JSPWiki vs. PodWiki vs. wxWikiServer

General Features JSPWiki PodWiki wxWikiServer
Version
2.11.0
0.9.1
1.5.11c
Last Release Date
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2005-12-03 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2006-02-07 (20 years ago)
Author
Apache Software Foundation
Thomas Linden
Ryan Norton
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
GPL
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
Programming Language
Java
Perl
C++
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
GPL / none
NA
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
all
average to advanced users
End users/Desktop
System Requirements JSPWiki PodWiki wxWikiServer
Operating System
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Unix
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
apache
built-in
Other Requirements
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
mod_rewrite optional
None
Datastorage JSPWiki PodWiki wxWikiServer
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Optional
No
No
PostgreSQL
Optional
No
No
Oracle
Optional
No
No
SQLite
Optional
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Optional
No
No
RCS
Plugin
Yes
No
Other
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Security/Anti-Spam JSPWiki PodWiki wxWikiServer
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
builtin
unknown
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Plugin
Yes
No
nofollow
Optional
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
Development/Support JSPWiki PodWiki wxWikiServer
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
#49
Stars on GitHub
113 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features JSPWiki PodWiki wxWikiServer
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
No
Special Features JSPWiki PodWiki wxWikiServer
Unicode Support
Yes
No
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Plugin
No
No
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Links JSPWiki PodWiki wxWikiServer
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Optional
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features JSPWiki PodWiki wxWikiServer
HTML Tags
Optional
Plugin
All
Math formulas
Plugin
No
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Perl
no
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Optional
Yes
No
Usability JSPWiki PodWiki wxWikiServer
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Unknown
Auto Signature
Optional
No
Unknown
Statistics JSPWiki PodWiki wxWikiServer
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
No
Output JSPWiki PodWiki wxWikiServer
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Optional
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files JSPWiki PodWiki wxWikiServer
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras JSPWiki PodWiki wxWikiServer
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Image Galleries
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples JSPWiki PodWiki wxWikiServer
Internal Link
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
External Link
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
L<http://www.daemon.de>
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
=head1 The Weather
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
Bold Format
__bold__
B<bold>
''' bold text '''
Italics Format
''italics''
I<italics>
'' italic text ''
Underline Format
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
via html only
Monospace Format
{{monospace}}
put a space in front of monospaced text
start line with blank space.
Strikethrough Format
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
via html only
Superscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
via html only
Subscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
via html only
Images
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
G<logo.png>
ilocal://icon.jpg
img:icon.jpg
img:http://www.external/image.jpg
Aligning Text
%%(text-align: right) text %%
via stylesheet only
] centred text
Text Indentation
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
via stylesheet only
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
=over

=item* listitem

=back
* one
* two
* two.1
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
1 item one
2 item two
Or: 
# item 1
## item 1.1
# item two
Definition Lists
;term:definition
via html only
Horizontal Rule
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