JSPWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. GWiki vs. WikyBlog

General Features JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki WikyBlog
Version
2.11.0
phpwiki-1.3.14
6.1.25
2.4.0
1.5.4
Last Release Date
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
2007-06-30 (16 years ago)
2024-04-11 (14 days ago)
2018-06-14 (5 years ago)
2007-10-23 (16 years ago)
Last Update here
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
2009-04-03 (15 years ago)
2024-04-11 (14 days ago)
2018-10-16 (5 years ago)
2007-10-24 (16 years ago)
Author
Apache Software Foundation
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
WackoWiki Team
Roger Rene Kommer
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
GPL
BSD
Apache License, Version 2.0
GPL
Programming Language
Java
PHP
PHP
Java
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database, Files, RCS
Database
Database, Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
all
Any
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
Private, Internet Communities
System Requirements JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki WikyBlog
Operating System
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
OS Independent
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
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
Apache, anything with PHP
Other Requirements
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
various opt. helpers
mod_rewrite (optional)
Java 1.8+
MySQL
Datastorage JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki WikyBlog
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
No
Oracle
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
No
SQLite
Optional
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Optional
Yes
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
No
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 WikyBlog
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
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
No
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Optional
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Plugin
No
Optional
No
No
nofollow
Optional
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
No
No
Development/Support JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki WikyBlog
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
88 ⭐
N/A
32 ⭐
4 ⭐
N/A
Common Features JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki WikyBlog
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki WikyBlog
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
No
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
5
English, French, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese
Email notification
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Links JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki WikyBlog
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki WikyBlog
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
All
All
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
No
No
Scripting
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
plugins, templates, PHP
actions (PHP)
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
No
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki WikyBlog
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
Yes
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Statistics JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki WikyBlog
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Output JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki WikyBlog
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
Patch
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Yes
Patch
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
No
Unknown
Media and Files JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki WikyBlog
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Contents
Contents
No
Extras JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki WikyBlog
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples JSPWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki GWiki WikyBlog
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]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
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]
[http://example.org The title]
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
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
Bold Format
__bold__
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
**bold**
*Bold Format*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
''italics''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
//italics//
_Italic format_
''italic''
Underline Format
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
+Unterlined+
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{monospace}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


##monospace##
{{Monospace}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
<strike>striked through</strike>
--strikethrough--
-StrikeThrough-
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
<sup>above</sup>
^^superscript^^
^Superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
<sub>below</sub>
vvsubscriptvv
~Subscript~
<sub>subscript</sub>
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!
[[Image:wiki.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}
<center>Centered</center>
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}
: indented line
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
or
- list
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
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
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
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
; term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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