PhpWiki vs. Confluence vs. TiddlyWiki vs. JSPWiki

General Features PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Version
phpwiki-1.3.14
5.2
5.1.21
2.11.0
Last Release Date
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2013-08-13 (12 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2013-08-22 (12 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
Author
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Atlassian
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Apache Software Foundation
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Commercial + Free personal/open source project/community use
BSD
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
PHP
Java
HTML, JavaScript
Java
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Database
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
starting at US $10 installed (unlimited wikis)
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Any
Enterprise + Technical Teams
Individuals, private, small groups
all
Hosting Features PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Storage Quota
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
No
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
No
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
Optional
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
No
N/A
N/A
System Requirements PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Windows, Linux and Unix variants
Any
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache Tomcat
Not required (optional backends available)
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Other Requirements
various opt. helpers
Oracle JDK 1.6.0_4+
A common browser
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
PostgreSQL
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Oracle
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
SQLite
Yes
No
No
Optional
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
Optional
RCS
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Other
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
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 PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
LDAP, NTLM, Siteminder, CAS and more
optional extensions available
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
Plugin
nofollow
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Development/Support PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features PhpWiki Confluence 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 PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
15
Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Japanese
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Links PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
Macros, plugins, widgets, JavaScript and more
JavaScript
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Usability PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Statistics PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Output PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
XML export
No
Yes
Unknown
No
PDF Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Contents
Extras PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PhpWiki Confluence TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[Page Title]
[Link Title|Page Title#anchor]
[~username]
[^attachment.doc]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[http://www.example.com]
[Link Title|http://www.example.com]
[Shortcut Link|PageName@otherwiki]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
h1. Top Level Heading
h2. Smaller Heading
h6. Smallest Heading
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
*bold*
''bold''
__bold__
Italics Format
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
_italics_
//italic//
''italics''
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
+underline+
__underline__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


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

using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Bulleted Lists
* list
or
- list
* one
** one-two
* two
* three
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# list
# one
## one-two
# two
# three
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
Term:<def>
def
; term
: description
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
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