PodWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. JSPWiki

General Features PodWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki
Version
0.9.1
2.67
2.11.0
Last Release Date
2007-02-12 (17 years ago)
2008-10-16 (15 years ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-02-13 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (15 years ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
Author
Thomas Linden
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Apache Software Foundation
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
Perl
Perl
Java
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
GPL / none
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
average to advanced users
Anyone
all
System Requirements PodWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki
Operating System
Unix
Any
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
apache
Any, or none
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite optional
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage PodWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Optional
PostgreSQL
No
No
Optional
Oracle
No
No
Optional
SQLite
No
No
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Optional
RCS
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Other
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam PodWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
builtin
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
Yes
Yes
Plugin
nofollow
No
No
Optional
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Yes
Development/Support PodWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features PodWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features PodWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
Email notification
No
Yes
Plugin
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Flat
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Links PodWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Optional
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features PodWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
Yes
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
Yes
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
Perl
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Usability PodWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Optional
Statistics PodWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output PodWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Optional
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Optional
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PodWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Contents
Extras PodWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PodWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki
Internal Link
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
[[internal]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
L<http://www.daemon.de>
[link text](http://example.org)
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
=head1 The Weather
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
B<bold>
**bold**
__bold__
__bold__
Italics Format
I<italics>
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''italics''
Underline Format
via html only
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
put a space in front of monospaced text
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
via html only
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
via html only
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
via html only
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
G<logo.png>
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
Aligning Text
via stylesheet only
%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
via stylesheet only
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Bulleted Lists
=over

=item* listitem

=back
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
via html only
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
---
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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