WikiWikiWiki vs. Wiki.js vs. Pepperminty Wiki

General Features WikiWikiWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Version
1.4.0
2.5.316
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
Last Release Date
2026-03-31 (7 months ago)
2026-10-01 (1 month ago)
2023-02-18 (3 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-03-31 (7 months ago)
2026-10-03 (1 month ago)
2023-02-19 (3 years ago)
Author
Min Guhong
Nicolas Giard
Starbeamrainbowlabs
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT
AGPL-v3
MPL-2.0
Programming Language
PHP
Javascript
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files, other, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free!
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Personal, small to medium communities
Everyone
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
System Requirements WikiWikiWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Operating System
Any OS running PHP 8.2+
All
Linux / Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, Nginx (optional)
All
Anything PHP enabled
Other Requirements
PHP 8.2+; required: json, mbstring, session, hash, pcre; optional: zip, intl
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)
Datastorage WikiWikiWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
Optional
No
Other
Search/related indexes cached in JSON (auto-rebuild on stale/invalid)
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
n/a
Security/Anti-Spam WikiWikiWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Yes
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
None yet
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Yes
nofollow
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
Optional
Development/Support WikiWikiWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
30 ⭐
29182 ⭐
207 ⭐
Common Features WikiWikiWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
No
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features WikiWikiWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
2
English, Korean
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
Email notification
No
No
Yes
Comments
No
Flat
Threaded
Categories
No
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
No
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
No
No
Structured Data
Yes
No
Unknown
Links WikiWikiWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Unknown
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
No
InterWiki
No
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Features WikiWikiWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
Optional
Math formulas
No
Yes
Optional
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript
JS, CSS
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
No
Usability WikiWikiWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Optional
No
Statistics WikiWikiWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Optional
Yes
Output WikiWikiWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
No
Office Export
No
No
No
Media and Files WikiWikiWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
Keywords
Extras WikiWikiWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Calendar
No
No
No
Image Galleries
No
No
Yes
Presentations
No
No
No
Forums
No
No
No
Blogs
No
No
No
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples WikiWikiWiki Wiki.js Pepperminty Wiki
Internal Link
[[Title]]
[[Title|Alias]]
[[Parent/Child]]
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
[[Internal Link]]s
External Link
<https://...>
[Text](https://wikiwikiwiki.wiki)
[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)
Headlines
# Headline 1
## Headline 2
### Headline 3
#### Headline 4
##### Headline 5
###### Headline 6
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
# Headline
Bold Format
**Text**
**Bold Text**
**bold text**
Italics Format
*Text*
*Italic Text*
_italics_
Underline Format
<u>Underline Text</u>
Monospace Format
`code`
`Monospace Code`
`code text`
Strikethrough Format
~~Text~~
~~Strikethrough Text~~
~~strikethough text~~
Superscript Format
^Superscript Text^
sometext^superscript^
Subscript Format
~Subscript Text~
sometext~subscript~
Images
![](https://wikiwikiwiki.wiki/cherry.jpg)
(image: https://wikiwikiwiki.wiki/cherry.jpg)
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
![Alt text](http://example.com/path/to/image.png)
Aligning Text
Col1 | Col2 | Col3
-------|--------|-------
this  | is      | a
mark|down|table
Text Indentation
> Quote
> Blockquote
Bulleted Lists
- Watermelon
- Melon
- Peach
- Fig
- Cherry
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
* Item A
* Item B
* Item C
Numbered Lists
1. Watermelon
2. Melon
3. Peach
4. Fig
5. Cherry
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
1. A
2. B
3. C
Definition Lists
Term
: Definition
Horizontal Rule
***
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