JSPWiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. Oddmuse vs. PmWiki

General Features JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PmWiki
Version
2.11.0
Pleiades-M45
1.9.11
2.3.13
2.5.4
Last Release Date
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2005-03-22 (20 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2025-12-06 (11 days ago)
Last Update here
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2009-12-23 (15 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2025-12-06 (11 days ago)
Author
Apache Software Foundation
team
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Alex Schroeder
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
LGPL
GPL
GPL
GPL2+
Programming Language
Java
Perl
Python
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
all
corporate and special interest groups
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
family people, hackers
All
System Requirements JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PmWiki
Operating System
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Unix/Linux
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Anything supported by Perl
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Other Requirements
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
perl 4 or newer
None
Writable data directory
none
Datastorage JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PmWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Optional
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
Optional
Plugin
No
No
No
Oracle
Optional
Plugin
No
No
No
SQLite
Optional
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
Optional
Plugin
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Other
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
No
No
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Security/Anti-Spam JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PmWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Apache
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
None (use your web server instead)
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
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
Plugin
No
Optional
No
Optional
nofollow
Optional
No
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Optional
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Optional
Development/Support JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PmWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
110 ⭐
N/A
N/A
88 ⭐
N/A
Common Features JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PmWiki
Preview
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PmWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Optional
Interface Languages
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
1
English
1
English
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
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
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Links JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PmWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Windows Shares
Optional
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PmWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Some
Plugin
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
Textile Support
No
Optional
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Optional
No
Plugin
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Plugin
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Scripting
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Perl
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PmWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Statistics JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PmWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Analysis
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Output JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PmWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
XML export
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
PDF Export
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Media and Files JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PmWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Optional
Media Revisions
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Optional
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Keywords
Contents
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PmWiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Forums
Yes
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
No
Syntax Examples JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PmWiki
Internal Link
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
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
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
External Link
[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://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

optional, default on:
[http://example.com/ text] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
__bold__
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
'''bold'''
Italics Format
''italics''
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
''italic''
''emphasised''
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
''italic''
Underline Format
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
__underline__
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
{+underlined+}
Monospace Format
{{monospace}}
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
`monospaced`
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
@@monospace@@
Strikethrough Format
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
--(strikethrough)--
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
{-strikethrough-}
Superscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
^superscript^
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
'^superscript^'
Subscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
,,subscript,,
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
'_subscript_'
Images
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
Aligning Text
%%(text-align: right) text %%
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
no example known
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
Text Indentation
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
indented text
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* one
** two
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
;term:definition
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
term:: definition
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
----
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
----
-----
------
Depending on plugins:
----
----
remove JSPWiki remove KeheiWiki remove MoinMoin remove Oddmuse remove PmWiki