PageWork vs. GWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. Foswiki

General Features PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki Foswiki
Version
0.4.8
2.4.0
1.5.1
2.11.0
2.1.8
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)
2023-08-05 (9 months 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)
2023-10-16 (6 months ago)
Author
Pitt Murmann
Roger Rene Kommer
PukiWiki Development Team
Apache Software Foundation
Foswiki Community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
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
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Java
PHP
Java
Perl
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database, Files
Files
Database, Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
none
Free
0
0
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Medium-sized sites
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
One theme, one PukiWiki
all
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
System Requirements PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki Foswiki
Operating System
Any
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
OS independent
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
Root Access
No
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
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
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
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki Foswiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
Optional
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Optional
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
Optional
No
SQLite
Patch
No
No
Optional
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
Optional
No
RCS
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
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
caching of content into database using plugins
Security/Anti-Spam PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki Foswiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
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
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
No
No
Patch
Optional
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
nofollow
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
Patch
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Development/Support PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki Foswiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
4 ⭐
N/A
88 ⭐
97 ⭐
Common Features PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki Foswiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki Foswiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Optional
No
Yes
No
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
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
Plugin
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Plugin
Flat
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Plugin
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Links PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki Foswiki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
Optional
No
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Patch
Optional
Plugin
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki Foswiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Plugin
Optional
All
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Textile Support
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
No
Yes
Scripting
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Usability PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki Foswiki
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Yes
Statistics PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki Foswiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
No
No
No
Yes
Output PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki Foswiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Plugin
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
Plugin
PDF Export
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Media and Files PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki Foswiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Keywords
Contents
No
Contents
Contents
Extras PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki Foswiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Optional
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples PageWork GWiki PukiWiki JSPWiki Foswiki
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
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]
External Link
http://foswiki.org/ autolink
[[http://foswiki.org/][label]]
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
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
*Bold Format*
''bold''
__bold__
*bold*
Italics Format
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
_Italic format_
'''italic'''
''italics''
_italic_
Underline Format
This is __underlined__.
+Unterlined+
%%%underlined%%%
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
This is %%monospaced%%.
{{Monospace}}
N/A
{{monospace}}
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
This is --not-- important.
-StrikeThrough-
%%strikethrough%%
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
^Superscript^
N/A
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
~Subscript~
N/A
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
<sub>subscript</sub>
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'}]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}%
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 %%
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
N/A
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
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
* 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
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
: term : definition
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
:term|definition
;term:definition
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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