Oddmuse vs. PhpWiki vs. Instiki vs. WikiNi

General Features Oddmuse PhpWiki Instiki WikiNi
Version
2.3.13
phpwiki-1.3.14
0.30.0
0.5.0
Last Release Date
2018-09-03 (5 years ago)
2007-06-30 (16 years ago)
2019-02-28 (5 years ago)
2007-04-11 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-27 (5 years ago)
2009-04-03 (15 years ago)
2019-03-04 (5 years ago)
2009-02-09 (15 years ago)
Author
Alex Schroeder
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
Ruby's
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
Ruby on Rails
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
free
0
0
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
family people, hackers
Any
general, education
End Users/Desktop, Education
System Requirements Oddmuse PhpWiki Instiki WikiNi
Operating System
Anything supported by Perl
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Other Requirements
Writable data directory
various opt. helpers
Ruby 2.0-2.6
Datastorage Oddmuse PhpWiki Instiki WikiNi
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Yes
Plugin
No
SQLite
No
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
No
Other
No
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
Security/Anti-Spam Oddmuse PhpWiki Instiki WikiNi
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
None (use your web server instead)
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Mail Encryption
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
nofollow
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Patch
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support Oddmuse PhpWiki Instiki WikiNi
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
67 ⭐
N/A
478 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Oddmuse PhpWiki Instiki WikiNi
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age
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 Oddmuse PhpWiki Instiki WikiNi
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
1
English
1
French
Email notification
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
No
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Plugin
No
No
Patch
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Plugin
Patch
No
Unknown
Links Oddmuse PhpWiki Instiki WikiNi
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
No
Image Links
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Windows Shares
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Oddmuse PhpWiki Instiki WikiNi
HTML Tags
Plugin
Some
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
Yes
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
No
Scripting
Perl
plugins, templates, PHP
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Usability Oddmuse PhpWiki Instiki WikiNi
Section Editing
No
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Optional
No
Yes
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
No
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Patch
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics Oddmuse PhpWiki Instiki WikiNi
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
No
Output Oddmuse PhpWiki Instiki WikiNi
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
No
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Oddmuse PhpWiki Instiki WikiNi
File Attachments
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
No
No
Extras Oddmuse PhpWiki Instiki WikiNi
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Presentations
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Yes
No
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
No
Unknown
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Oddmuse PhpWiki Instiki WikiNi
Internal Link
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
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
External Link
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

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

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[another site](http://example.com)
[[ ]]
Headlines
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

Bold Format
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
**bold**
** **
Italics Format
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
_italic_, *italic*
// //
Underline Format
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
__ __
Monospace Format
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


`monospace`
## ##
Strikethrough Format
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
<strike>striked through</strike>
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
@@ @@
Superscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
<sup>above</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
<sub>below</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
[ 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
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
Aligning Text
no example known
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
Text Indentation
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
Bulleted Lists
* one
** two
* list
or
- list
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
-
-
-
Numbered Lists
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
# list
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
1)
1)
1)
Definition Lists
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Term:<def>
def
term
: definition
Horizontal Rule
Depending on plugins:
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