| General Features | Zim | TWiki | JSPWiki | PhpWiki |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
0.56
|
TWiki-6.1.0
|
2.11.0
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phpwiki-1.3.14
|
| Last Release Date |
2012-04-01 (12 years ago)
|
2018-07-15 (5 years ago)
|
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
|
2007-06-30 (16 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2012-07-16 (11 years ago)
|
2019-07-19 (4 years ago)
|
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
|
2009-04-03 (15 years ago)
|
| Author |
Jaap Karssenberg
|
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
|
Apache Software Foundation
|
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
|
| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPL
|
GPL
|
Apache License 2.0
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GPL
|
| Programming Language |
Python
|
Perl, JavaScript
|
Java
|
PHP
|
| Data Storage |
Files, RCS
|
Files, RCS
|
Database, Files
|
Database, Files, RCS
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
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N/A
|
0
|
0
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| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Private users, small teams
|
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
|
all
|
Any
|
| System Requirements | Zim | TWiki | JSPWiki | PhpWiki |
| Operating System |
Linux, Windows, OSX
|
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
|
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
|
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
None
|
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
|
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
|
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
|
| Other Requirements |
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
|
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
|
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
|
various opt. helpers
|
| Datastorage | Zim | TWiki | JSPWiki | PhpWiki |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| SQLite |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| RCS |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Other |
Text Files with index in SQLite
|
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
|
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
|
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | Zim | TWiki | JSPWiki | PhpWiki |
| Page Permissions |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
File permissions
|
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
|
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
|
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
|
| Host Blocking |
No
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| nofollow |
No
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Development/Support | Zim | TWiki | JSPWiki | PhpWiki |
| # of Consultants | ||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
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| Code Repository | ||||
| Issue Tracker | ||||
| Mailing List | ||||
| Support Forum | ||||
| Chat Channel |
Freenode: #jspwiki
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#phpwiki
|
||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
88 ⭐
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | Zim | TWiki | JSPWiki | PhpWiki |
| Preview |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Plugin
|
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 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | Zim | TWiki | JSPWiki | PhpWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Interface Languages |
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese |
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
No
|
Threaded
|
Flat
|
Plugin
|
| Categories |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Resolution
|
Page Locking
|
Conflict Resolution
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
| Structured Data |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
| Links | Zim | TWiki | JSPWiki | PhpWiki |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Features | Zim | TWiki | JSPWiki | PhpWiki |
| HTML Tags |
None
|
All
|
Optional
|
Some
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Tables |
none
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Footnotes |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Scripting |
None
|
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
|
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
|
plugins, templates, PHP
|
| Content Includes |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Usability | Zim | TWiki | JSPWiki | PhpWiki |
| Section Editing |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Statistics | Zim | TWiki | JSPWiki | PhpWiki |
| Recent Changes |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Analysis |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Output | Zim | TWiki | JSPWiki | PhpWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Themes & Skins |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | Zim | TWiki | JSPWiki | PhpWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Video |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Media Search |
No
|
Contents
|
Contents
|
No
|
| Extras | Zim | TWiki | JSPWiki | PhpWiki |
| Calendar |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Image Galleries |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Blogs |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | Zim | TWiki | JSPWiki | PhpWiki |
| Internal Link |
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage |
WikiWord autolink Otherweb.WikiWord [[Spaced text]] [[WikiWord][label]] |
[link] [text|link] [text|wiki:link] |
WikiWord or [somelink] [ desc | pagename ] |
| External Link |
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org ftp://somehost/share \\host\share\.. |
http://twiki.org/ autolink [[http://twiki.org/][label]] |
[http://www.example.com/] [example|http://www.example.com/] [text|wiki:link] |
http://someserver/someurl [ desc | exturl ] |
| Headlines |
=== Heading === |
---+ Level 1 ---++ Level 2 ---+++ Level 3 ---++++ Level 4 ---+++++ Level 5 ---++++++ Level 6 |
! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 |
!!!Headline1 !!Headline2 !Headline3 |
| Bold Format |
**bold** |
*bold* |
__bold__ |
*bold* or <strong>bold</strong> |
| Italics Format |
//italic// |
_italic_ |
''italics'' |
_italics_ or or <em>italics</em> |
| Underline Format |
__underline__ |
<u>underline</u> |
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %% |
<u>underlined</u> |
| Monospace Format |
``monospace`` |
=monospaced text= and <verbatim> multi line text </verbatim> |
{{monospace}} |
<tt>monospace</tt> <code>code</code> <pre>preformatted</pre> <verbatim> unparsed text</verbatim> |
| Strikethrough Format |
~~strike~~ |
<strike>strikethrough</strike> |
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %% |
<strike>striked through</strike> |
| Superscript Format |
^{sup} |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %% |
<sup>above</sup> |
| Subscript Format |
_{sub} |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %% |
<sub>below</sub> |
| Images |
{{./image.png}} |
%ATTACHURL%/image.png http://any.domain/image.png |
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}] |
[ 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 |
not implemented |
| left | center | right | or HTML or CSS |
%%(text-align: right) text %% |
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?> or <div align="right"> right </div> |
| Text Indentation |
indent with tabs |
<blockquote> multi line text </blockquote> |
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %% %%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %% |
;: left indent ;;: more left indent or paragraph and another level |
| Bulleted Lists |
* List item * sub items * with indent |
* Item 1 * Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
* list or - list |
| Numbered Lists |
1. List item a. with sub items b. ... |
1. Item 1 a. Item 1.a 1. Item 2 |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
# list |
| Definition Lists |
not implemented |
$ Term: Definition |
;term:definition |
Term:<def> def |
| Horizontal Rule |
not implemented |
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