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

General Features DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Version
2025-05-14b "Librarian"
2.7.8
18.9.0
2.5.316
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
Last Release Date
2025-09-09 (1 year ago)
2026-10-24 (15 days ago)
2026-10-26 (13 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)
2026-10-26 (13 days ago)
2026-10-03 (1 month ago)
2023-02-19 (3 years ago)
Author
Andreas Gohr
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
XWiki Development Team
Nicolas Giard
Starbeamrainbowlabs
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 2
GPL2+
LGPL + Free hosting on https://myxwiki.org for individuals/non profit
AGPL-v3
MPL-2.0
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
Java
Javascript
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database, RCS
Database, Files, other, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Free!
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
personal, small to medium companies
All
Enterprise, Workgroups, Developers
Everyone
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
Hosting Features DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
N/A
System Requirements DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any platform supporting Java 21 or greater
All
Linux / Windows
Root Access
No
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.
Servlet 5.0+
All
Anything PHP enabled
Other Requirements
none
Java 21, MySQL/MariaDB/PostgreSQL/HSQLDB/etc (JDBC Driver required)
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 XWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
No
Other
None
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
JDBC Databases and in general any database supported by Hibernate; any custom implementation, as the storage is pluggable. Attachments can be saved on the filesystem
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
n/a
Security/Anti-Spam DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
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.
XWiki, OpenID Connect, LDAP, custom (Open API), Kerberos, NTLM, Headers, PUMA, SAML, Trusted LDAP, Sun SSO
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
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
nofollow
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
Optional
Optional
Plugin
No
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Optional
Optional
Yes
Optional
Optional
Development/Support DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
4738 ⭐
N/A
N/A
29182 ⭐
207 ⭐
Common Features DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
No
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
40
Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Persian, French, Galician, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Marathi, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Uighur, 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
Yes
No
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
No
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Links DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Features DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Plugin
All
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Plugin
Optional
Yes
No
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
Optional, PHP
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
velocity, groovy, ruby, jython, generic JSR223 & very powerful API
JS, CSS
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Usability DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
No
Statistics DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Output DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Optional
Optional
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Office Export
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Media and Files DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
Filenames only
Contents
No
Keywords
Extras DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Forums
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Blogs
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Ticket System
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Chat
No
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki 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]]
XWiki supports 16+ input syntaxes (e.g. confluence, twiki, docbook, mediawiki, xwiki, markdown, etc), see http://rendering.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome#HSupportedSyntaxes for details.

The syntax documented below is XWiki Syntax 2.1 (http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/XWikiSyntax).

[[wiki syntax here>>Space.Page]]
[[Space.Page]]
(Space is optional and is the current space if not specified)
[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://...]]
[[wiki syntax here>>http://www.xwiki.com]]
http://www.xwiki.com
[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
= Headline
== Subheadline
=== Sub-subheadline
==== etc..
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
# Headline
Bold Format
**bold**
'''bold'''
**bold**
**Bold Text**
**bold text**
Italics Format
//italics//
''italic''
//Italics//
*Italic Text*
_italics_
Underline Format
__underlined__
{+underlined+}
__underline__
<u>Underline Text</u>
Monospace Format
''monospace''
@@monospace@@
##monospace##
`Monospace Code`
`code text`
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
{-strikethrough-}
--Strike--
~~Strikethrough Text~~
~~strikethough text~~
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
'^superscript^'
^^superscript^^
^Superscript Text^
sometext^superscript^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
'_subscript_'
,,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:img.png
image:Space.Page@img.png
[[image:img.png||width="25" height="25"]]
image:http://some/url/img.png

Starting with the xwiki/2.1 syntax, also:
image:icon:cancel
![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
(% style="... css here..." %)Text
Col1 | Col2 | Col3
-------|--------|-------
this  | is      | a
mark|down|table
Text Indentation
N/A
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
Non-semantic text indentation through styling:

(% style="... css here..." %)multi line text

Quotes:

> This is a quoted text
> 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
* List
** list
*** list
- 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
11. Item 2
111. Item 3
1. Item 4
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
1. A
2. B
3. C
Definition Lists
Plugin
: term : definition
; term
: definition
Horizontal Rule
----
----
----
---
-------
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