Wiki.js vs. Pepperminty Wiki vs. PmWiki

General Features Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki PmWiki
Version
2.5.299
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
2.5.8
Last Release Date
2023-06-03 (2 years ago)
2023-02-18 (3 years ago)
2026-03-09 (1 day ago)
Last Update here
2023-07-30 (2 years ago)
2023-02-19 (3 years ago)
2026-03-09 (1 day ago)
Author
Nicolas Giard
Starbeamrainbowlabs
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
AGPL-v3
MPL-2.0
GPL2+
Programming Language
Javascript
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files, other, RCS
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free!
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everyone
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
All
System Requirements Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki PmWiki
Operating System
All
Linux / Windows
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
All
Anything PHP enabled
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
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)
none
Datastorage Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki PmWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Optional
No
Plugin
Other
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
n/a
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki PmWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
None yet
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
Host Blocking
No
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
Yes
Yes
Optional
nofollow
Yes
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Optional
Optional
Optional
Development/Support Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki PmWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
27997 ⭐
207 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki PmWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki PmWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Optional
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
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
Email notification
No
Yes
Optional
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
No
Yes
Structured Data
No
Unknown
Yes
Links Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki PmWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki PmWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Optional
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Optional
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Scripting
JS, CSS
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Plugin
Usability Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki PmWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
No
Optional
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
No
Yes
Statistics Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki PmWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Optional
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Optional
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Output Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki PmWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
No
Optional
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Optional
Abbreviations
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
XML export
No
No
Plugin
PDF Export
Yes
No
Plugin
Office Export
No
No
Plugin
Media and Files Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki PmWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
No
No
Optional
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
No
Keywords
Filenames only
Extras Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki PmWiki
Calendar
No
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
No
No
Plugin
Forums
No
No
Plugin
Blogs
No
No
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Chat
No
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki PmWiki
Internal Link
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
[[Internal Link]]s
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
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)
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
Headlines
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
# Headline
! Level 1
!!#anchor Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
**Bold Text**
**bold text**
'''bold'''
Italics Format
*Italic Text*
_italics_
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>Underline Text</u>
{+underlined+}
Monospace Format
`Monospace Code`
`code text`
@@monospace@@
Strikethrough Format
~~Strikethrough Text~~
~~strikethough text~~
{-strikethrough-}
Superscript Format
^Superscript Text^
sometext^superscript^
'^superscript^'
Subscript Format
~Subscript Text~
sometext~subscript~
'_subscript_'
Images
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
![Alt text](http://example.com/path/to/image.png)
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
Aligning Text
Col1 | Col2 | Col3
-------|--------|-------
this  | is      | a
mark|down|table
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
Text Indentation
> Blockquote
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
* Item A
* Item B
* Item C
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
1. A
2. B
3. C
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
---
-------
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