Zwiki vs. PhpWiki vs. UseMod vs. Oddmuse

General Features Zwiki PhpWiki UseMod Oddmuse
Version
0.61
phpwiki-1.3.14
1.2.2
2.3.13
Last Release Date
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2023-11-10 (2 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2025-02-25 (1 year ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
Author
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Clifford Adams
Alex Schroeder
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv2
GPL
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Python
PHP
Perl
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
Any
family people, hackers
System Requirements Zwiki PhpWiki UseMod Oddmuse
Operating System
any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, Windows, MacOS X
Anything supported by Perl
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Zope
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache, probably anything with CGI support
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Other Requirements
various opt. helpers
Writable data directory
Datastorage Zwiki PhpWiki UseMod Oddmuse
Text Files
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Oracle
Plugin
Yes
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
Yes
No
No
RCS
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Other
ZODB (zope object database)
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
No
No
Security/Anti-Spam Zwiki PhpWiki UseMod Oddmuse
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
None (use your web server instead)
Host Blocking
Patch
No
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
Unknown
No
nofollow
Unknown
Yes
Patch
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Patch
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Patch
No
No
No
Development/Support Zwiki PhpWiki UseMod Oddmuse
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Common Features Zwiki PhpWiki UseMod Oddmuse
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features Zwiki PhpWiki UseMod Oddmuse
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
Unknown
Optional
Interface Languages
0
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
0
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Comments
Flat
Plugin
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
No
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Namespaces
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Structured Data
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Plugin
Links Zwiki PhpWiki UseMod Oddmuse
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Windows Shares
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Zwiki PhpWiki UseMod Oddmuse
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Plugin
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Patch
No
No
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
Optional
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
DTML
plugins, templates, PHP
None
Perl
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Usability Zwiki PhpWiki UseMod Oddmuse
Section Editing
No
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
Patch
Optional
No
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Patch
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Statistics Zwiki PhpWiki UseMod Oddmuse
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Optional
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Optional
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
No
Output Zwiki PhpWiki UseMod Oddmuse
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
No
No
PDF Export
Patch
Yes
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files Zwiki PhpWiki UseMod Oddmuse
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Optional
Optional
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
No
Filenames only
Extras Zwiki PhpWiki UseMod Oddmuse
Calendar
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Forums
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Zwiki PhpWiki UseMod Oddmuse
Internal Link
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
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
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://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
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
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 6 ======
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
Bold Format
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
'''bold'''
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
''italic''
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
<u>underline</u>
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


<tt>for monospace text</tt>
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
Strikethrough Format
<strike>striked through</strike>
N/A
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
Superscript Format
<sup>above</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
Subscript Format
<sub>below</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
Images
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
http://url.com/pic.gif
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
Aligning Text
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

N/A
no example known
Text Indentation
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
: indented
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
Bulleted Lists
* list
or
- list
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* one
** two
Numbered Lists
# list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
Definition Lists
Term:<def>
def
;Term:Definition
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
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Depending on plugins:
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