GWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. PmWiki

General Features GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
Version
2.4.0
2.11.0
Pleiades-M45
2.5.4
Last Release Date
2018-06-15 (7 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2005-03-22 (20 years ago)
2025-12-06 (11 days ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-16 (7 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2009-12-23 (15 years ago)
2025-12-06 (11 days ago)
Author
Roger Rene Kommer
Apache Software Foundation
team
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License, Version 2.0
Apache License 2.0
LGPL
GPL2+
Programming Language
Java
Java
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Files
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
All
System Requirements GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
Operating System
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Unix/Linux
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. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Other Requirements
Java 1.8+
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
perl 4 or newer
none
Datastorage GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
PostgreSQL
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
Oracle
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
SQLite
No
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
Optional
Plugin
No
RCS
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Other
Google Datastore
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.
Security/Anti-Spam GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
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
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Plugin
No
Optional
nofollow
Optional
Optional
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Development/Support GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
7 ⭐
110 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
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 PmWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Interface Languages
2
German, English
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
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Comments
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Links GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Optional
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
All
Plugin
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Markdown Support
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Textile Support
Yes
No
Optional
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Yes
Scripting
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
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)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Usability GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Statistics GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Output GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Abbreviations
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
XML export
No
No
No
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Media and Files GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Keywords
Filenames only
Extras GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
No
Plugin
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples GWiki JSPWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
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
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
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://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
Headlines
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
*Bold Format*
__bold__
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'''bold'''
Italics Format
_Italic format_
''italics''
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
''italic''
Underline Format
+Unterlined+
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
{+underlined+}
Monospace Format
{{Monospace}}
{{monospace}}
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
@@monospace@@
Strikethrough Format
-StrikeThrough-
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
{-strikethrough-}
Superscript Format
^Superscript^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'^superscript^'
Subscript Format
~Subscript~
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'_subscript_'
Images
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.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
Aligning Text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
%%(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
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
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
* 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
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
# 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
Definition Lists
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
;term:definition
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
----
----
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
----
remove GWiki remove JSPWiki remove KeheiWiki remove PmWiki