JSPWiki vs. WikiASP vs. WikyBlog vs. PhpWiki

General Features JSPWiki WikiASP WikyBlog PhpWiki
Version
2.11.0
1.6.2
1.5.4
phpwiki-1.3.14
Last Release Date
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
2005-10-12 (18 years ago)
2007-10-23 (16 years ago)
2007-06-30 (16 years ago)
Last Update here
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
2006-08-26 (17 years ago)
2007-10-24 (16 years ago)
2009-04-03 (15 years ago)
Author
Apache Software Foundation
Elrey Ronald V.
Josh Schmidt
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
FREE
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Java
ASP
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database
Database
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Beta
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
all
Non-IT, Student, Hobbyist
Private, Internet Communities
Any
System Requirements JSPWiki WikiASP WikyBlog PhpWiki
Operating System
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Windows
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
IIS
Apache, anything with PHP
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Optional ADOX FSO components on IIS
MySQL
various opt. helpers
Datastorage JSPWiki WikiASP WikyBlog PhpWiki
Text Files
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
MySQL
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
Optional
Unknown
No
Yes
Oracle
Optional
Unknown
No
Yes
SQLite
Optional
Unknown
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
Optional
Unknown
No
Yes
RCS
Plugin
Unknown
No
Yes
Other
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
MS Access DB
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam JSPWiki WikiASP WikyBlog PhpWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
No
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
nofollow
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support JSPWiki WikiASP WikyBlog PhpWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
88 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features JSPWiki WikiASP WikyBlog PhpWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features JSPWiki WikiASP WikyBlog PhpWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
No
No
Interface Languages
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
0
5
English, French, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Links JSPWiki WikiASP WikyBlog PhpWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Unknown
No
No
Image Links
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Optional
Unknown
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features JSPWiki WikiASP WikyBlog PhpWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
Some
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Unknown
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
No
No
Textile Support
No
Unknown
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Unknown
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Unknown
No
No
Scripting
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
No
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Usability JSPWiki WikiASP WikyBlog PhpWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
No
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Unknown
No
Patch
Access Keys
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Statistics JSPWiki WikiASP WikyBlog PhpWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
Output JSPWiki WikiASP WikyBlog PhpWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
Unknown
No
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Unknown
No
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files JSPWiki WikiASP WikyBlog PhpWiki
File Attachments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
No
Extras JSPWiki WikiASP WikyBlog PhpWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Image Galleries
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples JSPWiki WikiASP WikyBlog PhpWiki
Internal Link
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
WikiWord
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
External Link
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
[New Cnn|http://www.cnn.com]
[http://example.org The title]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
==Headline1
===Headline2
====Headline3
=====Headline4
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Bold Format
__bold__
'''BoldFormat'''

{bold}BoldFormat{/b}
'''bold'''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
Italics Format
''italics''
''The quotation''
''italic''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
Underline Format
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
<u>underlined</u>
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{monospace}}
<space char here>This is mono
<tt>monospace</tt>
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


Strikethrough Format
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
_This is Strike Through_
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
<strike>striked through</strike>
Superscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>above</sup>
Subscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>below</sub>
Images
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
image:http://wite/image/icon.jpg

image:local:icon.jpg
[[Image:wiki.png]]
[ 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
%%(text-align: right) text %%
<center>Centered</center>
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Text Indentation
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
>Indent 1
>>Indent2
: indented line
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Test
* Bullets
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
or
- list
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Test Numeer
1. Test Two

# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# list
Definition Lists
;term:definition
; term : definition
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule
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