MoasdaWiki vs. GWiki vs. Pepperminty Wiki vs. Foswiki

General Features MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki
Version
3.7.1
2.4.0
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
2.1.8
Last Release Date
2023-12-31 (4 months ago)
2018-06-14 (5 years ago)
2023-02-17 (1 year ago)
2023-08-05 (9 months ago)
Last Update here
2024-01-01 (4 months ago)
2018-10-16 (5 years ago)
2023-02-19 (1 year ago)
2023-10-16 (7 months ago)
Author
Herbert Reiter
Roger Rene Kommer
Starbeamrainbowlabs
Foswiki Community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
AGPL-3.0-only
Apache License, Version 2.0
MPL-2.0
GPL
Programming Language
Java
Java
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
Free
Free!
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
personal usage, small teams
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
System Requirements MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki
Operating System
Any platform with Java VM 17+
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
Linux / Windows
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Built-in
All Java Servlet Container, included
Anything PHP enabled
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
Other Requirements
Java VM 17+
Java 1.8+
php-mbstring, php-imagick (for previews), php-fileinfo (for checking file uploads), php-intl (for unicode text normalization in the search index), `php-sqlite3` (for search index storage), and php-zip (for exporting)
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Other
No
Google Datastore
n/a
caching of content into database using plugins
Security/Anti-Spam MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
Internal and external with adapter
None yet
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
Yes
nofollow
No
Optional
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Development/Support MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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133 ⭐
97 ⭐
Common Features MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Optional
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
2
German, English
2
German, English
1
English
22
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Threaded
Threaded
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
No
No
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Links MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki
CamelCase
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Textile Support
No
Yes
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
No
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Usability MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Statistics MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
No
Yes
Yes
Output MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
Plugin
PDF Export
No
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
No
No
No
Plugin
Media and Files MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
Keywords
Contents
Extras MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Forums
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Blogs
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
No
Plugin
Chat
No
No
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link | with title]]
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
[[Internal Link]]s
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
[[http://example.org]]
[[http://example.org | with title]]
[http://example.com]
![See the full syntax help here](https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/labs/peppermint/build/index.php?action=help#20-parser-default)
External Link
http://foswiki.org/ autolink
[[http://foswiki.org/][label]]
Headlines
= Section
== Subsection
=== Sub-subsection
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
# Headline
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
''bold''
*Bold Format*
**bold text**
*bold*
Italics Format
##italic##
_Italic format_
_italics_
_italic_
Underline Format
__underlined__
+Unterlined+
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
@@monospace font@@
{{Monospace}}
`code text`
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
~~striked through~~
-StrikeThrough-
~~strikethough text~~
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
{{html}}<sup>superscript</sup>{{/html}}
^Superscript^
sometext^superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
{{html}}<sub>subscript</sub>{{/html}}
~Subscript~
sometext~subscript~
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
{{image:wiki.png}}
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
![Alt text](http://example.com/path/to/image.png)
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}%
Aligning Text
{{center}}centered text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
Col1 | Col2 | Col3
-------|--------|-------
this  | is      | a
mark|down|table
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
Non-indented text

Single indented text

Double indented text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
> Blockquote
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
* Item A
* Item B
* Item C
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
1. A
2. B
3. C
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
{{html}}
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{{/html}}
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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