DokuWiki vs. PmWiki vs. Wiki.js vs. Pepperminty Wiki

General Features DokuWiki PmWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Version
2025-05-14b "Librarian"
2.7.8
2.5.316
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
Last Release Date
2025-09-09 (1 year ago)
2026-10-24 (15 days ago)
2026-10-01 (1 month ago)
2023-02-18 (3 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-03-25 (7 months ago)
2026-10-24 (15 days ago)
2026-10-03 (1 month ago)
2023-02-19 (3 years ago)
Author
Andreas Gohr
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
Nicolas Giard
Starbeamrainbowlabs
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 2
GPL2+
AGPL-v3
MPL-2.0
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
Javascript
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database, Files, other, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Free!
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
personal, small to medium companies
All
Everyone
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
System Requirements DokuWiki PmWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
All
Linux / Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
All
Anything PHP enabled
Other Requirements
none
Node.js
php-mbstring, php-imagick (for previews), php-fileinfo (for checking file uploads), php-intl (for unicode text normalization in the search index), `php-sqlite3` (for search index storage), and php-zip (for exporting)
Datastorage DokuWiki PmWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
Optional
No
Other
None
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
n/a
Security/Anti-Spam DokuWiki PmWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
None yet
Host Blocking
Plugin
Optional
No
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
nofollow
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Blacklist
Optional
Optional
No
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional
Development/Support DokuWiki PmWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
4738 ⭐
N/A
29182 ⭐
207 ⭐
Common Features DokuWiki PmWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features DokuWiki PmWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
Yes
Unknown
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
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
54
Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Cambodian, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Optional
Optional
No
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Flat
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Links DokuWiki PmWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
No
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Features DokuWiki PmWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Plugin
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Plugin
Optional
No
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Scripting
Optional, PHP
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
JS, CSS
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Usability DokuWiki PmWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Statistics DokuWiki PmWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Optional
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Optional
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Output DokuWiki PmWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Optional
No
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Plugin
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Office Export
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Media and Files DokuWiki PmWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Optional
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
Filenames only
No
Keywords
Extras DokuWiki PmWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Forums
No
Plugin
No
No
Blogs
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Ticket System
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Chat
No
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples DokuWiki PmWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Internal Link
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
[[Internal Link]]s
External Link
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org)
![See the full syntax help here](https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/labs/peppermint/build/index.php?action=help#20-parser-default)
Headlines
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
! Level 1
!!#anchor Level 2
!!! Level 3
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
# Headline
Bold Format
**bold**
'''bold'''
**Bold Text**
**bold text**
Italics Format
//italics//
''italic''
*Italic Text*
_italics_
Underline Format
__underlined__
{+underlined+}
<u>Underline Text</u>
Monospace Format
''monospace''
@@monospace@@
`Monospace Code`
`code text`
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
{-strikethrough-}
~~Strikethrough Text~~
~~strikethough text~~
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
'^superscript^'
^Superscript Text^
sometext^superscript^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
'_subscript_'
~Subscript Text~
sometext~subscript~
Images
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
![Alt text](http://example.com/path/to/image.png)
Aligning Text
Plugin
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
Col1 | Col2 | Col3
-------|--------|-------
this  | is      | a
mark|down|table
Text Indentation
N/A
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
> Blockquote
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
* Item A
* Item B
* Item C
Numbered Lists
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
1. A
2. B
3. C
Definition Lists
Plugin
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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