Comparison of wiki software

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates The following tables compare general and technical information for many wiki software packages.

General information

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Wiki software Creator First public release date Latest stable release Stable release date Predecessor Software license[1] Open source Multilingual Programming language Data backend
Template:Rh | BlueSpice Hallo Welt! GmbH Template:Date table sorting Template:BlueSpice version Template:BlueSpice version MediaWiki GPLv3 Yes Yes PHP MariaDB, MySQL[2]
Template:Rh | BookStack Dan Brown Template:Date table sorting Template:BookStack version Template:BookStack version MIT Yes Yes PHP MariaDB, MySQL[3]
Template:Rh | Central Desktop Central Desktop Inc. Template:Date table sorting 2.0 2010-02-22 Template:Proprietary No PHP PostgreSQL
Template:Rh2 |CLiki2 Andrey Moskvitin, Vladimir Sedach, Anastasiya Sterh Template:Date table sorting CLiki AGPL v3 Yes[4] Common Lisp
Template:Rh | Confluence Atlassian Template:Date table sorting Template:Confluence (software) version Template:Wikidata; Template:Time ago Template:Proprietary No[5] Yes Java, Java EE MS SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, or PostgreSQL[6]
Template:Rh2 | ConnectedText Eduardo Mauro Template:Date table sorting 6.0.15 2015-06-26 Template:Proprietary No Yes C++ SQL
Template:Rh | DokuWiki Andreas Gohr Template:Date table sorting Template:Dokuwiki version Template:Dokuwiki version GPL v2 Yes Yes PHP File system
Template:Rh2 | FlexWiki David Ornstein Template:Date table sorting 2.1.0.274 2008-10-20 CPL Yes ASP.NET, C# File system, Microsoft SQL Server
Template:Rh | Foswiki Foswiki community Template:Date table sorting Template:Foswiki version Template:Foswiki version TWiki GPL Yes Yes Perl Flat-file database, RCS, or a variety of databases as plugins[7]
Template:Rh | Gollum Tom Preston-Werner, Rick Olson, Dawa Ometto, Bart Kamphorst, and community Template:Date table sorting Template:Gollum Wiki version Template:Gollum Wiki version MIT Yes Yes Ruby Git
Template:Rh | IBM Connections IBM Template:Date table sorting Template:IBM Connections version Template:IBM Connections version Template:Proprietary No Yes Java, Java EE IBM Db2, MS SQL Server, or Oracle
Template:Rh | Ikiwiki Joey Hess et al.[8] Template:Date table sorting[9] Template:Ikiwiki version Template:Ikiwiki version GNU General Public License v2 +[10] Yes[10] Yes Perl[11] standard version control system[12] such as Git or Subversion or 6+ others[13]
Template:Rh | Jive Jive Software Template:Date table sorting Template:Jive (software) version Template:Jive (software) version Template:Proprietary No Yes Java EE, Java SQL, LDAP[14]
Template:Rh | JotSpot JotSpot (now Google Sites) Template:Date table sorting 2.0 Template:Date table sorting Template:Proprietary No Java File system, XML
Template:Rh | MediaWiki Magnus Manske, then Lee Daniel Crocker Template:Date table sorting Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata; Template:Time ago UseModWiki GPL v2 Yes Yes PHP MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite[15]
Template:Rh2 | Midgard Wiki Henri Bergius Template:Date table sorting 10.05.6[16] 2012-03-06 LGPL Yes PHP MySQL and RCS
Template:Rh2 | MindTouch MindTouch Inc. Template:Date table sorting 10.1.4 2013-01-22 MediaWiki Template:Proprietary No Yes PHP, C# on Windows or Mono MySQL
Template:Rh | MoinMoin Jürgen Hermann, Thomas Waldmann, others Template:Date table sorting Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata; Template:Time ago PikiPiki GPL Yes Yes Python Flat-file database
Template:Rh2 | MojoMojo Marcus Ramberg & community Template:Date table sorting 1.12 2017-05-13[17] ? Yes Yes Perl PostgreSQL, SQLite, MySQL, others
Template:Rh | MyInfo Milenix Software Ltd. Template:Date table sorting 7.1 Template:Date table sorting Template:Proprietary No Yes C++
Template:Rh | Notion Notion Labs Inc. Template:Date table sorting 2.0.41[18] 2023-02-28 Template:Proprietary
Template:Rh | Obsidian Dynalist Inc. Template:Date table sorting 1.3.5[19] 2023-06-01 Template:Proprietary No Yes JavaScript Markdown, File system
