Wiki.js vs. Pepperminty Wiki vs. Foswiki vs. Pwic.wiki

General Features Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Pwic.wiki
Version
2.5.299
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
2.1.10
1.2
Last Release Date
2023-06-03 (2 years ago)
2023-02-18 (3 years ago)
2025-12-18 (2 months ago)
2024-06-24 (1 year ago)
Last Update here
2023-07-30 (2 years ago)
2023-02-19 (3 years ago)
2025-12-18 (2 months ago)
2024-06-24 (1 year ago)
Author
Nicolas Giard
Starbeamrainbowlabs
Foswiki Community
Team Pwic.wiki
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
AGPL-v3
MPL-2.0
GPL
GNU Affero General Public License version 3
Programming Language
Javascript
PHP
Perl
Python
Data Storage
Database, Files, other, RCS
Files
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free!
$0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everyone
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
Personal, IT consultancy, Software development, Small to medium companies
System Requirements Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Pwic.wiki
Operating System
All
Linux / Windows
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
Linux, Windows, MacOS
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
All
Anything PHP enabled
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
Stand-alone (Python aiohttp)
Other Requirements
Node.js
php-mbstring, php-imagick (for previews), php-fileinfo (for checking file uploads), php-intl (for unicode text normalization in the search index), `php-sqlite3` (for search index storage), and php-zip (for exporting)
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Pwic.wiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
Optional
No
Yes
No
Other
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
n/a
caching of content into database using plugins
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Pwic.wiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
None yet
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Salted password, OAuth2 (Google, Microsoft, Github), 2FA TOTP
Host Blocking
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Mail Encryption
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
nofollow
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
Plugin
Patch
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Optional
Optional
Plugin
No
Development/Support Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Pwic.wiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
27997 ⭐
207 ⭐
118 ⭐
18 ⭐
Common Features Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Pwic.wiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Optional
Change Summary
No
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Pwic.wiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Interface Languages
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
1
English
22
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
3
German, English, French
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Patch
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
No
No
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Structured Data
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Links Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Pwic.wiki
CamelCase
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Patch
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Syntax Features Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Pwic.wiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
All
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
No
Scripting
JS, CSS
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
External API for automation and bots
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Plugin
No
Usability Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Pwic.wiki
Section Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
No
Yes
Optional
Statistics Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Pwic.wiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
Patch
Analysis
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Output Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Pwic.wiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
No
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
XML export
No
No
Plugin
No
PDF Export
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Media and Files Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Pwic.wiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Keywords
Contents
Filenames only
Extras Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Pwic.wiki
Calendar
No
No
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Presentations
No
No
Plugin
No
Forums
No
No
Plugin
No
Blogs
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
No
Chat
No
Unknown
No
No
Syntax Examples Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Pwic.wiki
Internal Link
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
[[Internal Link]]s
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[Paragraph](#p_1_1)
[Page](/project/page)
[Attachment](/special/document/1)
External Link
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org)
![See the full syntax help here](https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/labs/peppermint/build/index.php?action=help#20-parser-default)
External Link
http://foswiki.org/ autolink
[[http://foswiki.org/][label]]
[Link](https://pwic.wiki/en)
<https://pwic.wiki/en>
Headlines
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
# Headline
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
# Title 1
## Title 2
### Title 3
Bold Format
**Bold Text**
**bold text**
*bold*
**bold**
Italics Format
*Italic Text*
_italics_
_italic_
*italics*
Underline Format
<u>Underline Text</u>
<u>underline</u>
--underline--
Monospace Format
`Monospace Code`
`code text`
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
`keyword`

```python
print('Block of code')
```
Strikethrough Format
~~Strikethrough Text~~
~~strikethough text~~
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
~~strikethrough~~
Superscript Format
^Superscript Text^
sometext^superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
x<sup>2</sup> (trick)
Subscript Format
~Subscript Text~
sometext~subscript~
<sub>subscript</sub>
x<sub>2</sub> (trick)
Images
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
![Alt text](http://example.com/path/to/image.png)
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}%
![Caption](/special/document/1 "Image").
Aligning Text
Col1 | Col2 | Col3
-------|--------|-------
this  | is      | a
mark|down|table
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
> Blockquote
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
> Block line 1
> Block line 2
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
* Item A
* Item B
* Item C
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
- Item 1
- Item 1.1
- Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
1. A
2. B
3. C
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
1. Line 1
2. Line 2
Definition Lists
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
---
-------
---
---
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