Indentation
: indented
> Blockquote
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
:Block-quoted text.
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item A
* Item B
* Item C
* one
** two
* Bullet point
* Bullet point
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. A
2. B
3. C
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
# One
# Two
# Three
Definition Lists
;Term:Definition
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
----
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Depending on plugins:
----
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