Wiki.js vs. JSPWiki vs. XoWiki

General Features Wiki.js JSPWiki XoWiki
Version
2.5.299
2.11.0
0.113
Last Release Date
2023-06-02 (11 months ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
2009-02-16 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2023-07-30 (9 months ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
2009-03-13 (15 years ago)
Author
Nicolas Giard
Apache Software Foundation
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
AGPL-v3
Apache License 2.0
BSD
Programming Language
Javascript
Java
XOTcl and Tcl
Data Storage
Database, Files, other, RCS
Database, Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everyone
all
large and small organizations as well as individuals
System Requirements Wiki.js JSPWiki XoWiki
Operating System
All
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Root Access
No
No
Yes
Webserver
All
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
AOLServer
Other Requirements
Node.js
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage Wiki.js JSPWiki XoWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
Optional
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
Optional
Yes
Oracle
No
Optional
Yes
SQLite
Yes
Optional
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Optional
No
RCS
Optional
Plugin
No
Other
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki.js JSPWiki XoWiki
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
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Patch
Mail Encryption
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
nofollow
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Development/Support Wiki.js JSPWiki XoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
19117 ⭐
88 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Wiki.js JSPWiki XoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Unknown
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 XoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
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
3
German, English, Spanish
Email notification
No
Plugin
Yes
Comments
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Yes
Links Wiki.js JSPWiki XoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Wiki.js JSPWiki XoWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
JS, CSS
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Yes
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Optional
Yes
Usability Wiki.js JSPWiki XoWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Optional
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Optional
Unknown
Statistics Wiki.js JSPWiki XoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
Optional
No
Yes
Output Wiki.js JSPWiki XoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Unknown
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Unknown
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
Yes
Optional
Unknown
XML export
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wiki.js JSPWiki XoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
Unknown
Media Search
No
Contents
Contents
Extras Wiki.js JSPWiki XoWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
No
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
No
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wiki.js JSPWiki XoWiki
Internal Link
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org)
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
**Bold Text**
__bold__
Italics Format
*Italic Text*
''italics''
Underline Format
<u>Underline Text</u>
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
`Monospace Code`
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
~~Strikethrough Text~~
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
^Superscript Text^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
~Subscript Text~
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
Aligning Text
%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
* 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
Definition Lists
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
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