JSPWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. GWiki

General Features JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki
Version
2.11.0
phpwiki-1.3.14
6.1.25
2.4.0
Last Release Date
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
2007-06-30 (16 years ago)
2024-04-11 (25 days ago)
2018-06-14 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
2009-04-03 (15 years ago)
2024-04-11 (25 days ago)
2018-10-16 (5 years ago)
Author
Apache Software Foundation
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
WackoWiki Team
Roger Rene Kommer
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
GPL
BSD
Apache License, Version 2.0
Programming Language
Java
PHP
PHP
Java
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database, Files, RCS
Database
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
all
Any
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
System Requirements JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki
Operating System
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
OS Independent
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
All Java Servlet Container, included
Other Requirements
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
various opt. helpers
mod_rewrite (optional)
Java 1.8+
Datastorage JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Oracle
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
SQLite
Optional
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Optional
Yes
No
No
RCS
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Other
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
MariaDB
Google Datastore
Security/Anti-Spam JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Internal and external with adapter
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Plugin
No
Optional
No
nofollow
Optional
Yes
Optional
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
No
Development/Support JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
88 ⭐
N/A
32 ⭐
4 ⭐
Common Features JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
20
Bulgarian, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
2
German, English
Email notification
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Flat
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Links JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
All
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
No
Scripting
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
plugins, templates, PHP
actions (PHP)
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Usability JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Statistics JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
Patch
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Yes
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
No
Media and Files JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Contents
Contents
Extras JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Forums
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
No
Syntax Examples JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki
Internal Link
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
External Link
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[http://example.com]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
Bold Format
__bold__
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
**bold**
*Bold Format*
Italics Format
''italics''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
//italics//
_Italic format_
Underline Format
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
+Unterlined+
Monospace Format
{{monospace}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


##monospace##
{{Monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
<strike>striked through</strike>
--strikethrough--
-StrikeThrough-
Superscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
<sup>above</sup>
^^superscript^^
^Superscript^
Subscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
<sub>below</sub>
vvsubscriptvv
~Subscript~
Images
[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
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
Aligning Text
%%(text-align: right) text %%
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
Text Indentation
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
one
two
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
or
- list
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# list
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
Definition Lists
;term:definition
Term:<def>
def
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
Horizontal Rule
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