WikkaWiki vs. DokuWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. JSPWiki

General Features WikkaWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Version
1.4.2
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
5.1.21
2.11.0
Last Release Date
2020-04-19 (4 years ago)
2020-07-19 (3 years ago)
2019-07-24 (4 years ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-04-20 (4 years ago)
2021-08-09 (2 years ago)
2019-11-20 (4 years ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
Author
Wikka Development Team
Andreas Gohr
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Apache Software Foundation
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL 2
BSD
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Java
Data Storage
Database
Files
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
personal, small to medium companies
Individuals, private, small groups
all
System Requirements WikkaWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Operating System
any (platform-independent)
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
any server with PHP/MySQL support
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
A common browser
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage WikkaWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
Optional
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Optional
Oracle
No
No
No
Optional
SQLite
Yes
No
No
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Optional
RCS
No
No
No
Plugin
Other
No
None
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam WikkaWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Active Directory (patch)
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
optional extensions available
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
Yes
Plugin
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
Plugin
nofollow
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Development/Support WikkaWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
42 ⭐
3582 ⭐
7039 ⭐
88 ⭐
Common Features WikkaWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WikkaWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
0
68
Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Frisian, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Japanese
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
Email notification
Patch
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Yes
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Links WikkaWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Page Redirects
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features WikkaWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Scripting
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
Optional, PHP
JavaScript
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Usability WikkaWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Statistics WikkaWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Patch
No
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Patch
No
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output WikkaWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Patch
Yes
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
XML export
Patch
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WikkaWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Contents
Extras WikkaWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Chat
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WikkaWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
''bold''
__bold__
Italics Format
//italic//
//italics//
//italic//
''italics''
Underline Format
__underlined__
__underlined__
__underline__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
##monospaced##
''monospace''
{{{monospaced}}}
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
++Strike through text++
<del>strikethrough</del>
--strikethrough--
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
<sub>subscript</sub>
~~subscript~~
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
Aligning Text
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
Plugin
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
N/A
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Bulleted Lists
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~1) Item 1
~~1) Item 1.1
~1) Item 2

(more options for lists are available)
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
Plugin
; term
: description
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
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