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| General Features | Confluence  | JSPWiki | Socialtext |
|---|---|---|---|
 Version |
 3.1 |
2.8.3 |
does not apply |
| Last Release Date |
8 December 2009 |
2009-11-13 |
does not apply |
| Author |
Atlassian |
Apache Software Foundation |
Socialtext |
| URL |
www.atlassian.com |
www.jspwiki.org |
www.socialtext.com |
| Free and Open Source |
 No |
 Yes |
does not apply |
| License |
Commercial + Free personal/open source project/community use |
Apache License |
does not apply |
| Programming Language |
Java |
Java |
does not apply |
| Data Storage |
Database |
Files, DB, RCS |
does not apply |
| License Cost/ Fee |
starting at US $10 installed (unlimited wikis) |
0 |
www.socialtext.com |
| Development status |
Mature |
Mature |
does not apply |
| Intended Audience |
Enterprise |
all |
Businesses, individuals & developers |
| Hosting Features | Confluence | JSPWiki | Socialtext |
| Storage Quota |
10 to 100GB+ |
does not apply | Starts at 1GB & scales to unlimited storage |
| Bandwidth Quota |
100GB/month |
does not apply | Unlimited |
| Other Limits |
No |
does not apply | Unlimited wiki workspaces & pages |
| Topic Restrictions |
No |
does not apply | None |
| Corporate Branding |
Yes |
does not apply | Yes |
| Own Domain |
 Optional |
does not apply | Yes |
| Ads allowed |
Yes |
does not apply | No |
| System Requirements | Confluence | JSPWiki | Socialtext |
| Operating System |
Windows, Mac, Linux and Unix variants |
any platform supporting JDK 1.5+ |
does not apply |
| Root Access |
No |
No |
does not apply |
| Webserver |
Tomcat, Resin, Weblogic, JBoss, Websphere |
any servlet 2.4+ compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere |
does not apply |
| Other Requirements |
Java 5 |
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality |
does not apply |
| Datastorage | Confluence | JSPWiki | Socialtext |
| Text Files |
No |
Yes |
does not apply |
| MySQL |
Yes |
 Plugin |
does not apply |
| PostgreSQL |
Yes |
Plugin |
does not apply |
| Oracle |
Yes |
Plugin |
does not apply |
| SQLite |
No |
Plugin |
does not apply |
| BerkeleyDB |
No |
Plugin |
does not apply |
| RCS |
No |
Plugin |
does not apply |
| Other |
PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase ASE |
page provider architecture -> several implementations |
does not apply |
| Security/Anti-Spam | Confluence | JSPWiki | Socialtext |
| Page Permissions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ACL |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Authentication Backends |
LDAP, NTLM, Siteminder, CAS and more |
JAAS |
does not apply |
| Host Blocking |
No |
Optional |
Yes |
| Mail Encryption |
Optional |
Plugin |
Optional |
| nofollow |
Optional |
Optional |
Optional |
| Blacklist |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| CAPTCHA |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
| Delayed Indexing |
No |
No |
Optional |
| Development/Support | Confluence | JSPWiki | Socialtext |
| Commercial Support |
Yes, 26 listed |
Yes, 2 listed |
Yes, 7 listed |
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes |
No |
does not apply |
| Code Repository |
Source included with commercial license |
svn.apache.org |
does not apply |
| Issue Tracker |
jira.atlassian.com |
issues.apache.org |
www.socialtext.net |
| Mailing List |
www.atlassian.com |
www.jspwiki.org |
www.socialtext.net |
| Support Forum |
forums.atlassian.com |
please use mailing lists or issue tracker |
www.socialtext.net |
| IRC Channel |
Jabber MUC at chat.atlassian.com |
Freenode: #jspwiki |
#socialtext |
| Common Features | Confluence | JSPWiki | Socialtext |
| Preview |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Minor Changes |
Yes |
No |
Optional |
| Change Summary |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page History |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| Revision Diffs |
Between all |
Between all |
Between all |
| Page Index |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Plugin System |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Special Features | Confluence | JSPWiki | Socialtext |
| Unicode Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Right-to-Left Support |
No |
Yes |
Optional |
| Interface Languages |
15 languages Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
10 languages Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese |
|
| Email notification |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Comments |
Threaded |
Flat |
Flat |
| Categories |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Namespaces |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Page Redirection |
Plugin |
Yes |
Optional |
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution |
Page Locking |
Conflict Detection |
| Search |
Full Text |
Full Text |
Full Text |
| Wiki Farming |
Yes |
 Patch |
does not apply |
| Structured Data |
Plugin |
Yes |
|
| Links | Confluence | JSPWiki | Socialtext |
| CamelCase |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
| Freelinks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlinks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| InterWiki |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
| SisterWiki |
No |
No |
Optional |
| Image Links |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Windows Shares |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
