JSPWiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. PmWiki vs. Zim

General Features JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki Zim
Version
2.11.0
Pleiades-M45
1.9.11
2.5.4
0.56
Last Release Date
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2005-03-22 (20 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2025-12-06 (11 days ago)
2012-04-02 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2009-12-23 (15 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2025-12-06 (11 days ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
Apache Software Foundation
team
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
LGPL
GPL
GPL2+
GPL
Programming Language
Java
Perl
Python
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
all
corporate and special interest groups
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
All
Private users, small teams
System Requirements JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki Zim
Operating System
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Unix/Linux
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, Windows, OSX
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
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
None
Other Requirements
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
perl 4 or newer
None
none
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki Zim
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Optional
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
Optional
Plugin
No
No
No
Oracle
Optional
Plugin
No
No
No
SQLite
Optional
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
Optional
Plugin
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Other
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
No
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Apache
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
File permissions
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Plugin
No
Optional
Optional
No
nofollow
Optional
No
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Yes
Plugin
No
Optional
No
Development/Support JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
110 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki Zim
Preview
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
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 PmWiki Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
1
English
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
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Links JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki Zim
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Features JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki Zim
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Some
Plugin
None
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Optional
No
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Textile Support
No
Optional
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Optional
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Scripting
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
plugins, see comment ---------------->
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Usability JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki Zim
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Output JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki Zim
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Optional
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Media and Files JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki Zim
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Plugin
No
Optional
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
Keywords
Contents
Filenames only
No
Extras JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki Zim
Calendar
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Blogs
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples JSPWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki Zim
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]]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
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://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
__bold__
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
'''bold'''
**bold**
Italics Format
''italics''
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
''italic''
''emphasised''
''italic''
//italic//
Underline Format
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
__underline__
{+underlined+}
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{monospace}}
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
`monospaced`
@@monospace@@
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
--(strikethrough)--
{-strikethrough-}
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
^superscript^
'^superscript^'
^{sup}
Subscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
,,subscript,,
'_subscript_'
_{sub}
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}}
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
%%(text-align: right) text %%
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
not implemented
Text Indentation
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
indented text
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
indent with tabs
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
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
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
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
;term:definition
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
term:: definition
: term : definition
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
----
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
----
-----
------
----
not implemented
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