| General Features | MediaWiki | PmWiki | TiddlyWiki | JSPWiki |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
1.32.2
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2.5.4
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5.1.21
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2.11.0
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| Last Release Date |
2019-06-06 (6 years ago)
|
2025-12-06 (12 days ago)
|
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
|
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2019-06-21 (6 years ago)
|
2025-12-06 (12 days ago)
|
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
|
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
|
| Author |
Magnus Manske, Brion Vibber, Lee Daniel Crocker, Tim Starling, Erik Möller, and others.
|
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
|
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
|
Apache Software Foundation
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| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPL
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GPL2+
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BSD
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Apache License 2.0
|
| Programming Language |
PHP
|
PHP
|
HTML, JavaScript
|
Java
|
| Data Storage |
Database
|
Files
|
Files
|
Database, Files
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
End Users/Desktop, Education
|
All
|
Individuals, private, small groups
|
all
|
| System Requirements | MediaWiki | PmWiki | TiddlyWiki | JSPWiki |
| Operating System |
*nix, Windows, Mac OS X
|
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
|
Any
|
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Any with PHP support
|
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
|
Not required (optional backends available)
|
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
|
| Other Requirements |
none
|
none
|
A common browser
|
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
|
| Datastorage | MediaWiki | PmWiki | TiddlyWiki | JSPWiki |
| Text Files |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Optional
|
| PostgreSQL |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Oracle |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| SQLite |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Optional
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| RCS |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Other |
No
|
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
|
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
|
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | MediaWiki | PmWiki | TiddlyWiki | JSPWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
Yes
|
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
|
optional extensions available
|
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
|
| Host Blocking |
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Mail Encryption |
Plugin
|
Optional
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| nofollow |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
| Blacklist |
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
| CAPTCHA |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Development/Support | MediaWiki | PmWiki | TiddlyWiki | JSPWiki |
| # of Consultants | ||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
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| Code Repository | ||||
| Issue Tracker | ||||
| Mailing List | ||||
| Support Forum | ||||
| Chat Channel |
Freenode: #jspwiki
|
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| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
8486 ⭐
|
110 ⭐
|
| Common Features | MediaWiki | PmWiki | TiddlyWiki | JSPWiki |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
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 | MediaWiki | PmWiki | TiddlyWiki | JSPWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Interface Languages |
140
Afar, Abkhazian, Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Assamese, Aymara, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bihari, Bislama, Bengali; Bangla, Tibetan, Breton, Catalan, Corsican, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Bhutani, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Fiji, Faroese, French, Frisian, Irish, Scots Gaelic, Galician, Guarani, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Interlingue, Inupiak, Icelandic, Italian, Inuktitut, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Greenlandic, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kashmiri, Kurdish, Kirghiz, Latin, Lingala, Laothian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Maori, Macedonian, Malayalam, Mongolian, Moldavian, Marathi, Malay, Maltese, Burmese, Nauru, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Occitan, Oromo, Oriya, Punjabi, Polish, Pashto, Pushto, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Quechua, Rhaeto-Romance, Kirundi, Romanian, Russian, Kinyarwanda, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Sangho, Serbo-Croatian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Samoan, Shona, Somali, Albanian, Serbian, Siswati, Sesotho, Sundanese, Swedish, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Tajik, Thai, Tigrinya, Turkmen, Tagalog, Setswana, Tonga, Turkish, Tsonga, Tatar, Twi, Uighur, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Volapuk, Wolof, Xhosa, Yiddish, Yoruba, Zhuang, Chinese, Chinese Traditional, Zulu |
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 |
4
German, English, French, Japanese |
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese |
| Email notification |
Optional
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Comments |
Discussion Pages
|
Discussion Pages
|
Plugin
|
Flat
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Resolution
|
None
|
Page Locking
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
| Structured Data |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Links | MediaWiki | PmWiki | TiddlyWiki | JSPWiki |
| CamelCase |
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Page Redirects |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Features | MediaWiki | PmWiki | TiddlyWiki | JSPWiki |
| HTML Tags |
Some
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
| Math formulas |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
complex
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Scripting |
Optional
|
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
|
JavaScript
|
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
| Usability | MediaWiki | PmWiki | TiddlyWiki | JSPWiki |
| Section Editing |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
| Statistics | MediaWiki | PmWiki | TiddlyWiki | JSPWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Recent Visitors |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Output | MediaWiki | PmWiki | TiddlyWiki | JSPWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| XML export |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | MediaWiki | PmWiki | TiddlyWiki | JSPWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Video |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Media Search |
Keywords
|
Filenames only
|
No
|
Contents
|
| Extras | MediaWiki | PmWiki | TiddlyWiki | JSPWiki |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Image Galleries |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Blogs |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | MediaWiki | PmWiki | TiddlyWiki | JSPWiki |
| Internal Link |
[[a link]] [[a link|with title]] |
[[page name]] [[page name | link text]] [[link text -> page name]] [[#anchor]] [[#anchor|link to anchor]] [[page name #anchor]] |
WikiWord (CamelCase) [[link]] [[label|link]] |
[link] [text|link] [text|wiki:link] |
| External Link |
[http://example.org The title] |
http://.... [[http://... | link text]] [[link text -> http://...]] |
http://www.example.com [[label|http://www.example.com]] |
[http://www.example.com/] [example|http://www.example.com/] [text|wiki:link] |
| Headlines |
==Section== ===Subsection=== ====Sub-subsection==== |
! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 |
! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 !!!! Level 4 !!!!! Level 5 |
! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 |
| Bold Format |
'''bold''' |
'''bold''' |
''bold'' |
__bold__ |
| Italics Format |
''italic'' |
''italic'' |
//italic// |
''italics'' |
| Underline Format |
<u>underlined</u> |
{+underlined+} |
__underline__ |
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %% |
| Monospace Format |
<tt>monospace</tt> |
@@monospace@@ |
{{{monospaced}}} |
{{monospace}} |
| Strikethrough Format |
<s>strikethrough</s> |
{-strikethrough-} |
--strikethrough-- |
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %% |
| Superscript Format |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
'^superscript^' |
^^superscript^^ |
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %% |
| Subscript Format |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
'_subscript_' |
~~subscript~~ |
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %% |
| Images |
[[Image:wiki.png]] |
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg Attach:foo.jpg Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption |
[img[local.jpg]] [img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]] |
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}] |
| Aligning Text |
<center>Centered</center> |
%center% centered text %right% right aligned %lfloat% left floating text %rfloat% right floating text %rframe% right floating frame %lframe% left floating frame |
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}} |
%%(text-align: right) text %% |
| Text Indentation |
: indented line |
-> indented text --> more indentation -< hanging text --< more indentation |
:indent > quote <<< blockquote <<< |
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %% %%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %% |
| Bulleted Lists |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.2 * Item 2 |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 alternatively, indented: * item 1 * item 1.1 * item 2 |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
| Numbered Lists |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.2 # Item 2 |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 alternatively, indented: # Item 1 # Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
| Definition Lists |
; term : definition |
: term : definition |
; term : description |
;term:definition |
| Horizontal Rule |
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