DokuWiki vs. GWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. PmWiki

General Features DokuWiki GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Version
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
2.4.0
2.11.0
Pleiades-M45
1.9.11
2.5.4
Last Release Date
2020-07-20 (5 years ago)
2018-06-15 (7 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2005-03-22 (20 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2025-12-06 (10 days ago)
Last Update here
2021-08-09 (4 years ago)
2018-10-16 (7 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2009-12-23 (15 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2025-12-06 (10 days ago)
Author
Andreas Gohr
Roger Rene Kommer
Apache Software Foundation
team
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 2
Apache License, Version 2.0
Apache License 2.0
LGPL
GPL
GPL2+
Programming Language
PHP
Java
Java
Perl
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
personal, small to medium companies
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
all
corporate and special interest groups
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
All
System Requirements DokuWiki GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Unix/Linux
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
All Java Servlet Container, included
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Other Requirements
Java 1.8+
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
perl 4 or newer
None
none
Datastorage DokuWiki GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
No
Oracle
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Optional
Plugin
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Optional
Plugin
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Other
None
Google Datastore
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
No
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Security/Anti-Spam DokuWiki GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
Internal and external with adapter
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Apache
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
Host Blocking
Plugin
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Optional
nofollow
Optional
Optional
Optional
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
Optional
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Optional
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Optional
Development/Support DokuWiki GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
4485 ⭐
7 ⭐
110 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features DokuWiki GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
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
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features DokuWiki GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
68
Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Frisian, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
2
German, English
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
1
English
1
English
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
Email notification
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Links DokuWiki GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features DokuWiki GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Optional
All
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
Textile Support
Plugin
Yes
No
Optional
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
No
Optional
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Scripting
Optional, PHP
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
plugins, see comment ---------------->
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability DokuWiki GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
No
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Statistics DokuWiki GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Output DokuWiki GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Optional
Abbreviations
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
XML export
No
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
PDF Export
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Plugin
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Plugin
Media and Files DokuWiki GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Optional
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
Contents
Keywords
Contents
Filenames only
Extras DokuWiki GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Forums
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Chat
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Syntax Examples DokuWiki GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Internal Link
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
External Link
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
[http://example.com]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
Headlines
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
**bold**
*Bold Format*
__bold__
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
'''bold'''
Italics Format
//italics//
_Italic format_
''italics''
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
''italic''
''emphasised''
''italic''
Underline Format
__underlined__
+Unterlined+
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
__underline__
{+underlined+}
Monospace Format
''monospace''
{{Monospace}}
{{monospace}}
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
`monospaced`
@@monospace@@
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
-StrikeThrough-
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
--(strikethrough)--
{-strikethrough-}
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^Superscript^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
^superscript^
'^superscript^'
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
~Subscript~
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
,,subscript,,
'_subscript_'
Images
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
Aligning Text
Plugin
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
%%(text-align: right) text %%
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
Text Indentation
N/A
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
indented text
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
Numbered Lists
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
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
Definition Lists
Plugin
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
;term:definition
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
term:: definition
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
----
----
----
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
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