Git-Wiki vs. DokuWiki vs. Corendal Wiki vs. Instiki vs. Oddmuse vs. JSPWiki

General Features Git-Wiki DokuWiki Corendal Wiki Instiki Oddmuse JSPWiki
Version
1.0
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
3.0.2
0.30.0
2.3.13
2.11.0
Last Release Date
2020-07-19 (3 years ago)
2010-04-22 (13 years ago)
2019-02-28 (5 years ago)
2018-09-03 (5 years ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2022-04-17 (2 years ago)
2021-08-09 (2 years ago)
2010-04-23 (13 years ago)
2019-03-04 (5 years ago)
2018-10-27 (5 years ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
Author
Andreas Gohr
Thierry Danard
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Alex Schroeder
Apache Software Foundation
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT
GPL 2
GPL
Ruby's
GPL
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
Ruby
PHP
Java
Ruby on Rails
Perl
Java
Data Storage
RCS
Files
Database
Database
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
0
free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private, Public
personal, small to medium companies
Corporate
general, education
family people, hackers
all
System Requirements Git-Wiki DokuWiki Corendal Wiki Instiki Oddmuse JSPWiki
Operating System
*nix
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Unix / Windows
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Anything supported by Perl
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Apache Tomcat, Oracle Application Server
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Other Requirements
Ruby
Java 5.0
Ruby 2.0-2.6
Writable data directory
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage Git-Wiki DokuWiki Corendal Wiki Instiki Oddmuse JSPWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
No
Optional
Oracle
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Optional
SQLite
No
No
No
Yes
No
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
Optional
RCS
Yes
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Other
Git
None
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
No
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam Git-Wiki DokuWiki Corendal Wiki Instiki Oddmuse JSPWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Plugin system, backends can be added
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
Active Directory or Local Accounts
None (use your web server instead)
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
nofollow
No
Optional
No
Unknown
No
Optional
Blacklist
No
Optional
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Development/Support Git-Wiki DokuWiki Corendal Wiki Instiki Oddmuse JSPWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
242 ⭐
3582 ⭐
N/A
478 ⭐
67 ⭐
88 ⭐
Common Features Git-Wiki DokuWiki Corendal Wiki Instiki Oddmuse JSPWiki
Preview
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features Git-Wiki DokuWiki Corendal Wiki Instiki Oddmuse JSPWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
4
Czech, German, English, French
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
1
English
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
Email notification
No
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Comments
No
Plugin
Flat
No
Discussion Pages
Flat
Categories
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
None
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Links Git-Wiki DokuWiki Corendal Wiki Instiki Oddmuse JSPWiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
No
Optional
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Page Redirects
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Git-Wiki DokuWiki Corendal Wiki Instiki Oddmuse JSPWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
All
All
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Markdown Support
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Textile Support
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
XML based, Javascript
Optional, PHP
None
Perl
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Optional
Usability Git-Wiki DokuWiki Corendal Wiki Instiki Oddmuse JSPWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Statistics Git-Wiki DokuWiki Corendal Wiki Instiki Oddmuse JSPWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Output Git-Wiki DokuWiki Corendal Wiki Instiki Oddmuse JSPWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
No
No
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
XML export
No
No
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files Git-Wiki DokuWiki Corendal Wiki Instiki Oddmuse JSPWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
No
No
Filenames only
Contents
Extras Git-Wiki DokuWiki Corendal Wiki Instiki Oddmuse JSPWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Forums
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Blogs
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples Git-Wiki DokuWiki Corendal Wiki Instiki Oddmuse JSPWiki
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
optional, default on:
[[page name]]

optional, default off:
PageName
[PageName] → [1]
[[[page name]]] → [1]
[PageName text] → text
[[page name|text]] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](page) → text
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
[[http://example.org|The title]]
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
[another site](http://example.com)
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

optional, default on:
[http://example.com/ text] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
**bold**
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
__bold__
Italics Format
//italic//
//italics//
_italic_, *italic*
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
''italics''
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underlined__
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
''monospace''
`monospace`
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
<s>strikethrough</s>
<del>strikethrough</del>
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
{{Image.png}}
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
Aligning Text
Plugin
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
no example known
%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
N/A
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* one
** two
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
Plugin
term
: definition
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
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Depending on plugins:
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