PageWork vs. GWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. JSPWiki

General Features PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki
Version
0.4.8
2.4.0
1.5.1
2.11.0
Last Release Date
2010-07-19 (13 years ago)
2018-06-14 (5 years ago)
2016-03-06 (8 years ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-10-23 (13 years ago)
2018-10-16 (5 years ago)
2016-03-23 (8 years ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
Author
Pitt Murmann
Roger Rene Kommer
PukiWiki Development Team
Apache Software Foundation
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv3
Apache License, Version 2.0
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
PHP
Java
PHP
Java
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database, Files
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
none
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Medium-sized sites
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
One theme, one PukiWiki
all
System Requirements PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki
Operating System
Any
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
OS independent
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any
All Java Servlet Container, included
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Other Requirements
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Java 1.8+
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
Optional
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Optional
Oracle
No
Yes
No
Optional
SQLite
Patch
No
No
Optional
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
Optional
RCS
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Other
Google Datastore
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Proprietary
Internal and external with adapter
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
No
No
Patch
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
Plugin
nofollow
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
Patch
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
Yes
Development/Support PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
4 ⭐
N/A
88 ⭐
Common Features PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Optional
No
Yes
Interface Languages
2
German, English
2
German, English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Links PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Optional
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Patch
Optional
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Features PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
No
Scripting
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Usability PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Statistics PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
No
Output PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Optional
Optional
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
HTML Export
Plugin
Yes
No
Optional
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Keywords
Contents
No
Contents
Extras PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Blogs
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Optional
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
[http://example.com]
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
*Bold Format*
''bold''
__bold__
Italics Format
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
_Italic format_
'''italic'''
''italics''
Underline Format
This is __underlined__.
+Unterlined+
%%%underlined%%%
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
This is %%monospaced%%.
{{Monospace}}
N/A
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
This is --not-- important.
-StrikeThrough-
%%strikethrough%%
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
^Superscript^
N/A
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
~Subscript~
N/A
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
Aligning Text
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
N/A
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Bulleted Lists
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
: term : definition
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
:term|definition
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
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