DokuWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. JSPWiki vs. Wiclear vs. WikiASP vs. WikiNi

General Features DokuWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki Wiclear WikiASP WikiNi
Version
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
2.67
2.11.0
1.0
1.6.2
0.5.0
Last Release Date
2020-07-19 (3 years ago)
2008-10-16 (15 years ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
2007-08-06 (16 years ago)
2005-10-12 (18 years ago)
2007-04-11 (16 years ago)
Last Update here
2021-08-09 (2 years ago)
2008-10-28 (15 years ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
2007-09-16 (16 years ago)
2006-08-26 (17 years ago)
2009-02-09 (15 years ago)
Author
Andreas Gohr
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Apache Software Foundation
David Jobet
Elrey Ronald V.
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 2
GPL
Apache License 2.0
GPL2
FREE
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
Java
PHP
ASP
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Database, Files
Database
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Intended Audience
personal, small to medium companies
Anyone
all
private users
Non-IT, Student, Hobbyist
End Users/Desktop, Education
System Requirements DokuWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki Wiclear WikiASP WikiNi
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
All
Windows
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Any, or none
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Apache
IIS
Other Requirements
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
MySql
Optional ADOX FSO components on IIS
Datastorage DokuWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki Wiclear WikiASP WikiNi
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
No
MySQL
No
No
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Optional
No
Unknown
No
Oracle
No
No
Optional
No
Unknown
No
SQLite
No
No
Optional
No
Unknown
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Optional
No
Unknown
No
RCS
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Other
None
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
MS Access DB
Security/Anti-Spam DokuWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki Wiclear WikiASP WikiNi
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Unknown
Mail Encryption
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
nofollow
Optional
No
Optional
Yes
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Patch
Delayed Indexing
Optional
No
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support DokuWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki Wiclear WikiASP WikiNi
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
3582 ⭐
N/A
88 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features DokuWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki Wiclear WikiASP WikiNi
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features DokuWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki Wiclear WikiASP WikiNi
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
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
1
English
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
7
German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Slovenian
0
1
French
Email notification
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Patch
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Links DokuWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki Wiclear WikiASP WikiNi
CamelCase
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Unknown
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features DokuWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki Wiclear WikiASP WikiNi
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Unknown
No
Textile Support
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
No
No
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Custom styles
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Unknown
No
Scripting
Optional, PHP
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Not at the moment
Content Includes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Patch
Usability DokuWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki Wiclear WikiASP WikiNi
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Optional
No
Yes
No
Statistics DokuWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki Wiclear WikiASP WikiNi
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Unknown
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
No
Unknown
No
Output DokuWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki Wiclear WikiASP WikiNi
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Unknown
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Plugin
Office Export
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files DokuWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki Wiclear WikiASP WikiNi
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Filenames only
Contents
No
No
No
Extras DokuWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki Wiclear WikiASP WikiNi
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples DokuWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki Wiclear WikiASP WikiNi
Internal Link
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
[[internal]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
[Title]
WikiWord
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
External Link
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
[link text](http://example.org)
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
[Title|http://url.to/]
[New Cnn|http://www.cnn.com]
[[ ]]
Headlines
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!title1
!!title2
!!!title3
==Headline1
===Headline2
====Headline3
=====Headline4
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
__bold__
__bold__
'''BoldFormat'''

{bold}BoldFormat{/b}
** **
Italics Format
//italics//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''italics''
''italic''
''The quotation''
// //
Underline Format
__underlined__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
__ __
Monospace Format
''monospace''
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{monospace}}
the text must be preceded by 2 spaces
and it will be pre formatted
<space char here>This is mono
## ##
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
_This is Strike Through_
@@ @@
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
((image|title|left|longer description|100|100))
image:http://wite/image/icon.jpg

image:local:icon.jpg
Aligning Text
Plugin
%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
N/A
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
>Indent 1
>>Indent2
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*item1
*item2
**item21
**item22
*item3
* Test
* Bullets
-
-
-
Numbered Lists
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
#item1
##item1.1
##item1.2
#item2
#item3
1. Test Numeer
1. Test Two

1)
1)
1)
Definition Lists
Plugin
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
;term:definition
;def1 : the complete definition of def1
;def2 : the complete definition of def2
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
----
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