PodWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. UseMod vs. TWiki vs. PmWiki vs. Hatta

General Features PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod TWiki PmWiki Hatta
Version
0.9.1
phpwiki-1.3.14
1.2.2
TWiki-6.1.0
2.6.0
1.6.6
Last Release Date
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2023-11-10 (2 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2026-05-16 (29 days ago)
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2025-02-25 (1 year ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2026-05-16 (29 days ago)
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
Author
Thomas Linden
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Clifford Adams
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
Radomir Dopieralski
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
GPL
GPL2+
GPL v2
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
Perl
Perl, JavaScript
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Files, RCS
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
GPL / none
0
0
N/A
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
average to advanced users
Any
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
All
System Requirements PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod TWiki PmWiki Hatta
Operating System
Unix
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, Windows, MacOS X
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOSX
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
apache
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache, probably anything with CGI support
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Standalone, WSGI, FastCGI, CGI
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite optional
various opt. helpers
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
none
Mercurial
Datastorage PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod TWiki PmWiki Hatta
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Other
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
No
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Plain text files in Mercurial repository, with SQLite index
Security/Anti-Spam PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod TWiki PmWiki Hatta
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
builtin
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
n/a
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Yes
nofollow
No
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Plugin
Optional
No
Development/Support PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod TWiki PmWiki Hatta
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
#phpwiki
#wiki at freenode.net
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod TWiki PmWiki Hatta
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod TWiki PmWiki Hatta
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Unknown
No
Optional
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
0
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, 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
15
Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Swedish
Email notification
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Optional
No
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
No
Threaded
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Links PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod TWiki PmWiki Hatta
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Syntax Features PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod TWiki PmWiki Hatta
HTML Tags
Plugin
Some
Some
All
Plugin
None
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Optional
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Scripting
Perl
plugins, templates, PHP
None
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod TWiki PmWiki Hatta
Section Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Patch
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod TWiki PmWiki Hatta
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Patch
No
Optional
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Output PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod TWiki PmWiki Hatta
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
No
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
XML export
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Media and Files PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod TWiki PmWiki Hatta
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Contents
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod TWiki PmWiki Hatta
Calendar
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples PodWiki PhpWiki UseMod TWiki PmWiki Hatta
Internal Link
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
[[link]]
[[link|label]]
External Link
L<http://www.daemon.de>
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
http://example.com
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|label]]
[[http://example.com|{{image}}]]
Headlines
=head1 The Weather
!!!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
---++++++ Level 6
! Level 1
!!#anchor Level 2
!!! Level 3
= h1 =
== h2 ==
...
===== h5 =====
Bold Format
B<bold>
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
'''bold'''
*bold*
'''bold'''
**bold**
Italics Format
I<italics>
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
''italic''
_italic_
''italic''
//italic//
Underline Format
via html only
<u>underlined</u>
<u>underline</u>
<u>underline</u>
{+underlined+}
n/a
Monospace Format
put a space in front of monospaced text
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


<tt>for monospace text</tt>
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
@@monospace@@
{{{verbatim}}}
Strikethrough Format
via html only
<strike>striked through</strike>
N/A
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
{-strikethrough-}
n/a
Superscript Format
via html only
<sup>above</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
'^superscript^'
n/a
Subscript Format
via html only
<sub>below</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
'_subscript_'
n/a
Images
G<logo.png>
[ 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
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
{{image}}
{{image|alt}}
Aligning Text
via stylesheet only
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

N/A
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
n/a
Text Indentation
via stylesheet only
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
: indented
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
n/a
Bulleted Lists
=over

=item* listitem

=back
* list
or
- list
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* list
** sublist
Numbered Lists
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
# list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
n/a
Definition Lists
via html only
Term:<def>
def
;Term:Definition
$ Term: Definition
: term : definition
n/a
Horizontal Rule
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