JSPWiki vs. Zim vs. ikiwiki

General Features JSPWiki Zim ikiwiki
Version
2.11.0
0.56
2.67
Last Release Date
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
2012-04-01 (12 years ago)
2008-10-16 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
2012-07-16 (11 years ago)
2008-10-28 (15 years ago)
Author
Apache Software Foundation
Jaap Karssenberg
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Java
Python
Perl
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
all
Private users, small teams
Anyone
System Requirements JSPWiki Zim ikiwiki
Operating System
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Linux, Windows, OSX
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
None
Any, or none
Other Requirements
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage JSPWiki Zim ikiwiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Optional
No
No
PostgreSQL
Optional
No
No
Oracle
Optional
No
No
SQLite
Optional
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Optional
No
No
RCS
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Other
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam JSPWiki Zim ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
File permissions
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Plugin
No
Yes
nofollow
Optional
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
Development/Support JSPWiki Zim ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
88 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features JSPWiki Zim ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features JSPWiki Zim ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Plugin
No
Yes
Comments
Flat
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
No
Unknown
Links JSPWiki Zim ikiwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Optional
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Unknown
Syntax Features JSPWiki Zim ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Optional
None
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Plugin
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Scripting
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
None
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
No
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Optional
No
Plugin
Usability JSPWiki Zim ikiwiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Optional
No
No
Statistics JSPWiki Zim ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output JSPWiki Zim ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files JSPWiki Zim ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Filenames only
Extras JSPWiki Zim ikiwiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
No
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples JSPWiki Zim ikiwiki
Internal Link
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
[[internal]]
External Link
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
=== Heading ===
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
__bold__
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
''italics''
//italic//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{monospace}}
``monospace``
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
~~strike~~
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
^{sup}
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
_{sub}
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
{{./image.png}}
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
%%(text-align: right) text %%
not implemented
Text Indentation
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
;term:definition
not implemented
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
not implemented
---
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Any number > 3
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spaces don't matter
remove JSPWiki remove Zim remove ikiwiki