Wiki.js vs. JSPWiki vs. PmWiki

General Features Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki
Version
2.5.299
2.11.0
2.3.33
Last Release Date
2023-06-02 (11 months ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
2024-04-20 (27 days ago)
Last Update here
2023-07-30 (9 months ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
2024-04-21 (26 days ago)
Author
Nicolas Giard
Apache Software Foundation
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
AGPL-v3
Apache License 2.0
GPL2+
Programming Language
Javascript
Java
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files, other, RCS
Database, Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everyone
all
All
System Requirements Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki
Operating System
All
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
All
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run w/o a webserver.
Other Requirements
Node.js
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
none
Datastorage Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Optional
Plugin
PostgreSQL
Yes
Optional
No
Oracle
No
Optional
No
SQLite
Yes
Optional
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
Optional
No
RCS
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Other
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Optional
Mail Encryption
Yes
Plugin
Optional
nofollow
Yes
Optional
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Optional
Yes
Optional
Development/Support Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
19117 ⭐
88 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
54
Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Cambodian, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Plugin
Optional
Comments
Flat
Flat
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Yes
Links Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Optional
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
Optional
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Plugin
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Optional
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Scripting
JS, CSS
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Optional
Plugin
Usability Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Optional
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Optional
Yes
Statistics Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Optional
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Optional
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
Optional
No
Plugin
Output Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Optional
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Optional
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Optional
Plugin
XML export
No
No
Plugin
PDF Export
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
No
Unknown
Plugin
Media and Files Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Optional
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
Filenames only
Extras Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
No
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
Yes
Plugin
Blogs
No
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Chat
No
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki
Internal Link
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
External Link
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org)
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
Headlines
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
**Bold Text**
__bold__
'''bold'''
Italics Format
*Italic Text*
''italics''
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>Underline Text</u>
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
{+underlined+}
Monospace Format
`Monospace Code`
{{monospace}}
@@monospace@@
Strikethrough Format
~~Strikethrough Text~~
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
{-strikethrough-}
Superscript Format
^Superscript Text^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
'^superscript^'
Subscript Format
~Subscript Text~
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
'_subscript_'
Images
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
Aligning Text
%%(text-align: right) text %%
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
Text Indentation
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
;term:definition
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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