GWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. PhpWiki

General Features GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
Version
2.4.0
2.11.0
Pleiades-M45
phpwiki-1.3.14
Last Release Date
2018-06-15 (7 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2005-03-22 (20 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-16 (7 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
Author
Roger Rene Kommer
Apache Software Foundation
team
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License, Version 2.0
Apache License 2.0
LGPL
GPL
Programming Language
Java
Java
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
all
corporate and special interest groups
Any
System Requirements GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
Operating System
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Unix/Linux
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
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)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
Java 1.8+
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
perl 4 or newer
various opt. helpers
Datastorage GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Oracle
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
SQLite
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
RCS
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Other
Google Datastore
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal and external with adapter
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Apache
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
Plugin
No
No
nofollow
Optional
Optional
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Development/Support GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
7 ⭐
113 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
2
German, English
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Links GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Optional
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
All
Some
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Unknown
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
Optional
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Optional
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
No
Scripting
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Usability GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Optional
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Statistics GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Output GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Keywords
No
Extras GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Image Galleries
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
No
No
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
Internal Link
[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
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
External Link
[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://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
Headlines
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Bold Format
*Bold Format*
__bold__
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
Italics Format
_Italic format_
''italics''
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
Underline Format
+Unterlined+
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{Monospace}}
{{monospace}}
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


Strikethrough Format
-StrikeThrough-
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
<strike>striked through</strike>
Superscript Format
^Superscript^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
<sup>above</sup>
Subscript Format
~Subscript~
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
<sub>below</sub>
Images
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
Aligning Text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
%%(text-align: right) text %%
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Text Indentation
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* list
or
- list
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
# list
Definition Lists
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
;term:definition
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule
----
----
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
----
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