GWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. Oddmuse vs. PhpWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. TWiki

General Features GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Version
2.4.0
2.11.0
2.3.13
phpwiki-1.3.14
5.1.21
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2018-06-15 (7 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-16 (7 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
Author
Roger Rene Kommer
Apache Software Foundation
Alex Schroeder
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License, Version 2.0
Apache License 2.0
GPL
GPL
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Java
Java
Perl
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database, Files
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
free
0
0
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
all
family people, hackers
Any
Individuals, private, small groups
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Operating System
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Anything supported by Perl
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
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
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
Java 1.8+
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Writable data directory
various opt. helpers
A common browser
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
Optional
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Optional
No
Yes
No
No
RCS
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Yes
Other
Google Datastore
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
No
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal and external with adapter
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
None (use your web server instead)
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
optional extensions available
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Optional
Optional
No
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Blacklist
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Development/Support GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
7 ⭐
110 ⭐
88 ⭐
N/A
8486 ⭐
N/A
Common Features GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
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 GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
No
Interface Languages
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
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Japanese
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Flat
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Yes
Links GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Features GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Plugin
Some
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Optional
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Scripting
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Perl
plugins, templates, PHP
JavaScript
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Statistics GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Output GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Filenames only
No
No
Contents
Extras GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
No
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples GWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Internal Link
[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
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
[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://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
Headlines
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
*Bold Format*
__bold__
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
''bold''
*bold*
Italics Format
_Italic format_
''italics''
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
//italic//
_italic_
Underline Format
+Unterlined+
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
{{Monospace}}
{{monospace}}
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


{{{monospaced}}}
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
-StrikeThrough-
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
<strike>striked through</strike>
--strikethrough--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
^Superscript^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
<sup>above</sup>
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
~Subscript~
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
<sub>below</sub>
~~subscript~~
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
!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)
[ 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
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
Aligning Text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
%%(text-align: right) text %%
no example known
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* one
** two
* list
or
- list
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
# list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
;term:definition
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Term:<def>
def
; term
: description
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
----
----
Depending on plugins:
----
----
----
---
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