Wiki on a Stick vs. ikiwiki vs. Oddmuse

General Features Wiki on a Stick ikiwiki Oddmuse
Version
0.12.0
2.67
2.3.13
Last Release Date
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
Author
legolas558
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Alex Schroeder
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv2
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
JavaScript
Perl
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users
Anyone
family people, hackers
System Requirements Wiki on a Stick ikiwiki Oddmuse
Operating System
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Any
Anything supported by Perl
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Other Requirements
JavaScript-capable browser
Writable data directory
Datastorage Wiki on a Stick ikiwiki Oddmuse
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Other
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
No
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki on a Stick ikiwiki Oddmuse
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Supports per-page AES encryption
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
None (use your web server instead)
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Wiki on a Stick ikiwiki Oddmuse
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features Wiki on a Stick ikiwiki Oddmuse
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
No
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wiki on a Stick ikiwiki Oddmuse
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
2
English, Italian
1
English
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Yes
Plugin
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Links Wiki on a Stick ikiwiki Oddmuse
CamelCase
No
Plugin
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Plugin
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features Wiki on a Stick ikiwiki Oddmuse
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Plugin
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Perl
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability Wiki on a Stick ikiwiki Oddmuse
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Optional
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Plugin
Statistics Wiki on a Stick ikiwiki Oddmuse
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
Unknown
No
No
Output Wiki on a Stick ikiwiki Oddmuse
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files Wiki on a Stick ikiwiki Oddmuse
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
No
Embedded Video
No
Optional
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras Wiki on a Stick ikiwiki Oddmuse
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
No
Forums
No
Unknown
No
Blogs
No
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Wiki on a Stick ikiwiki Oddmuse
Internal Link
[[WoaS test page]]
[[internal]]
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
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
[link text](http://example.org)
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

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

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
Headlines
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
Bold Format
*bold text*
**bold**
__bold__
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
/italics text/
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
_underlined text_
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
Images
[[Image::woas.png]]
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
http://example.com/pic.jpg

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

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
Bulleted Lists
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* one
** two
Numbered Lists
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
Depending on plugins:
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remove Wiki on a Stick remove ikiwiki remove Oddmuse