ButorWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. XoWiki vs. JSPWiki

General Features ButorWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
Version
2.2.1
5.1.21
phpwiki-1.3.14
0.113
2.11.0
Last Release Date
2007-03-09 (19 years ago)
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
2007-07-01 (19 years ago)
2009-02-17 (17 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-07-30 (19 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2009-03-13 (17 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
Author
Aiman Sawan
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
Apache Software Foundation
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
LGPL
BSD
GPL
BSD
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
Java
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
XOTcl and Tcl
Java
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Database
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
SMB
Individuals, private, small groups
Any
large and small organizations as well as individuals
all
System Requirements ButorWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
Operating System
Any platform that can run Java 1.4+
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Root Access
No
No
No
Yes
No
Webserver
Any webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
AOLServer
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Other Requirements
Tomcat 4.1 +
A common browser
various opt. helpers
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage ButorWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Yes
No
Optional
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Oracle
No
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
No
Optional
RCS
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam ButorWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
None
optional extensions available
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
Unknown
No
No
Patch
Optional
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
nofollow
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
Development/Support ButorWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8690 ⭐
N/A
N/A
117 ⭐
Common Features ButorWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features ButorWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
3
German, English, Spanish
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
Email notification
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
Plugin
Threaded
Flat
Categories
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Optional
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Links ButorWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features ButorWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Some
Some
Optional
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Internal Comments
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
Internal Macros
JavaScript
plugins, templates, PHP
Yes
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Usability ButorWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
Section Editing
Unknown
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Optional
Optional
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Statistics ButorWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
No
Analysis
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Output ButorWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Optional
XML export
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ButorWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Media Search
Keywords
No
No
Contents
Contents
Extras ButorWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ButorWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
Internal Link
<a href="..."></a>
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
<a href="..."></a>
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
<h1>Header 1</h1>
<h2>Header 2</h2>
...
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
<b>Bold</b>
''bold''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
__bold__
Italics Format
<i>Italics</i>
//italic//
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
''italics''
Underline Format
<u>Underline</u>
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
<strike>striked through</strike>
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>above</sup>
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
<sub>below</sub>
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[ 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
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
or
- list
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
; term
: description
Term:<def>
def
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
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