Instiki vs. JSPWiki vs. ProntoWiki

General Features Instiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
Version
0.30.0
2.11.0
1.0.1
Last Release Date
2019-03-01 (6 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2026-02-06 (today)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (6 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Apache Software Foundation
Clay Alberty
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
Apache License 2.0
BSD
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
Java
C#
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
general, education
all
System Requirements Instiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
IIS 5+
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
Datastorage Instiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Unknown
MySQL
Yes
Optional
Unknown
PostgreSQL
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Oracle
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
SQLite
Yes
Optional
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
Optional
Unknown
RCS
No
Plugin
Unknown
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
.NET Membership platform
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Plugin
No
nofollow
Unknown
Optional
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Yes
No
Development/Support Instiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
510 ⭐
114 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Instiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Special Features Instiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
1
English
Email notification
No
Plugin
No
Comments
No
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Optional
Namespaces
No
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Yes
Unknown
Links Instiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Optional
Windows Shares
No
Optional
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Instiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
Yes
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Unknown
Textile Support
Yes
No
Unknown
BBCode Support
No
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
None
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Optional
No
Usability Instiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Optional
No
Statistics Instiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Optional
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output Instiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Optional
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Instiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Unknown
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Extras Instiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
No
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Instiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
Internal Link
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
[pagename]
External Link
[another site](http://example.com)
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
{title|url}
Headlines
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!, !!, !!!
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
Italics Format
_italic_, *italic*
''italics''
''italics''
Underline Format
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
__under__
Monospace Format
`monospace`
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
<<super>> (using custom tags)
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
Images
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
%%(text-align: right) text %%
available through custom tags
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* 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 2
#
##
###
####
Definition Lists
term
: definition
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
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