Zim vs. Phonemos

General Features Zim Phonemos
Version
0.56
2026.01
Last Release Date
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2026-01-15 (9 months ago)
Last Update here
2012-07-16 (14 years ago)
2026-02-12 (8 months ago)
Author
Jaap Karssenberg
http://www.phonemos.com
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
No
License
GPL
Proprietary
Programming Language
Python
React/Typescript, Scala
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
from USD/EUR/CHF 50.-/mo.
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private users, small teams
Businesses
Hosting Features Zim Phonemos
Storage Quota
N/A
Unlimited
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
Unlimited
Other Limits
N/A
-
Topic Restrictions
N/A
Content must be legal and not discriminatory
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
N/A
Yes
System Requirements Zim Phonemos
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OSX
Linux, Windows, Unix variants, Kubernetes
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
None
Nginx
Other Requirements
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage Zim Phonemos
Text Files
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
Other
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam Zim Phonemos
Page Permissions
No
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
File permissions
SAML2, OIDC, FIDO2
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support Zim Phonemos
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features Zim Phonemos
Preview
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
No
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features Zim Phonemos
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Interface Languages
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Italian
Email notification
No
Yes
Comments
No
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Links Zim Phonemos
CamelCase
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Page Redirects
No
No
Syntax Features Zim Phonemos
HTML Tags
None
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Tables
none
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Footnotes
No
No
Quoting
No
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Scripting
None
via REST API
Content Includes
No
Optional
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Usability Zim Phonemos
Section Editing
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Statistics Zim Phonemos
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output Zim Phonemos
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
Auto-TOC
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Yes
Media and Files Zim Phonemos
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Yes
Media Search
No
Contents
Extras Zim Phonemos
Calendar
Yes
No
Image Galleries
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
No
Forums
No
Yes
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Zim Phonemos
Internal Link
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
External Link
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
**bold**
Italics Format
//italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
Monospace Format
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
^{sup}
Subscript Format
_{sub}
Images
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
not implemented
Text Indentation
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
not implemented
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