Foswiki vs. JSPWiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. PmWiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features Foswiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki WackoWiki
Version
2.1.11
2.11.0
Pleiades-M45
2.5.8
6.2.1
Last Release Date
2026-03-15 (17 days ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
2026-03-09 (23 days ago)
2026-03-03 (29 days ago)
Last Update here
2026-03-15 (17 days ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2026-03-09 (23 days ago)
2026-03-03 (29 days ago)
Author
Foswiki Community
Apache Software Foundation
team
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Apache License 2.0
LGPL
GPL2+
BSD
Programming Language
Perl
Java
Perl
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
$0
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
all
corporate and special interest groups
All
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements Foswiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki WackoWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Unix/Linux
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
perl 4 or newer
none
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage Foswiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki WackoWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Optional
Plugin
No
No
Oracle
No
Optional
Plugin
No
No
SQLite
No
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
Optional
Plugin
No
No
RCS
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Other
caching of content into database using plugins
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Foswiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Apache
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Optional
Optional
Mail Encryption
Yes
Plugin
No
Optional
Optional
nofollow
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Optional
Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Optional
No
Development/Support Foswiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
118 ⭐
113 ⭐
N/A
N/A
55 ⭐
Common Features Foswiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
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
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Foswiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Unknown
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
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
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
30
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Flat
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Flat
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Links Foswiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Foswiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
All
Plugin
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Optional
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
Optional
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
Optional
Plugin
Patch
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Scripting
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability Foswiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Statistics Foswiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Analysis
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Output Foswiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
No
Abbreviations
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
XML export
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Patch
Office Export
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Patch
Media and Files Foswiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Keywords
Filenames only
Contents
Extras Foswiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki WackoWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Forums
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
No
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Patch
Syntax Examples Foswiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
External Link
http://foswiki.org/ autolink
[[http://foswiki.org/][label]]
[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://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
! Level 1
!!#anchor Level 2
!!! Level 3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
*bold*
__bold__
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'''bold'''
**bold**
Italics Format
_italic_
''italics''
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
''italic''
//italics//
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
{+underlined+}
__underline__
Monospace Format
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
{{monospace}}
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
@@monospace@@
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
{-strikethrough-}
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'^superscript^'
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'_subscript_'
,,subscript,,
Images
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}%
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
%%(text-align: right) text %%
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
$ Term: Definition
;term:definition
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
: term : definition
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Horizontal Rule
---
----
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
----
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