Instiki vs. JSPWiki vs. PhpWiki

General Features Instiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
Version
0.30.0
2.11.0
phpwiki-1.3.14
Last Release Date
2019-02-28 (5 years ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
2007-06-30 (16 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (5 years ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
2009-04-03 (15 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Apache Software Foundation
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
Apache License 2.0
GPL
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
Java
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
general, education
all
Any
System Requirements Instiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
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
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
various opt. helpers
Datastorage Instiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Optional
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
Optional
Yes
Oracle
Plugin
Optional
Yes
SQLite
Yes
Optional
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
Optional
Yes
RCS
No
Plugin
Yes
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Plugin
No
nofollow
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Yes
No
Development/Support Instiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
478 ⭐
88 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Instiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
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 PhpWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
Interface Languages
1
English
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Plugin
Yes
Comments
No
Flat
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Patch
Links Instiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Optional
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Instiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Optional
Yes
Usability Instiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Optional
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Patch
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Optional
Yes
Statistics Instiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
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
Yes
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Output Instiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Optional
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Instiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
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
No
Extras Instiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
Yes
Blogs
No
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Instiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
Internal Link 
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
 
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
 
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
External Link 
[another site](http://example.com)
 
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
 
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
Headlines 
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######

! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
 
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Bold Format 
**bold**
 
__bold__
 
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
Italics Format 
_italic_, *italic*
 
''italics''
 
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
Underline Format 
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
 
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
 
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format 
`monospace`
 
{{monospace}}
 
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format 
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
 
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
 
<strike>striked through</strike>
Superscript Format 
<sup>superscript</sup>
 
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
 
<sup>above</sup>
Subscript Format 
<sub>subscript</sub>
 
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
 
<sub>below</sub>
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'}]
 
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
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 %%
 
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>
Text Indentation 
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
 
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
 
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level
Bulleted Lists 
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
* list
or
- list
Numbered Lists 
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
 
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
 
# list
Definition Lists 
term
: definition
 
;term:definition
 
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule 
***
 
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