Template:Rh | PBworks David Weekly Template:Date table sorting TipiWiki Template:Proprietary No PHP MogileFS, Squid, MySQL, Pound, lighttpd
Template:Rh | PhpWiki Steve Wainstead, Reini Urban, Marc-Etienne Vargenau, others Template:Date table sorting 1.6.6[20] 2025-05-05 WikiWikiWeb GPL Yes Yes PHP Flat-file database, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQLite[21]
Template:Rh | PmWiki Patrick Michaud Template:Date table sorting[22] Template:PmWiki version Template:PmWiki version GPL Yes Yes PHP Flat-file database. SQLite (plug-in)
Template:Rh | PukiWiki Yuji Oda, then Puki Development Team Template:Date table sorting Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata; Template:Time ago Template:Interlanguage link GPL v2 Yes Yes PHP Flat-file
Template:Rh | SharePoint Microsoft Template:Date table sorting Template:SharePoint version Template:SharePoint version Template:Proprietary No Yes ASP.NET, C# Microsoft SQL Server or Windows Internal Database
Template:Rh | Semantic MediaWiki Markus Krötzsch, Denny Vrandečić and others Template:Date table sorting Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata; Template:Time ago GPL v2 Yes Yes PHP MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite and several Triplestores[23]
Template:Rh2 | Socialtext Socialtext Template:Date table sorting 7.5 Template:Date table sorting Dual (CPAL) and Proprietary) Perl PostgreSQL
Template:Rh2 | Swiki Mark Guzdial; Jochen Rick Template:Date table sorting 1.5 2005-12-06 GPL Yes Squeak File system
Template:Rh | TiddlyWiki Jeremy Ruston Template:Date table sorting Template:TiddlyWiki version Template:TiddlyWiki version BSD Yes Yes Wikitext, JavaScript HTML file
Template:Rh | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Luis Argerich (200+ devs nowadays) Template:Date table sorting Template:Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware version Template:Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware version LGPL Yes Yes PHP MariaDB, MySQL[24]
Template:Rh | Trac Edgewall Software Template:Date table sorting 1.4.3[25] Template:Date table sorting BSD Yes Yes Python MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite[26][27]
Template:Rh | Traction TeamPage Traction Software Template:Date table sorting Template:Traction TeamPage version Template:Traction TeamPage version Template:Proprietary No Supports multi-lingual content (and supports i18n) Java SE, Java Flat file and file system, Oracle 10G RDB option, WebDAV for attachments
Template:Rh | TWiki Peter Thoeny Template:Date table sorting Template:TWiki version Template:TWiki version JosWiki GPL Yes Yes Perl Flat-file database, RCS, pluggable storage backend
Template:Rh2 | UseModWiki Clifford Adams Template:Date table sorting 1.2.1 2017-12-01 AtisWiki GPL Yes Perl Flat-file database
Template:Rh2 | Whizfolders AvniTech Template:Date table sorting 7.1 2016-06-09 Template:Proprietary No Delphi File system
Template:Rh | Wiki.js Nicolas Giard Template:Date table sorting Template:Wiki.js version Template:Wiki.js version Affero GPL v3 Yes Yes JavaScript PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, or SQLite
Template:Rh2 | Wiki Server Apple Inc. Template:Date table sorting 5.6.3 2018-09-18 Template:Proprietary No Yes Ruby on Rails PostgreSQL
Template:Rh2 | Wikispaces Tangient LLC Template:Date table sorting Template:Proprietary No Yes PHP MySQL, MogileFS
Template:Rh2 | WikiWikiWeb Ward Cunningham Template:Date table sorting WikiWikiHyperCard[28] ? Perl File system
Template:Rh | XWiki Ludovic Dubost Template:Date table sorting Template:XWiki version Template:XWiki version LGPL Yes Yes Java HSQLDB, MariaDB, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL[29]
Template:Rh | Zim Jaap Karssenberg Template:Date table sorting Template:Zim Desktop Wiki version Template:Zim Desktop Wiki version GPL Yes Yes Python File system
Wiki software Creator First public release date Latest stable release Stable release date Predecessor Software license[1] Open source Multilingual Programming language Data backend

