Wicked vs. GWiki vs. Instiki vs. JSPWiki

General Features Wicked GWiki Instiki JSPWiki
Version
2.0.8
2.4.0
0.30.0
2.11.0
Last Release Date
2017-09-20 (6 years ago)
2018-06-14 (5 years ago)
2019-02-28 (5 years ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-15 (5 years ago)
2018-10-16 (5 years ago)
2019-03-04 (5 years ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
Author
The Horde Project
Roger Rene Kommer
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Apache Software Foundation
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 2
Apache License, Version 2.0
Ruby's
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
PHP
Java
Ruby on Rails
Java
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files
Database
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
general, education
all
System Requirements Wicked GWiki Instiki JSPWiki
Operating System
Any
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any
All Java Servlet Container, included
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Other Requirements
Text_Wiki from PEAR
Java 1.8+
Ruby 2.0-2.6
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage Wicked GWiki Instiki JSPWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
PostgreSQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Oracle
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
SQLite
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Optional
RCS
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Other
None
Google Datastore
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam Wicked GWiki Instiki JSPWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
25 different backends
Internal and external with adapter
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
nofollow
No
Optional
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Development/Support Wicked GWiki Instiki JSPWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
1 ⭐
4 ⭐
478 ⭐
88 ⭐
Common Features Wicked GWiki Instiki JSPWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
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
No
Yes
Special Features Wicked GWiki Instiki JSPWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
8
German, English, Spanish, Finnish, Japanese, Slovenian, Ukrainian, Chinese
2
German, English
1
English
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
Email notification
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Comments
No
Threaded
No
Flat
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
No
Yes
No
Yes
Links Wicked GWiki Instiki JSPWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
No
Optional
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Wicked GWiki Instiki JSPWiki
HTML Tags
None
All
All
Optional
Math formulas
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
BBCode Support
Yes
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
No
Scripting
No
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
None
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Usability Wicked GWiki Instiki JSPWiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Statistics Wicked GWiki Instiki JSPWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
No
Output Wicked GWiki Instiki JSPWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wicked GWiki Instiki JSPWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Contents
Extras Wicked GWiki Instiki JSPWiki
Calendar
Optional
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Presentations
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Blogs
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Ticket System
Optional
No
No
No
Chat
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wicked GWiki Instiki JSPWiki
Internal Link
[a Link]
[namespace:link]
[link With a Title]
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
[http://example.com]
[http://example.com With a Title]
[http://example.com]
[another site](http://example.com)
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
+ Level 1 Heading
++ Level 2 Heading
+++ Level 3 Heading
++++ Level 4 Heading
+++++ Level 5 Heading
++++++ Level 6 Heading
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
**bold**
*Bold Format*
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
//italics//
_Italic format_
_italic_, *italic*
''italics''
Underline Format
@@+++ underline @@
+Unterlined+
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
{{monospace}}
{{Monospace}}
`monospace`
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
@@--- strikethrough @@
-StrikeThrough-
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
^Superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
~Subscript~
<sub>subscript</sub>
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
local.jpg
http://foo.bar/baz.jpg
[http://foo.bar/baz.jpg Alt text]
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
Aligning Text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet one
* Sub-bullet
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Numero uno
# Number two
# Sub-item
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
: Item 1 : Something
: Item 2 : Something else
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
term
: definition
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
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