Corendal Wiki vs. PhpWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features Corendal Wiki PhpWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
Version
3.0.2
phpwiki-1.3.14
2.11.0
6.1.25
Last Release Date
2010-04-22 (14 years ago)
2007-06-30 (16 years ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
2024-04-11 (24 days ago)
Last Update here
2010-04-23 (14 years ago)
2009-04-03 (15 years ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
2024-04-11 (24 days ago)
Author
Thierry Danard
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Apache Software Foundation
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
Apache License 2.0
BSD
Programming Language
Java
PHP
Java
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Database, Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Corporate
Any
all
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements Corendal Wiki PhpWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
Operating System
Unix / Windows
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache Tomcat, Oracle Application Server
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
Java 5.0
various opt. helpers
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage Corendal Wiki PhpWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Optional
No
Oracle
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
SQLite
No
Yes
Optional
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
Optional
No
RCS
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Other
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Corendal Wiki PhpWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Active Directory or Local Accounts
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
No
No
Optional
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
No
Plugin
Optional
nofollow
No
Yes
Optional
Optional
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Yes
No
Development/Support Corendal Wiki PhpWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
88 ⭐
32 ⭐
Common Features Corendal Wiki PhpWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Corendal Wiki PhpWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
20
Bulgarian, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Flat
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Patch
Patch
Structured Data
Yes
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Links Corendal Wiki PhpWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Corendal Wiki PhpWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
No
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Usability Corendal Wiki PhpWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Statistics Corendal Wiki PhpWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Output Corendal Wiki PhpWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files Corendal Wiki PhpWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Contents
Extras Corendal Wiki PhpWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
Calendar
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Blogs
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples Corendal Wiki PhpWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
__bold__
**bold**
Italics Format
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
''italics''
//italics//
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


{{monospace}}
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
<strike>striked through</strike>
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>above</sup>
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>below</sub>
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
vvsubscriptvv
Images
[ 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
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

%%(text-align: right) text %%
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* list
or
- list
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
# list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
Term:<def>
def
;term:definition
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Horizontal Rule
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