Wiki.js vs. JSPWiki vs. PmWiki vs. XoWiki vs. PhpWiki

General Features Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki XoWiki PhpWiki
Version
2.5.299
2.11.0
2.3.33
0.113
phpwiki-1.3.14
Last Release Date
2023-06-02 (10 months ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
2024-04-20 (5 days ago)
2009-02-16 (15 years ago)
2007-06-30 (16 years ago)
Last Update here
2023-07-30 (8 months ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
2024-04-21 (4 days ago)
2009-03-13 (15 years ago)
2009-04-03 (15 years ago)
Author
Nicolas Giard
Apache Software Foundation
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
AGPL-v3
Apache License 2.0
GPL2+
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Javascript
Java
PHP
XOTcl and Tcl
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files, other, RCS
Database, Files
Files
Database
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everyone
all
All
large and small organizations as well as individuals
Any
System Requirements Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki XoWiki PhpWiki
Operating System
All
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Yes
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.
AOLServer
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
Node.js
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
none
various opt. helpers
Datastorage Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki XoWiki PhpWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Oracle
No
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
SQLite
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
Optional
No
No
Yes
RCS
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
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.
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki XoWiki PhpWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
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.
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Optional
Patch
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
No
nofollow
Yes
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Optional
Yes
Optional
Unknown
No
Development/Support Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki XoWiki PhpWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
19117 ⭐
88 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki XoWiki PhpWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki XoWiki PhpWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
No
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
3
German, English, Spanish
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Flat
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Links Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki XoWiki PhpWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki XoWiki PhpWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Plugin
Some
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
Optional
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Plugin
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
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)
Yes
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki XoWiki PhpWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Statistics Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki XoWiki PhpWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Analysis
Optional
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Output Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki XoWiki PhpWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Optional
Unknown
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
XML export
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
PDF Export
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Office Export
No
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki XoWiki PhpWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Filenames only
Contents
No
Extras Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki XoWiki PhpWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Presentations
No
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Chat
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wiki.js JSPWiki PmWiki XoWiki PhpWiki
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]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
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://...]]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
Headlines
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Bold Format
**Bold Text**
__bold__
'''bold'''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
Italics Format
*Italic Text*
''italics''
''italic''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
Underline Format
<u>Underline Text</u>
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
{+underlined+}
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
`Monospace Code`
{{monospace}}
@@monospace@@
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


Strikethrough Format
~~Strikethrough Text~~
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
{-strikethrough-}
<strike>striked through</strike>
Superscript Format
^Superscript Text^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
'^superscript^'
<sup>above</sup>
Subscript Format
~Subscript Text~
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
'_subscript_'
<sub>below</sub>
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
[ 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
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
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Text Indentation
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
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
* list
or
- list
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
# list
Definition Lists
;term:definition
: term : definition
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule
---
----
----
----
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