JSPWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. Confluence vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki
Version
2.11.0
phpwiki-1.3.14
5.2
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2013-08-13 (12 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
2013-08-22 (12 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Apache Software Foundation
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Atlassian
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
GPL
Commercial + Free personal/open source project/community use
BSD
Programming Language
Java
PHP
Java
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database, Files, RCS
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
starting at US $10 installed (unlimited wikis)
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
all
Any
Enterprise + Technical Teams
Individuals, private, small groups
Hosting Features JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
Optional
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
System Requirements JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki
Operating System
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Windows, Linux and Unix variants
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache Tomcat
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
various opt. helpers
Oracle JDK 1.6.0_4+
A common browser
Datastorage JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
MySQL
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Oracle
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
SQLite
Optional
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Optional
Yes
No
No
RCS
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Other
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
LDAP, NTLM, Siteminder, CAS and more
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Optional
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
Plugin
No
Optional
No
nofollow
Optional
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
113 ⭐
N/A
N/A
8553 ⭐
Common Features JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
No
Yes
Interface Languages
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
15
Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Threaded
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Links JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Features JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
plugins, templates, PHP
Macros, plugins, widgets, JavaScript and more
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Usability JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
Statistics JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Output JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
Unknown
PDF Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
No
Contents
No
Extras JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[Page Title]
[Link Title|Page Title#anchor]
[~username]
[^attachment.doc]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[http://www.example.com]
[Link Title|http://www.example.com]
[Shortcut Link|PageName@otherwiki]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
h1. Top Level Heading
h2. Smaller Heading
h6. Smallest Heading
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
__bold__
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
*bold*
''bold''
Italics Format
''italics''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
_italics_
//italic//
Underline Format
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
<u>underlined</u>
+underline+
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{monospace}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


{{monospace}}
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
<strike>striked through</strike>
-strikethrough-
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
<sup>above</sup>
^superscript^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
<sub>below</sub>
~subscript~
~~subscript~~
Images
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
[ 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]]
Aligning Text
%%(text-align: right) text %%
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
or
- list
* one
** one-two
* two
* three
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# list
# one
## one-two
# two
# three
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
;term:definition
Term:<def>
def
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
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