JSPWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. Zwiki

General Features JSPWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki Zwiki
Version
2.11.0
5.1.21
phpwiki-1.3.14
0.61
Last Release Date
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
2007-07-01 (19 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
Author
Apache Software Foundation
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
BSD
GPL
GPLv2
Programming Language
Java
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
all
Individuals, private, small groups
Any
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
System Requirements JSPWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki Zwiki
Operating System
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Zope
Other Requirements
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
A common browser
various opt. helpers
Datastorage JSPWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki Zwiki
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
MySQL
Optional
No
Yes
Plugin
PostgreSQL
Optional
No
Yes
Plugin
Oracle
Optional
No
Yes
Plugin
SQLite
Optional
No
Yes
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
Optional
No
Yes
Unknown
RCS
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
Other
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
ZODB (zope object database)
Security/Anti-Spam JSPWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki Zwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
optional extensions available
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
Host Blocking
Optional
No
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
Plugin
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Yes
Unknown
No
Patch
Development/Support JSPWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki Zwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
#phpwiki
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
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N/A
N/A
Common Features JSPWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki Zwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
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 TiddlyWiki PhpWiki Zwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Interface Languages
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
4
German, English, French, Japanese
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
0
Email notification
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
Plugin
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Links JSPWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki Zwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features JSPWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki Zwiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
No
Patch
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Scripting
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
JavaScript
plugins, templates, PHP
DTML
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Usability JSPWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki Zwiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Optional
Patch
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Statistics JSPWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki Zwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output JSPWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki Zwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
No
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files JSPWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki Zwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Filenames only
Extras JSPWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki Zwiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples JSPWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki Zwiki
Internal Link
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
External Link
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
Bare urls plus markup-specific 
link syntax. This and all 
following syntax examples depend 
on which markup mode is used for 
a page, including:

restructured text, structured 
text, wikiwikiweb, moinmoin, 
html, plaintext..
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Bold Format
__bold__
''bold''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
Italics Format
''italics''
//italic//
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
Underline Format
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{monospace}}
{{{monospaced}}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


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

Text Indentation
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
or
- list
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# list
Definition Lists
;term:definition
; term
: description
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule
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