JSPWiki vs. UseMod vs. PhpWiki

General Features JSPWiki UseMod PhpWiki
Version
2.11.0
1.2.2
phpwiki-1.3.14
Last Release Date
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2023-11-10 (2 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2025-02-25 (1 year ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
Author
Apache Software Foundation
Clifford Adams
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Java
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
all
Any
System Requirements JSPWiki UseMod PhpWiki
Operating System
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Linux, Windows, MacOS X
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Apache, probably anything with CGI support
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
various opt. helpers
Datastorage JSPWiki UseMod PhpWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Optional
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
Optional
No
Yes
Oracle
Optional
No
Yes
SQLite
Optional
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
Optional
No
Yes
RCS
Plugin
No
Yes
Other
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
No
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam JSPWiki UseMod PhpWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Plugin
Unknown
No
nofollow
Optional
Patch
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Patch
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
Development/Support JSPWiki UseMod PhpWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
115 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features JSPWiki UseMod PhpWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features JSPWiki UseMod PhpWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
0
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Comments
Flat
No
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
No
Unknown
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Patch
Links JSPWiki UseMod PhpWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Optional
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features JSPWiki UseMod PhpWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Plugin
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
None
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Usability JSPWiki UseMod PhpWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Patch
Access Keys
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
No
Yes
Statistics JSPWiki UseMod PhpWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Patch
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Patch
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Output JSPWiki UseMod PhpWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files JSPWiki UseMod PhpWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
Unknown
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras JSPWiki UseMod PhpWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Image Galleries
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
No
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples JSPWiki UseMod PhpWiki
Internal Link
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
External Link
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 6 ======
!!!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 %%
<u>underline</u>
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{monospace}}
<tt>for monospace text</tt>
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


Strikethrough Format
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
N/A
<strike>striked through</strike>
Superscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>above</sup>
Subscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>below</sub>
Images
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
http://url.com/pic.gif
[ 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 %%
N/A
<?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 %%
: indented
;: 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:Definition
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule
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