WikkaWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. Confluence

General Features WikkaWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence
Version
1.4.2
2.11.0
phpwiki-1.3.14
5.2
Last Release Date
2020-04-20 (5 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2013-08-13 (12 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-04-20 (5 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
2013-08-22 (12 years ago)
Author
Wikka Development Team
Apache Software Foundation
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Atlassian
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
License
GPL
Apache License 2.0
GPL
Commercial + Free personal/open source project/community use
Programming Language
PHP
Java
PHP
Java
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files
Database, Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
starting at US $10 installed (unlimited wikis)
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
all
Any
Enterprise + Technical Teams
Hosting Features WikkaWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
Unlimited
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
N/A
Optional
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
System Requirements WikkaWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence
Operating System
any (platform-independent)
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Windows, Linux and Unix variants
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
any server with PHP/MySQL support
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache Tomcat
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
various opt. helpers
Oracle JDK 1.6.0_4+
Datastorage WikkaWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Oracle
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
SQLite
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Optional
Yes
No
RCS
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Other
No
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam WikkaWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Active Directory (patch)
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
LDAP, NTLM, Siteminder, CAS and more
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Plugin
No
Optional
nofollow
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
No
No
Development/Support WikkaWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
42 ⭐
113 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features WikkaWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
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 WikkaWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
No
Interface Languages
0
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
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
Email notification
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Flat
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Patch
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Links WikkaWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Patch
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features WikkaWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Yes
Scripting
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
plugins, templates, PHP
Macros, plugins, widgets, JavaScript and more
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Usability WikkaWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Optional
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Yes
Access Keys
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Patch
Optional
Yes
No
Statistics WikkaWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Patch
No
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Patch
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Output WikkaWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Patch
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
XML export
Patch
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WikkaWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Contents
Extras WikkaWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Presentations
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
No
Plugin
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WikkaWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki Confluence
Internal Link
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[Page Title]
[Link Title|Page Title#anchor]
[~username]
[^attachment.doc]
External Link
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[http://www.example.com]
[Link Title|http://www.example.com]
[Shortcut Link|PageName@otherwiki]
Headlines
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
h1. Top Level Heading
h2. Smaller Heading
h6. Smallest Heading
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
*bold*
Italics Format
//italic//
''italics''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
_italics_
Underline Format
__underlined__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
<u>underlined</u>
+underline+
Monospace Format
##monospaced##
{{monospace}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


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

Text Indentation
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Bulleted Lists
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
or
- list
* one
** one-two
* two
* three
Numbered Lists
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~1) Item 1
~~1) Item 1.1
~1) Item 2

(more options for lists are available)
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# list
# one
## one-two
# two
# three
Definition Lists
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
;term:definition
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule
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