ProWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. TWiki

General Features ProWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki
Version
2.0.045
2.11.0
phpwiki-1.3.14
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2006-10-13 (17 years ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
2007-06-30 (16 years ago)
2018-07-15 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-11-28 (14 years ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
2009-04-03 (15 years ago)
2019-07-19 (4 years ago)
Author
Helmut Leitner
Apache Software Foundation
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Apache License 2.0
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
Java
PHP
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
all
Any
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements ProWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki
Operating System
Unix / Linux
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
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
Other Requirements
none
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
various opt. helpers
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage ProWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Optional
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
Optional
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Optional
Yes
No
SQLite
No
Optional
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Optional
Yes
No
RCS
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Other
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 JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
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
Optional
No
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
Plugin
No
Yes
nofollow
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Development/Support ProWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
88 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features ProWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features ProWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
No
No
Interface Languages
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
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
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Flat
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
No
Yes
Patch
Yes
Links ProWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features ProWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Some
All
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Yes
Scripting
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
plugins, templates, PHP
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Usability ProWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Patch
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Statistics ProWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Analysis
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Output ProWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Contents
Extras ProWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki TWiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
[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]]
Headlines
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
'''bold'''
__bold__
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
*bold*
Italics Format
''italic''
''italics''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
_italic_
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
<u>underlined</u>
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
{{monospace}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
[[strike]strikethrough text]
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
<strike>striked through</strike>
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
<sup>text</sup>
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
<sup>above</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>text</sub>
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
<sub>below</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
[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
Aligning Text
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
%%(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
Text Indentation
: indented line
:: indented line
%%(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>
Bulleted Lists
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
or
- list
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# numbered list
## numbered list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# list
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
; term: definition
;term:definition
Term:<def>
def
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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