| Page Redirects |
Plugin |
Yes |
|
| Syntax Features | Confluence | JSPWiki | Socialtext |
| HTML Tags |
Optional |
Optional |
All |
| Math formulas |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Optional |
| Tables |
simple + complex |
simple + complex |
simple + complex |
| CREOLE support |
No |
Yes |
Optional |
| Markdown Support |
No |
No |
Optional |
| Textile Support |
Yes |
No |
Optional |
| BBCode Support |
No |
No |
Optional |
| Emoticon Images |
Yes |
Plugin |
Optional |
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes |
Plugin |
Optional |
| Footnotes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Optional |
| Quoting |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Internal Comments |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Optional |
| Custom styles |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
| FAQ Tags |
Yes |
No |
Optional |
| Scripting |
Macros, plugins, widgets, JavaScript and more |
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy |
Javascript |
| Content Includes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Usability | Confluence | JSPWiki | Socialtext |
| Section Editing |
Plugin |
Yes |
Optional |
| Page Templates |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Toolbar |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Access Keys |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Auto Signature |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Statistics | Confluence | JSPWiki | Socialtext |
| Recent Changes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Wanted Pages |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Recent Visitors |
Optional |
No |
Yes |
| Analysis |
Yes |
No |
Optional |
| Output | Confluence | JSPWiki | Socialtext |
| HTML |
HTML 4 |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
HTML 4 |
| CSS Stylesheets |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS |
Print CSS |
Print View |
| Mobile Friendly |
Plugin |
No |
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| RSS Feeds |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Abbreviations |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Auto-TOC |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Raw Export |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| HTML Export |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
| XML export |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| PDF Export |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Media and Files | Confluence | JSPWiki | Socialtext |
| File Attachments |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Media Revisions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Embedded Flash |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Embedded Video |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Image Editing |
Plugin |
No |
Optional |
| SVG Editing |
Plugin |
No |
Optional |
| MindMap Editing |
Plugin |
No |
Optional |
| Media Search |
Contents |
Filenames only |
Contents |
| Extras | Confluence | JSPWiki | Socialtext |
| Calendar |
Plugin |
Plugin |
|
| Image Galleries |
Yes |
Plugin |
|
| Forums |
Plugin |
Yes |
|
| Blogs |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Ticket System |
No |
No |
|
| Syntax Examples | Confluence | JSPWiki | Socialtext |
| Internal Link |
[Page Title] [Link Title|Page Title#anchor] [~username] [^attachment.doc] |
[link] [text|link] [text|wiki:link] |
[link] |
| External Link |
[http://www.example.com] [Link Title|http://www.example.com] [Shortcut Link|PageName@otherwiki] |
[http://www.example.com/] [example|http://www.example.com/] [text|wiki:link] |
http://www.example.com |
| Headlines |
h1. Top Level Heading h2. Smaller Heading h6. Smallest Heading |
! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 |
^ Headline |
| Bold Format |
*bold* |
__bold__ |
*bold* |
| Italics Format |
_italics_ |
''italics'' |
_italics_ |
| Underline Format |
+underline+ |
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %% |
|
| Monospace Format |
{{monospace}} |
{{monospace}} |
.pre monospace .pre |
| Strikethrough Format |
-strikethrough- |
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %% |
--strikethrough-- |
| Superscript Format |
^superscript^ |
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %% |
|
| Subscript Format |
~subscript~ |
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %% |
|
| Images |
!attached-image.jpg! !Other Page^attached-image.jpg|thumbnail! !http://example.com/external-image.jpg! |
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}] |
http://www.example.com/path/to/image.jpg |
| Aligning Text |
{html}<div align="right">{html} |
%%(text-align: right) text %% |
|
| Text Indentation |
|
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %% %%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %% |
> indented |
| Bulleted Lists |
* one ** one-two * two * three |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
* bullet item ** bulletted subitem |
| Numbered Lists |
# one ## one-two # two # three |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
# numbered item ## numbered subitem |
| Definition Lists |
|
;term:definition |
Term > definition |
| Horizontal Rule |
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| Last updated | 2009-12-09 | 2009-11-19 | 2009-07-15 |