Foswiki vs. GWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. Oddmuse vs. PmWiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features Foswiki GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Version
2.1.9
2.4.0
2.11.0
2.3.13
2.5.4
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2024-12-18 (11 months ago)
2018-06-15 (7 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2025-12-06 (10 days ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2024-12-18 (11 months ago)
2018-10-16 (7 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2025-12-06 (10 days ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Foswiki Community
Roger Rene Kommer
Apache Software Foundation
Alex Schroeder
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Apache License, Version 2.0
Apache License 2.0
GPL
GPL2+
BSD
Programming Language
Perl
Java
Java
Perl
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files
Database, Files
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
$0
Free
0
free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
all
family people, hackers
All
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements Foswiki GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Anything supported by Perl
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
All Java Servlet Container, included
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Java 1.8+
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Writable data directory
none
A common browser
Datastorage Foswiki GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
MySQL
No
Yes
Optional
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Optional
No
No
No
Oracle
No
Yes
Optional
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Optional
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Optional
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Other
caching of content into database using plugins
Google Datastore
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
No
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam Foswiki GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Internal and external with adapter
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
None (use your web server instead)
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Plugin
No
Optional
Yes
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Optional
No
nofollow
Yes
Optional
Optional
No
Yes
Unknown
Blacklist
Plugin
No
Yes
Optional
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Optional
Unknown
Development/Support Foswiki GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PmWiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
117 ⭐
7 ⭐
110 ⭐
88 ⭐
N/A
8486 ⭐
Common Features Foswiki GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Foswiki GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Optional
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
22
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
2
German, English
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, 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
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
Flat
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Links Foswiki GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PmWiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features Foswiki GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PmWiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
Yes
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Perl
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Usability Foswiki GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Statistics Foswiki GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Analysis
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Output Foswiki GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Abbreviations
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
XML export
Plugin
No
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
PDF Export
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Media and Files Foswiki GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PmWiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Optional
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Contents
Filenames only
Filenames only
No
Extras Foswiki GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
Forums
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples Foswiki GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
optional, default on:
[[page name]]

optional, default off:
PageName
[PageName] → [1]
[[[page name]]] → [1]
[PageName text] → text
[[page name|text]] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](page) → text
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
External Link
http://foswiki.org/ autolink
[[http://foswiki.org/][label]]
[http://example.com]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

optional, default on:
[http://example.com/ text] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
*bold*
*Bold Format*
__bold__
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
'''bold'''
''bold''
Italics Format
_italic_
_Italic format_
''italics''
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
''italic''
//italic//
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
+Unterlined+
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
{+underlined+}
__underline__
Monospace Format
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
{{Monospace}}
{{monospace}}
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
@@monospace@@
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
-StrikeThrough-
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
{-strikethrough-}
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^Superscript^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
'^superscript^'
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
~Subscript~
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
'_subscript_'
~~subscript~~
Images
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}%
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
%%(text-align: right) text %%
no example known
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* one
** two
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
$ Term: Definition
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
;term:definition
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
: term : definition
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
---
----
----
Depending on plugins:
----
----
----
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