Instiki vs. JSPWiki vs. GWiki

General Features Instiki JSPWiki GWiki
Version
0.30.0
2.11.0
2.4.0
Last Release Date
2019-02-28 (5 years ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
2018-06-14 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (5 years ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
2018-10-16 (5 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Apache Software Foundation
Roger Rene Kommer
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
Apache License 2.0
Apache License, Version 2.0
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
Java
Java
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
general, education
all
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
System Requirements Instiki JSPWiki GWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
All Java Servlet Container, included
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Java 1.8+
Datastorage Instiki JSPWiki GWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Optional
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
Optional
Yes
Oracle
Plugin
Optional
Yes
SQLite
Yes
Optional
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Optional
No
RCS
No
Plugin
Plugin
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Google Datastore
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki JSPWiki GWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Internal and external with adapter
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Plugin
No
nofollow
Unknown
Optional
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Yes
No
Development/Support Instiki JSPWiki GWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
478 ⭐
88 ⭐
4 ⭐
Common Features Instiki JSPWiki GWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features Instiki JSPWiki GWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
2
German, English
Email notification
No
Plugin
Yes
Comments
No
Flat
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Yes
Links Instiki JSPWiki GWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Optional
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Instiki JSPWiki GWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
All
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
None
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Optional
Plugin
Usability Instiki JSPWiki GWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Statistics Instiki JSPWiki GWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output Instiki JSPWiki GWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Optional
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files Instiki JSPWiki GWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Contents
Extras Instiki JSPWiki GWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
Yes
Plugin
Blogs
No
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Instiki JSPWiki GWiki
Internal Link
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
External Link
[another site](http://example.com)
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
[http://example.com]
Headlines
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
*Bold Format*
Italics Format
_italic_, *italic*
''italics''
_Italic format_
Underline Format
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
+Unterlined+
Monospace Format
`monospace`
{{monospace}}
{{Monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
-StrikeThrough-
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
^Superscript^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
~Subscript~
Images
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
%%(text-align: right) text %%
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
Definition Lists
term
: definition
;term:definition
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
Horizontal Rule
***
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