ikiwiki vs. JSPWiki

General Features ikiwiki JSPWiki
Version
2.67
2.11.0
Last Release Date
2008-10-16 (15 years ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (15 years ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Apache Software Foundation
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
Perl
Java
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
all
System Requirements ikiwiki JSPWiki
Operating System
Any
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Other Requirements
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage ikiwiki JSPWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Optional
PostgreSQL
No
Optional
Oracle
No
Optional
SQLite
No
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
Optional
RCS
Yes
Plugin
Other
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki JSPWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
Yes
Plugin
nofollow
No
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
Development/Support ikiwiki JSPWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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Common Features ikiwiki JSPWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki JSPWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
Comments
Discussion Pages
Flat
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Links ikiwiki JSPWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Optional
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features ikiwiki JSPWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Optional
Usability ikiwiki JSPWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Optional
Statistics ikiwiki JSPWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output ikiwiki JSPWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Optional
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki JSPWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
Extras ikiwiki JSPWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki JSPWiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
__bold__
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''italics''
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
Aligning Text
%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
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
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
---
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Any number > 3
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spaces don't matter
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