Oddmuse vs. DokuWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. GWiki

General Features Oddmuse DokuWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki GWiki
Version
2.3.13
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
2.11.0
6.1.25
phpwiki-1.3.14
2.4.0
Last Release Date
2018-09-03 (5 years ago)
2020-07-19 (3 years ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
2024-04-11 (7 days ago)
2007-06-30 (16 years ago)
2018-06-14 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-27 (5 years ago)
2021-08-09 (2 years ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
2024-04-11 (7 days ago)
2009-04-03 (15 years ago)
2018-10-16 (5 years ago)
Author
Alex Schroeder
Andreas Gohr
Apache Software Foundation
WackoWiki Team
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Roger Rene Kommer
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL 2
Apache License 2.0
BSD
GPL
Apache License, Version 2.0
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
Java
PHP
PHP
Java
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database, Files
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
free
0
0
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
family people, hackers
personal, small to medium companies
all
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Any
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
System Requirements Oddmuse DokuWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki GWiki
Operating System
Anything supported by Perl
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
OS Independent
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
All Java Servlet Container, included
Other Requirements
Writable data directory
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
mod_rewrite (optional)
various opt. helpers
Java 1.8+
Datastorage Oddmuse DokuWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki GWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
SQLite
No
No
Optional
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Optional
No
Yes
No
RCS
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Other
No
None
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
MariaDB
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Google Datastore
Security/Anti-Spam Oddmuse DokuWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki GWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
None (use your web server instead)
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Internal and external with adapter
Host Blocking
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Optional
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Plugin
Optional
No
No
nofollow
No
Optional
Optional
Optional
Yes
Optional
Blacklist
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
Yes
No
No
No
Development/Support Oddmuse DokuWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki GWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
67 ⭐
3582 ⭐
88 ⭐
32 ⭐
N/A
4 ⭐
Common Features Oddmuse DokuWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki GWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
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 Oddmuse DokuWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki GWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Interface Languages
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
68
Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Frisian, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
20
Bulgarian, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
2
German, English
Email notification
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Flat
Flat
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
Patch
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Links Oddmuse DokuWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki GWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Oddmuse DokuWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki GWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
Optional
All
Some
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Yes
BBCode Support
Plugin
Plugin
No
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Scripting
Perl
Optional, PHP
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
actions (PHP)
plugins, templates, PHP
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Usability Oddmuse DokuWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki GWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Optional
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Statistics Oddmuse DokuWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki GWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output Oddmuse DokuWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki GWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
Yes
No
Office Export
No
Plugin
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
No
Media and Files Oddmuse DokuWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki GWiki
File Attachments
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Filenames only
Contents
Contents
No
Contents
Extras Oddmuse DokuWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki GWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Presentations
No
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Blogs
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Chat
No
No
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Oddmuse DokuWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki GWiki
Internal Link
optional, default on:
[[page name]]

optional, default off:
PageName
[PageName] → [1]
[[[page name]]] → [1]
[PageName text] → text
[[page name|text]] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](page) → text
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
External Link
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

optional, default on:
[http://example.com/ text] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[http://example.com]
Headlines
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

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 ======
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
Bold Format
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
*Bold Format*
Italics Format
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
//italics//
''italics''
//italics//
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
_Italic format_
Underline Format
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
__underlined__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
+Unterlined+
Monospace Format
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
''monospace''
{{monospace}}
##monospace##
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


{{Monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
<del>strikethrough</del>
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
--strikethrough--
<strike>striked through</strike>
-StrikeThrough-
Superscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
<sup>superscript</sup>
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
^^superscript^^
<sup>above</sup>
^Superscript^
Subscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
<sub>subscript</sub>
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
vvsubscriptvv
<sub>below</sub>
~Subscript~
Images
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/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
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
Aligning Text
no example known
Plugin
%%(text-align: right) text %%
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
Text Indentation
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
N/A
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
one
two
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
Bulleted Lists
* one
** two
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* list
or
- list
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
Numbered Lists
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# list
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
Definition Lists
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Plugin
;term:definition
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Term:<def>
def
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
Horizontal Rule
Depending on plugins:
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