MojoMojo vs. MediaWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. Foswiki vs. PhpWiki

General Features MojoMojo MediaWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki Foswiki PhpWiki
Version
1.02
1.32.2
6.1.25
2.11.0
2.1.8
phpwiki-1.3.14
Last Release Date
2010-08-29 (13 years ago)
2019-06-05 (4 years ago)
2024-04-11 (14 days ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
2023-08-05 (8 months ago)
2007-06-30 (16 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-09-01 (13 years ago)
2019-06-21 (4 years ago)
2024-04-11 (14 days ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
2023-10-16 (6 months ago)
2009-04-03 (15 years ago)
Author
Marcus Ramberg et al. (open-source)
Magnus Manske, Brion Vibber, Lee Daniel Crocker, Tim Starling, Erik Möller, and others.
WackoWiki Team
Apache Software Foundation
Foswiki Community
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Artistic License
GPL
BSD
Apache License 2.0
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
PHP
Java
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
FREE
0
0
0
$0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Wiki, CMS, Blog users
End Users/Desktop, Education
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
all
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
Any
System Requirements MojoMojo MediaWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki Foswiki PhpWiki
Operating System
Any OS that runs Perl
*nix, Windows, Mac OS X
OS Independent
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Has its own server; can run with any web server
Any with PHP support
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
Catalyst
none
mod_rewrite (optional)
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
various opt. helpers
Datastorage MojoMojo MediaWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki Foswiki PhpWiki
Text Files
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
No
Yes
Oracle
Patch
Yes
No
Optional
No
Yes
SQLite
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
Optional
No
Yes
RCS
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Other
No
MariaDB
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
caching of content into database using plugins
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam MojoMojo MediaWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki Foswiki PhpWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Yes
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Optional
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Yes
No
nofollow
Unknown
Optional
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Development/Support MojoMojo MediaWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki Foswiki PhpWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
32 ⭐
88 ⭐
97 ⭐
N/A
Common Features MojoMojo MediaWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki Foswiki PhpWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
To current
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features MojoMojo MediaWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki Foswiki PhpWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Interface Languages
11
Catalan, German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Russian
140
Afar, Abkhazian, Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Assamese, Aymara, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bihari, Bislama, Bengali; Bangla, Tibetan, Breton, Catalan, Corsican, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Bhutani, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Fiji, Faroese, French, Frisian, Irish, Scots Gaelic, Galician, Guarani, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Interlingue, Inupiak, Icelandic, Italian, Inuktitut, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Greenlandic, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kashmiri, Kurdish, Kirghiz, Latin, Lingala, Laothian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Maori, Macedonian, Malayalam, Mongolian, Moldavian, Marathi, Malay, Maltese, Burmese, Nauru, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Occitan, Oromo, Oriya, Punjabi, Polish, Pashto, Pushto, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Quechua, Rhaeto-Romance, Kirundi, Romanian, Russian, Kinyarwanda, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Sangho, Serbo-Croatian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Samoan, Shona, Somali, Albanian, Serbian, Siswati, Sesotho, Sundanese, Swedish, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Tajik, Thai, Tigrinya, Turkmen, Tagalog, Setswana, Tonga, Turkish, Tsonga, Tatar, Twi, Uighur, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Volapuk, Wolof, Xhosa, Yiddish, Yoruba, Zhuang, Chinese, Chinese Traditional, Zulu
20
Bulgarian, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
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
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Flat
Flat
Plugin
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Plugin
Patch
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Patch
Links MojoMojo MediaWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki Foswiki PhpWiki
CamelCase
No
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Unknown
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features MojoMojo MediaWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki Foswiki PhpWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Some
All
Optional
All
Some
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Scripting
JavaScript
Optional
actions (PHP)
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Usability MojoMojo MediaWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki Foswiki PhpWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Statistics MojoMojo MediaWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki Foswiki PhpWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Analysis
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Output MojoMojo MediaWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki Foswiki PhpWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Patch
No
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Media and Files MojoMojo MediaWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki Foswiki PhpWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Keywords
Contents
Contents
Contents
No
Extras MojoMojo MediaWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki Foswiki PhpWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
No
No
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples MojoMojo MediaWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki Foswiki PhpWiki
Internal Link
[[another page]]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
External Link
Markdown:
[Link text](http://example.com)

Textile:
"link text":http://example.com
[http://example.org The title]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
http://foswiki.org/ autolink
[[http://foswiki.org/][label]]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
Headlines
Mardown:
#Heading 1

Textile:
h1. Heading 1
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Bold Format
Markdown: **bold**

Textile: *bold*
'''bold'''
**bold**
__bold__
*bold*
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
Italics Format
_italics_
''italic''
//italics//
''italics''
_italic_
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
Underline Format
Textile: _underline_
Markdown: use HTML
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
<u>underline</u>
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
Markdown:
`command line example`

Textile:
@command line example@
<tt>monospace</tt>
##monospace##
{{monospace}}
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


Strikethrough Format
Textile:
normal text -striked- normal text
<s>strikethrough</s>
--strikethrough--
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
<strike>striked through</strike>
Superscript Format
Textile: ^superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>above</sup>
Subscript Format
Textile: ~subscript~
<sub>subscript</sub>
vvsubscriptvv
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>below</sub>
Images
Markdown:
![alt text](/image/path "title text")

Textile:
!http://example.com/image.png!
[[Image:wiki.png]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.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
Textile:
< right
> left
= center
<> justify
<center>Centered</center>
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
%%(text-align: right) text %%
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Text Indentation
Textile:
> text
: indented line
one
two
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Bulleted Lists
* an item
* another item
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
or
- list
Numbered Lists
# item 1
# item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# list
Definition Lists
Textile:
dl. title:data goes here
; term : definition
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
;term:definition
$ Term: Definition
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule
<hr />
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