Zwiki vs. Oddmuse vs. PmWiki

General Features Zwiki Oddmuse PmWiki
Version
0.61
2.3.13
2.6.0
Last Release Date
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2026-05-16 (10 days ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2026-05-16 (10 days ago)
Author
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
Alex Schroeder
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv2
GPL
GPL2+
Programming Language
Python
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
family people, hackers
All
System Requirements Zwiki Oddmuse PmWiki
Operating System
any
Anything supported by Perl
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Zope
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Other Requirements
Writable data directory
none
Datastorage Zwiki Oddmuse PmWiki
Text Files
Plugin
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
Plugin
No
No
Oracle
Plugin
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
RCS
Unknown
No
Plugin
Other
ZODB (zope object database)
No
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Security/Anti-Spam Zwiki Oddmuse PmWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
None (use your web server instead)
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
Patch
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
Optional
nofollow
Unknown
No
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Optional
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Patch
No
Optional
Development/Support Zwiki Oddmuse PmWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
N/A
88 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Zwiki Oddmuse PmWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Zwiki Oddmuse PmWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Optional
Optional
Interface Languages
0
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
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
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
No
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
No
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Links Zwiki Oddmuse PmWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Optional
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Plugin
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Zwiki Oddmuse PmWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Optional
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
Plugin
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Patch
Optional
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Optional
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Scripting
DTML
Perl
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Usability Zwiki Oddmuse PmWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Plugin
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Plugin
Optional
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Statistics Zwiki Oddmuse PmWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Optional
Orphaned Pages
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Most/Least Popular
Optional
No
No
Recent Visitors
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Output Zwiki Oddmuse PmWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Optional
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Optional
Abbreviations
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
XML export
Yes
No
Plugin
PDF Export
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
No
Plugin
Media and Files Zwiki Oddmuse PmWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Optional
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Optional
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras Zwiki Oddmuse PmWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
No
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
No
Plugin
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
No
No
Syntax Examples Zwiki Oddmuse PmWiki
Internal Link
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
[[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/] → [1]

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

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
Headlines
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
! Level 1
!!#anchor Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
'''bold'''
Italics Format
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
''italic''
Underline Format
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
{+underlined+}
Monospace Format
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
@@monospace@@
Strikethrough Format
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
{-strikethrough-}
Superscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
'^superscript^'
Subscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
'_subscript_'
Images
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
Aligning Text
no example known
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
Text Indentation
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
Bulleted Lists
* one
** two
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
Numbered Lists
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
Depending on plugins:
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