ProWiki vs. DokuWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. TWiki vs. Wikepage

General Features ProWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki Wikepage
Version
2.0.045
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
2.11.0
phpwiki-1.3.14
TWiki-6.1.0
2008.1
Last Release Date
2006-10-13 (17 years ago)
2020-07-19 (3 years ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
2007-06-30 (16 years ago)
2018-07-15 (5 years ago)
2008-10-13 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-11-28 (14 years ago)
2021-08-09 (2 years ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
2009-04-03 (15 years ago)
2019-07-19 (4 years ago)
2008-10-24 (15 years ago)
Author
Helmut Leitner
Andreas Gohr
Apache Software Foundation
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Jose Carlos Medeiros
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL 2
Apache License 2.0
GPL
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
Java
PHP
Perl, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database, Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
N/A
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
personal, small to medium companies
all
Any
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Private users, small groups
System Requirements ProWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki Wikepage
Operating System
Unix / Linux
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Platform Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Server Independent
Other Requirements
none
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
various opt. helpers
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
n/a
Datastorage ProWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki Wikepage
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Optional
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Optional
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
No
Optional
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Optional
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Optional
Yes
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Other
None
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam ProWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki Wikepage
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
Yes
Plugin
Optional
No
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
nofollow
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Development/Support ProWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki Wikepage
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
3582 ⭐
88 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ProWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki Wikepage
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features ProWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki Wikepage
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
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
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
0
Email notification
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
No
Plugin
Flat
Plugin
Threaded
No
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Optional
Optional
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Links ProWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki Wikepage
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
SisterWiki
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features ProWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki Wikepage
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Optional
Some
All
None
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
Scripting
Optional, PHP
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
plugins, templates, PHP
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Usability ProWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki Wikepage
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Plugin
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Yes
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics ProWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki Wikepage
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Output ProWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki Wikepage
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki Wikepage
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Contents
No
Contents
No
Extras ProWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki Wikepage
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Blogs
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki Wikepage
Internal Link
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[Link_type]
[http://externallink.com]
External Link
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
[http://externallink.com/|click]
[http://externallink.com/|picture.gif]
Headlines
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
! Biggest
!! Smaller
!!! Smallest
Bold Format
'''bold'''
**bold**
__bold__
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
*bold*
**Bold**
Italics Format
''italic''
//italics//
''italics''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
_italic_
''Italic''
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underlined__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
<u>underlined</u>
<u>underline</u>
__Underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
''monospace''
{{monospace}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
With a space in front of the text
Strikethrough Format
[[strike]strikethrough text]
<del>strikethrough</del>
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
<strike>striked through</strike>
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
n/a
Superscript Format
<sup>text</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
<sup>above</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
n/a
Subscript Format
<sub>text</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
<sub>below</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
n/a
Images
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
[ 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
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
[image.gif]
[http://externalimage.com/image.gif]
Aligning Text
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
Plugin
%%(text-align: right) text %%
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
n/a
Text Indentation
: indented line
:: indented line
N/A
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
n/a
Bulleted Lists
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
or
- list
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Bullet1
* Bullet2
Numbered Lists
# numbered list
## numbered list
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# list
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
n/a
Definition Lists
; term: definition
Plugin
;term:definition
Term:<def>
def
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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