UseMod vs. Zwiki vs. Hatta vs. PmWiki

General Features UseMod Zwiki Hatta PmWiki
Version
1.2.2
0.61
1.6.6
2.6.0
Last Release Date
2023-11-10 (2 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2026-05-16 (24 days ago)
Last Update here
2025-02-25 (1 year ago)
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2026-05-16 (24 days ago)
Author
Clifford Adams
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
Radomir Dopieralski
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPLv2
GPL v2
GPL2+
Programming Language
Perl
Python
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
All
System Requirements UseMod Zwiki Hatta PmWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, MacOS X
any
Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOSX
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, probably anything with CGI support
Zope
Standalone, WSGI, FastCGI, CGI
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Other Requirements
Mercurial
none
Datastorage UseMod Zwiki Hatta PmWiki
Text Files
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
No
No
Oracle
No
Plugin
No
No
SQLite
No
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
No
No
RCS
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Other
No
ZODB (zope object database)
Plain text files in Mercurial repository, with SQLite index
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Security/Anti-Spam UseMod Zwiki Hatta PmWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
n/a
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
Yes
Patch
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
nofollow
Patch
Unknown
No
Yes
Blacklist
Patch
Yes
No
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Patch
No
Optional
Development/Support UseMod Zwiki Hatta PmWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
#wiki at freenode.net
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features UseMod Zwiki Hatta PmWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
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
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features UseMod Zwiki Hatta PmWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Optional
Optional
Optional
Interface Languages
0
0
15
Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Swedish
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
Unknown
Yes
No
Optional
Comments
No
Flat
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Unknown
No
Optional
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
No
Yes
Links UseMod Zwiki Hatta PmWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Syntax Features UseMod Zwiki Hatta PmWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
None
Plugin
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Yes
Optional
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Plugin
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
Patch
Optional
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Optional
Optional
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Internal Comments
No
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Optional
No
Yes
Scripting
None
DTML
JavaScript
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Usability UseMod Zwiki Hatta PmWiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Page Templates
No
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Toolbar
No
No
No
Optional
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Yes
Statistics UseMod Zwiki Hatta PmWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Patch
No
Yes
Optional
Orphaned Pages
Patch
Optional
Yes
Optional
Most/Least Popular
No
Optional
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
No
No
Plugin
Output UseMod Zwiki Hatta PmWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Yes
Optional
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
No
Optional
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
Plugin
XML export
No
Yes
No
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Patch
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Media and Files UseMod Zwiki Hatta PmWiki
File Attachments
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Optional
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras UseMod Zwiki Hatta PmWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Unknown
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Unknown
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
No
Plugin
Blogs
Unknown
Unknown
No
Plugin
Ticket System
Unknown
Unknown
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples UseMod Zwiki Hatta PmWiki
Internal Link
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
[[link]]
[[link|label]]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
External Link
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..
http://example.com
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|label]]
[[http://example.com|{{image}}]]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 6 ======
= h1 =
== h2 ==
...
===== h5 =====
! Level 1
!!#anchor Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
'''bold'''
**bold**
'''bold'''
Italics Format
''italic''
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
n/a
{+underlined+}
Monospace Format
<tt>for monospace text</tt>
{{{verbatim}}}
@@monospace@@
Strikethrough Format
N/A
n/a
{-strikethrough-}
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
n/a
'^superscript^'
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
n/a
'_subscript_'
Images
http://url.com/pic.gif
{{image}}
{{image|alt}}
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
Aligning Text
N/A
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
: indented
n/a
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
** sublist
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
n/a
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
;Term:Definition
n/a
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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