Phonemos vs. XWiki vs. Drupal Wiki vs. Wiki.js vs. Pwic.wiki

General Features Phonemos XWiki Drupal Wiki Wiki.js Pwic.wiki
Version
2626
18.0.0
8.37
2.5.299
1.2
Last Release Date
2025-09-29 (4 months ago)
2026-01-27 (3 days ago)
2025-06-05 (7 months ago)
2023-06-03 (2 years ago)
2024-06-24 (1 year ago)
Last Update here
2025-09-29 (4 months ago)
2026-01-28 (2 days ago)
2025-06-12 (7 months ago)
2023-07-30 (2 years ago)
2024-06-24 (1 year ago)
Author
http://www.phonemos.com
XWiki Development Team
https://kontextwork.de
Nicolas Giard
Team Pwic.wiki
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
License
Proprietary
LGPL + Free hosting on https://myxwiki.org for individuals/non profit
Commercial
AGPL-v3
GNU Affero General Public License version 3
Programming Language
React/Typescript, Scala
Java
Java
Javascript
Python
Data Storage
Database
Database, RCS
Database
Database, Files, other, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
from USD/EUR/CHF 50.-/mo.
0
Different licences
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Businesses
Enterprise, Workgroups, Developers
Enterprise
Everyone
Personal, IT consultancy, Software development, Small to medium companies
Hosting Features Phonemos XWiki Drupal Wiki Wiki.js Pwic.wiki
Storage Quota
Unlimited
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
Content must be legal and not discriminatory
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
Yes
Yes
No
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
Yes
Yes
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
No
No
No
N/A
N/A
System Requirements Phonemos XWiki Drupal Wiki Wiki.js Pwic.wiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, Unix variants
Any platform supporting Java 17 or greater
Linux, Unix, Windows, OS X
All
Linux, Windows, MacOS
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Nginx
Servlet 5.0+
Apache, nginx
All
Stand-alone (Python aiohttp)
Other Requirements
Java 17, MySQL/MariaDB/PostgreSQL/HSQLDB/etc (JDBC Driver required)
Node.js
Datastorage Phonemos XWiki Drupal Wiki Wiki.js Pwic.wiki
Text Files
No
No
No
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
No
Optional
No
Other
JDBC Databases and in general any database supported by Hibernate; any custom implementation, as the storage is pluggable. Attachments can be saved on the filesystem
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam Phonemos XWiki Drupal Wiki Wiki.js Pwic.wiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
SAML2, OIDC, FIDO2
XWiki, OpenID Connect, LDAP, custom (Open API), Kerberos, NTLM, Headers, PUMA, SAML, Trusted LDAP, Sun SSO
Active Directory, LDAP, Kerberos-SSO
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
Salted password, OAuth2 (Google, Microsoft, Github), 2FA TOTP
Host Blocking
Optional
No
No
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
No
Yes
Optional
Blacklist
No
Plugin
No
No
Patch
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Development/Support Phonemos XWiki Drupal Wiki Wiki.js Pwic.wiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Common Features Phonemos XWiki Drupal Wiki Wiki.js Pwic.wiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Phonemos XWiki Drupal Wiki Wiki.js Pwic.wiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Italian
40
Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Persian, French, Galician, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Marathi, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
2
German, English
54
Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Cambodian, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
3
German, English, French
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Comments
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Links Phonemos XWiki Drupal Wiki Wiki.js Pwic.wiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
SisterWiki
No
Yes
No
No
Patch
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Syntax Features Phonemos XWiki Drupal Wiki Wiki.js Pwic.wiki
HTML Tags
None
All
All
All
Some
Math formulas
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
Yes
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
FAQ Tags
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
via REST API
velocity, groovy, ruby, jython, generic JSR223 & very powerful API
Widgets
JS, CSS
External API for automation and bots
Content Includes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Usability Phonemos XWiki Drupal Wiki Wiki.js Pwic.wiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Optional
Optional
Statistics Phonemos XWiki Drupal Wiki Wiki.js Pwic.wiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Patch
Analysis
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Output Phonemos XWiki Drupal Wiki Wiki.js Pwic.wiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Optional
No
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
XML export
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
PDF Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Office Export
Yes
Yes
No
No
Optional
Media and Files Phonemos XWiki Drupal Wiki Wiki.js Pwic.wiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Contents
No
Filenames only
Extras Phonemos XWiki Drupal Wiki Wiki.js Pwic.wiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Presentations
No
Plugin
Optional
No
No
Forums
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Blogs
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Chat
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Syntax Examples Phonemos XWiki Drupal Wiki Wiki.js Pwic.wiki
Internal Link
XWiki supports 16+ input syntaxes (e.g. confluence, twiki, docbook, mediawiki, xwiki, markdown, etc), see http://rendering.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome#HSupportedSyntaxes for details.

The syntax documented below is XWiki Syntax 2.1 (http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/XWikiSyntax).

[[wiki syntax here>>Space.Page]]
[[Space.Page]]
(Space is optional and is the current space if not specified)
(Integrated in WYSIWYG-Editor with search in a dialog)
alternatively:
[[#123]]
[[#123][label]] 
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
[Paragraph](#p_1_1)
[Page](/project/page)
[Attachment](/special/document/1)
External Link
[[wiki syntax here>>http://www.xwiki.com]]
http://www.xwiki.com
(Integrated in WYSIWYG-Editor)
alternatively:
[[http://drupal-wiki.com]]
[[http://drupal-wiki.com][label]]
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org)
[Link](https://pwic.wiki/en)
<https://pwic.wiki/en>
Headlines
= Headline
== Subheadline
=== Sub-subheadline
==== etc..
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
# Title 1
## Title 2
### Title 3
Bold Format
**bold**
(Integrated into the WYSIWYG-Editor)
**Bold Text**
**bold**
Italics Format
//Italics//
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
*Italic Text*
*italics*
Underline Format
__underline__
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
<u>Underline Text</u>
--underline--
Monospace Format
##monospace##
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
`Monospace Code`
`keyword`

```python
print('Block of code')
```
Strikethrough Format
--Strike--
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
~~Strikethrough Text~~
~~strikethrough~~
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
^Superscript Text^
x<sup>2</sup> (trick)
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
~Subscript Text~
x<sub>2</sub> (trick)
Images
image:img.png
image:Space.Page@img.png
[[image:img.png||width="25" height="25"]]
image:http://some/url/img.png

Starting with the xwiki/2.1 syntax, also:
image:icon:cancel
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
![Caption](/special/document/1 "Image").
Aligning Text
(% style="... css here..." %)Text
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
Text Indentation
Non-semantic text indentation through styling:

(% style="... css here..." %)multi line text

Quotes:

> This is a quoted text
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
> Block line 1
> Block line 2
Bulleted Lists
* List
** list
*** list
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
- Item 1
- Item 1.1
- Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
11. Item 2
111. Item 3
1. Item 4
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
1. Line 1
2. Line 2
Definition Lists
; term
: definition
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
Horizontal Rule
----
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
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