Instiki vs. ErfurtWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. JSPWiki

General Features Instiki ErfurtWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
Version
0.30.0
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
6.2.0
2.11.0
Last Release Date
2019-03-01 (6 years ago)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (6 years ago)
2010-04-04 (15 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
WackoWiki Team
Apache Software Foundation
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
Public Domain (!)
BSD
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
PHP
PHP
Java
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Database
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
general, education
small + medium sites, development teams
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
all
System Requirements Instiki ErfurtWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
any
OS Independent
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
anything with PHP support
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
none
mod_rewrite (optional)
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage Instiki ErfurtWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
Text Files
No
Plugin
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
PostgreSQL
Yes
Plugin
No
Optional
Oracle
Plugin
No
No
Optional
SQLite
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
Plugin
No
Optional
RCS
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
no
MariaDB
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki ErfurtWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
nofollow
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Patch
No
Yes
Development/Support Instiki ErfurtWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
510 ⭐
N/A
55 ⭐
114 ⭐
Common Features Instiki ErfurtWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Plugin
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
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Instiki ErfurtWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
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
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
Email notification
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Comments
No
Plugin
Flat
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Optional
Patch
Patch
Structured Data
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Links Instiki ErfurtWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Instiki ErfurtWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
All
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Optional
No
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
No
Scripting
None
optional
actions (PHP)
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Usability Instiki ErfurtWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Patch
Yes
No
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Statistics Instiki ErfurtWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Optional
Yes
No
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
No
Output Instiki ErfurtWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
Optional
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
XML export
No
Optional
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Optional
Patch
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files Instiki ErfurtWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Contents
Extras Instiki ErfurtWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Optional
Yes
Blogs
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples Instiki ErfurtWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
Internal Link
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
[another site](http://example.com)
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold text__
**bold text**
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
_italic_, *italic*
''ialic text''
//italics//
''italics''
Underline Format
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
optional or via css
__underline__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
`monospace`
==monospaced text==
##monospace##
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
optional or via css
--strikethrough--
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript text^^
^^superscript^^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
optional or via css
vvsubscriptvv
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
[link to the image.jpg]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
optional or via css
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
one
two
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
term
: definition
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
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