WikiWikiWiki vs. DokuWiki vs. PmWiki vs. XWiki vs. Wiki.js

General Features WikiWikiWiki DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js
Version
1.4.0
2025-05-14b "Librarian"
2.7.8
18.9.0
2.5.316
Last Release Date
2026-03-31 (7 months ago)
2025-09-09 (1 year ago)
2026-10-24 (15 days ago)
2026-10-26 (13 days ago)
2026-10-01 (1 month ago)
Last Update here
2026-03-31 (7 months ago)
2026-03-25 (7 months ago)
2026-10-24 (15 days ago)
2026-10-26 (13 days ago)
2026-10-03 (1 month ago)
Author
Min Guhong
Andreas Gohr
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
XWiki Development Team
Nicolas Giard
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT
GPL 2
GPL2+
LGPL + Free hosting on https://myxwiki.org for individuals/non profit
AGPL-v3
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
Java
Javascript
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
Database, RCS
Database, Files, other, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Personal, small to medium communities
personal, small to medium companies
All
Enterprise, Workgroups, Developers
Everyone
Hosting Features WikiWikiWiki DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
System Requirements WikiWikiWiki DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js
Operating System
Any OS running PHP 8.2+
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any platform supporting Java 21 or greater
All
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, Nginx (optional)
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Servlet 5.0+
All
Other Requirements
PHP 8.2+; required: json, mbstring, session, hash, pcre; optional: zip, intl
none
Java 21, MySQL/MariaDB/PostgreSQL/HSQLDB/etc (JDBC Driver required)
Node.js
Datastorage WikiWikiWiki DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Other
Search/related indexes cached in JSON (auto-rebuild on stale/invalid)
None
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
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 WikiWikiWiki DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Yes
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
XWiki, OpenID Connect, LDAP, custom (Open API), Kerberos, NTLM, Headers, PUMA, SAML, Trusted LDAP, Sun SSO
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
Optional
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
nofollow
No
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
Optional
Optional
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
Optional
Yes
Optional
Development/Support WikiWikiWiki DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
30 ⭐
4738 ⭐
N/A
N/A
29182 ⭐
Common Features WikiWikiWiki DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WikiWikiWiki DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Interface Languages
2
English, Korean
68
Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Frisian, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
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
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
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
Email notification
No
Optional
Optional
Yes
No
Comments
No
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Flat
Categories
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Links WikiWikiWiki DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js
CamelCase
No
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Features WikiWikiWiki DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Plugin
All
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Tables
simple
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Scripting
JavaScript
Optional, PHP
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
velocity, groovy, ruby, jython, generic JSR223 & very powerful API
JS, CSS
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability WikiWikiWiki DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js
Section Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Statistics WikiWikiWiki DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Output WikiWikiWiki DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
Optional
Optional
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Office Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Media and Files WikiWikiWiki DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js
File Attachments
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Filenames only
Contents
No
Extras WikiWikiWiki DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Presentations
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Forums
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Blogs
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Chat
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Examples WikiWikiWiki DokuWiki PmWiki XWiki Wiki.js
Internal Link
[[Title]]
[[Title|Alias]]
[[Parent/Child]]
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
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)
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
External Link
<https://...>
[Text](https://wikiwikiwiki.wiki)
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
[[wiki syntax here>>http://www.xwiki.com]]
http://www.xwiki.com
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org)
Headlines
# Headline 1
## Headline 2
### Headline 3
#### Headline 4
##### Headline 5
###### Headline 6
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
! Level 1
!!#anchor Level 2
!!! Level 3
= Headline
== Subheadline
=== Sub-subheadline
==== etc..
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
Bold Format
**Text**
**bold**
'''bold'''
**bold**
**Bold Text**
Italics Format
*Text*
//italics//
''italic''
//Italics//
*Italic Text*
Underline Format
__underlined__
{+underlined+}
__underline__
<u>Underline Text</u>
Monospace Format
`code`
''monospace''
@@monospace@@
##monospace##
`Monospace Code`
Strikethrough Format
~~Text~~
<del>strikethrough</del>
{-strikethrough-}
--Strike--
~~Strikethrough Text~~
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
'^superscript^'
^^superscript^^
^Superscript Text^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
'_subscript_'
,,subscript,,
~Subscript Text~
Images
![](https://wikiwikiwiki.wiki/cherry.jpg)
(image: https://wikiwikiwiki.wiki/cherry.jpg)
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
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
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
Aligning Text
Plugin
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
(% style="... css here..." %)Text
Text Indentation
> Quote
N/A
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
Non-semantic text indentation through styling:

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

Quotes:

> This is a quoted text
Bulleted Lists
- Watermelon
- Melon
- Peach
- Fig
- Cherry
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* List
** list
*** list
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
Numbered Lists
1. Watermelon
2. Melon
3. Peach
4. Fig
5. Cherry
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
11. Item 2
111. Item 3
1. Item 4
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
Definition Lists
Term
: Definition
Plugin
: term : definition
; term
: definition
Horizontal Rule
***
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