ikiwiki vs. JSPWiki vs. Wiclear vs. WikiNi

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

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!title1
!!title2
!!!title3
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
__bold__
__bold__
** **
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''italics''
''italic''
// //
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
__ __
Monospace Format
`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
## ##
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'}]
((image|title|left|longer description|100|100))
Aligning Text
%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*item1
*item2
**item21
**item22
*item3
-
-
-
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
#item1
##item1.1
##item1.2
#item2
#item3
1)
1)
1)
Definition Lists
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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