When comparing VoodooPad 5 vs gollum, the Slant community recommends VoodooPad 5 for most people. In the question“What is the best single-user wiki?” VoodooPad 5 is ranked 13th while gollum is ranked 14th. The most important reason people chose VoodooPad 5 is:
VoodooPad 5 is focused on use by an individual. It is a mature application. Its polished refinements are based upon many years of user experiences and feedback.
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Pros
Pro A desktop wiki
VoodooPad 5 is focused on use by an individual. It is a mature application. Its polished refinements are based upon many years of user experiences and feedback.
Pro Markdown support
You can use Markdown syntax to write your documents.
Pro Good task management features
Within the collections palette you'll find "to-dos" that are all @todo entries that you've left across all of your pages.
Pro Synchronize via Dropbox
You can utilize Dropbox to keep VoodooPad synchronized across all of your devices and allow for collaboration with other people.
Pro Java scriptlet & Event scripts support
To dynamically change HTML, ePub and PDF exports you can use Java scriptlets. To extend the functionality of VoodooPad you can use Event scripts.
Pro Export to ePub and PDF
Alongside being able to export a page as HTML, RTFD, Plain Text, or as a Word Document, you can export the whole document as XML, RTFD, Plain Text, .doc, ePub, PDF or to an iOS device via VP Reader.
Pro Collections palette
Collections allow creating an organizational structure of your pages.
Pro Git backend
Pro Markdown based
Pro File upload via drag and drop
Cons
Con OS X only
There are no Windows or Linux versions of VoodooPad.
Con Costs $24.99 USD
Price can be found here: http://www.voodoopad.com/
Con Breaks compatibility with VoodooPad 4
VoodooPad 5 uses a new file format that is not backwards compatible.
Con No offline client
When editing the Wiki offline, it has to cloned via git and a text editor has to be used.