Wiki-Toolkit vs. Wicked vs. GWiki vs. JSPWiki

General Features Wiki-Toolkit Wicked GWiki JSPWiki
Version
0.72
2.0.8
2.4.0
2.11.0
Last Release Date
2006-08-30 (17 years ago)
2017-09-20 (6 years ago)
2018-06-14 (5 years ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-12-05 (17 years ago)
2018-10-15 (5 years ago)
2018-10-16 (5 years ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
Author
Dominic Hargreaves
The Horde Project
Roger Rene Kommer
Apache Software Foundation
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL/Artistic
GPL 2
Apache License, Version 2.0
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
Java
Java
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database, Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Wiki Developers
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
all
System Requirements Wiki-Toolkit Wicked GWiki JSPWiki
Operating System
Anything that runs Perl
Any
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Anything with CGI support
Any
All Java Servlet Container, included
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Other Requirements
Text_Wiki from PEAR
Java 1.8+
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage Wiki-Toolkit Wicked GWiki JSPWiki
Text Files
No
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
PostgreSQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Oracle
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
SQLite
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Optional
RCS
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Other
None
Google Datastore
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki-Toolkit Wicked GWiki JSPWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Plugin Interface
25 different backends
Internal and external with adapter
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
Plugin
nofollow
No
No
Optional
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Yes
Development/Support Wiki-Toolkit Wicked GWiki JSPWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki-toolkit on irc.perl.org
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
1 ⭐
4 ⭐
88 ⭐
Common Features Wiki-Toolkit Wicked GWiki JSPWiki
Preview
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Plugin
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
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wiki-Toolkit Wicked GWiki JSPWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
0
8
German, English, Spanish, Finnish, Japanese, Slovenian, Ukrainian, Chinese
2
German, English
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
Email notification
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Comments
Plugin
No
Threaded
Flat
Categories
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
No
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Links Wiki-Toolkit Wicked GWiki JSPWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
No
Image Links
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Optional
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Wiki-Toolkit Wicked GWiki JSPWiki
HTML Tags
All
None
All
Optional
Math formulas
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
No
No
Textile Support
Unknown
No
Yes
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
No
No
Scripting
No
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
No
Plugin
Optional
Usability Wiki-Toolkit Wicked GWiki JSPWiki
Section Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
No
No
No
Toolbar
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Unknown
No
Plugin
Optional
Statistics Wiki-Toolkit Wicked GWiki JSPWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Unknown
No
No
No
Analysis
Unknown
No
No
No
Output Wiki-Toolkit Wicked GWiki JSPWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
No
Optional
Yes
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
XML export
Unknown
No
No
No
PDF Export
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Media and Files Wiki-Toolkit Wicked GWiki JSPWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
No
No
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Contents
Extras Wiki-Toolkit Wicked GWiki JSPWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
Optional
No
No
Chat
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wiki-Toolkit Wicked GWiki JSPWiki
Internal Link
[a Link]
[namespace:link]
[link With a Title]
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
[http://example.com]
[http://example.com With a Title]
[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
Bold Format
**bold**
*Bold Format*
__bold__
Italics Format
//italics//
_Italic format_
''italics''
Underline Format
@@+++ underline @@
+Unterlined+
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
{{monospace}}
{{Monospace}}
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
@@--- strikethrough @@
-StrikeThrough-
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
^Superscript^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
~Subscript~
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
local.jpg
http://foo.bar/baz.jpg
[http://foo.bar/baz.jpg Alt text]
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
Aligning Text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
%%(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
Numbered Lists
# Numero uno
# Number two
# Sub-item
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
: Item 1 : Something
: Item 2 : Something else
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
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