JSPWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. PmWiki vs. TWiki vs. Zim

General Features JSPWiki PhpWiki PmWiki TWiki Zim
Version
2.11.0
phpwiki-1.3.14
2.5.4
TWiki-6.1.0
0.56
Last Release Date
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2025-12-06 (10 days ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2012-04-02 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
2025-12-06 (10 days ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
Apache Software Foundation
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
GPL
GPL2+
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Java
PHP
PHP
Perl, JavaScript
Python
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
N/A
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
all
Any
All
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Private users, small teams
System Requirements JSPWiki PhpWiki PmWiki TWiki Zim
Operating System
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
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, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
None
Other Requirements
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
various opt. helpers
none
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage JSPWiki PhpWiki PmWiki TWiki Zim
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
No
PostgreSQL
Optional
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
Optional
Yes
No
No
No
SQLite
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Optional
Yes
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Other
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam JSPWiki PhpWiki PmWiki TWiki Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
File permissions
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Optional
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
Plugin
No
Optional
Yes
No
nofollow
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
Optional
Plugin
No
Development/Support JSPWiki PhpWiki PmWiki TWiki Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
110 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features JSPWiki PhpWiki PmWiki TWiki Zim
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
Yes
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
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features JSPWiki PhpWiki PmWiki TWiki Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Optional
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
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
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, 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
Optional
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Threaded
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
No
Links JSPWiki PhpWiki PmWiki TWiki Zim
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Features JSPWiki PhpWiki PmWiki TWiki Zim
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Plugin
All
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
Yes
No
Optional
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Scripting
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
plugins, templates, PHP
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability JSPWiki PhpWiki PmWiki TWiki Zim
Section Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics JSPWiki PhpWiki PmWiki TWiki Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Output JSPWiki PhpWiki PmWiki TWiki Zim
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files JSPWiki PhpWiki PmWiki TWiki Zim
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Filenames only
Contents
No
Extras JSPWiki PhpWiki PmWiki TWiki Zim
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples JSPWiki PhpWiki PmWiki TWiki Zim
Internal Link
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
External Link
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
__bold__
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
'''bold'''
*bold*
**bold**
Italics Format
''italics''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
''italic''
_italic_
//italic//
Underline Format
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
<u>underlined</u>
{+underlined+}
<u>underline</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{monospace}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


@@monospace@@
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
<strike>striked through</strike>
{-strikethrough-}
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
<sup>above</sup>
'^superscript^'
<sup>superscript</sup>
^{sup}
Subscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
<sub>below</sub>
'_subscript_'
<sub>subscript</sub>
_{sub}
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
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
%%(text-align: right) text %%
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
not implemented
Text Indentation
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
or
- list
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
;term:definition
Term:<def>
def
: term : definition
$ Term: Definition
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
----
----
----
---
not implemented
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