WikiASP vs. Zwiki vs. UseMod vs. Oddmuse

General Features WikiASP Zwiki UseMod Oddmuse
Version
1.6.2
0.61
1.2.2
2.3.13
Last Release Date
2005-10-13 (20 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2023-11-10 (2 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-08-26 (19 years ago)
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
2025-02-25 (1 year ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
Author
Elrey Ronald V.
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
Clifford Adams
Alex Schroeder
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
FREE
GPLv2
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
ASP
Python
Perl
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Database
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
free
Development status
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Non-IT, Student, Hobbyist
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
family people, hackers
System Requirements WikiASP Zwiki UseMod Oddmuse
Operating System
Windows
any
Linux, Windows, MacOS X
Anything supported by Perl
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS
Zope
Apache, probably anything with CGI support
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Other Requirements
Optional ADOX FSO components on IIS
Writable data directory
Datastorage WikiASP Zwiki UseMod Oddmuse
Text Files
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
PostgreSQL
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Oracle
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
RCS
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Other
MS Access DB
ZODB (zope object database)
No
No
Security/Anti-Spam WikiASP Zwiki UseMod Oddmuse
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
None (use your web server instead)
Host Blocking
No
Patch
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
nofollow
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
No
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Optional
CAPTCHA
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Patch
No
No
Development/Support WikiASP Zwiki UseMod Oddmuse
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Common Features WikiASP Zwiki UseMod Oddmuse
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features WikiASP Zwiki UseMod Oddmuse
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Optional
Unknown
Optional
Interface Languages
0
0
0
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Comments
Flat
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Unknown
No
Unknown
Plugin
Namespaces
Unknown
No
Unknown
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Links WikiASP Zwiki UseMod Oddmuse
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Links
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Windows Shares
Unknown
Unknown
No
Plugin
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features WikiASP Zwiki UseMod Oddmuse
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Unknown
Plugin
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Textile Support
Unknown
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Patch
No
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Custom styles
No
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Optional
No
Plugin
Scripting
DTML
None
Perl
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Usability WikiASP Zwiki UseMod Oddmuse
Section Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
No
No
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Patch
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Patch
No
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Statistics WikiASP Zwiki UseMod Oddmuse
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Unknown
No
Patch
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Optional
Patch
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
Optional
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Analysis
Unknown
No
No
No
Output WikiASP Zwiki UseMod Oddmuse
Printer Friendly
Print View
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Patch
Yes
No
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
Unknown
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Unknown
Patch
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files WikiASP Zwiki UseMod Oddmuse
File Attachments
No
Yes
Optional
Optional
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
No
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Filenames only
Extras WikiASP Zwiki UseMod Oddmuse
Calendar
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blogs
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples WikiASP Zwiki UseMod Oddmuse
Internal Link
WikiWord
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
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
[New Cnn|http://www.cnn.com]
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/] → [1]

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

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
Headlines
==Headline1
===Headline2
====Headline3
=====Headline4
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 6 ======
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
Bold Format
'''BoldFormat'''

{bold}BoldFormat{/b}
'''bold'''
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
''The quotation''
''italic''
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
Monospace Format
<space char here>This is mono
<tt>for monospace text</tt>
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
Strikethrough Format
_This is Strike Through_
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
image:http://wite/image/icon.jpg

image:local:icon.jpg
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
>Indent 1
>>Indent2
: indented
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
Bulleted Lists
* Test
* Bullets
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* one
** two
Numbered Lists
1. Test Numeer
1. Test Two

# 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
----
Depending on plugins:
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