Target audience

Wiki software Public Private Corporate, enterprise Education Intranet Personal Scientific, technical, mathematical
Template:Rh | BlueSpice Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Support for LaTeX math; syntax highlighting
Template:Rh | BookStack Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial
Template:Rh | Central Desktop Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Confluence Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | ConnectedText Yes Yes Mathematical formulas rendered using LaTeX, directed acyclic graphs rendered with GraphViz
Template:Rh | DokuWiki Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Support for LaTeX math; syntax highlighting via plugins
Template:Rh | FlexWiki Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Foswiki Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes LaTeX & math plugins; full HTML, JavaScript support
Template:Rh | Gitit Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Built-in support for LaTeX math; syntax highlighting for code blocks.
Template:Rh | Gollum Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Built-in support for MathML and LaTeX math; syntax highlighting for code blocks; citations; annotations
Template:Rh | IBM Connections Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Jive Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Template:Rh | JotSpot Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | MediaWiki Yes Yes[30] Yes Yes Yes Yes Built-in support for LaTeX math; syntax highlighting for code blocks; full HTML, JavaScript support
Template:Rh | Midgard Wiki Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | MindTouch Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | MoinMoin Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes LaTeX math input via plugin in ParserMarket[31]
Template:Rh | MojoMojo Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | MyInfo Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Notion Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Obsidian Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Support for LaTeX, code blocks, plugins
Template:Rh | PBworks Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | PhpWiki Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Support for LaTeX through a plugin
Template:Rh | PmWiki Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes LaTeXMathML formulas (addons), Mind maps (addon), HTML (addon), syntax highlighting (addons), embed videos/maps (addons)
Template:Rh | SamePage Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | SharePoint Foundation Yes Yes
Template:Rh | SharePoint Server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Semantic MediaWiki Yes Yes[32] Yes Yes Yes Yes Built-in support for RDF, Semantic Web standards and LaTeX math; syntax highlighting for code blocks; full HTML, JavaScript support
Template:Rh | Socialtext Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Swiki Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | TiddlyWiki Yes Yes Support for syntax highlighting, embedding images and videos, native JavaScript, LaTeX (using KaTeX plugin) and other plugins
Template:Rh | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Support for LaTeX math; syntax highlighting
Template:Rh | Trac Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Many plugins available for formulas, graphs, etc.
Template:Rh | Traction TeamPage Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | TWiki Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes LaTeX & math plugins; full HTML, JavaScript support
Template:Rh | UseModWiki Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Whizfolders Yes Yes Yes Yes Pictures and Windows RTF features
Template:Rh | Wiki.js Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Syntax highlighting for code blocks; GitHub-flavored Markdown syntax; full HTML; images, videos, documents
Template:Rh | Wikispaces Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | XWiki Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Zim Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Wiki software Public Private Corporate, enterprise Education Intranet Personal Scientific, technical, mathematical

Features 1

Wiki software File uploading, attachments Spam prevention Page access control[33] Inline HTML[34] User-customizable interface[35] Document renaming
Template:Rh | BlueSpice Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes, templates and themes, html and css Yes
Template:Rh | BookStack Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial, CSS Yes
Template:Rh | Central Desktop Yes Yes, CAPTCHA No Yes Yes, templates and themes, html and css No
Template:Rh | ConnectedText No No No Yes Yes, templates and themes + CSS Yes, links to renamed document are also renamed
Template:Rh | Confluence Yes Yes, CAPTCHA Yes optional Yes, templates and themes + CSS Yes, links are updated
Template:Rh | DokuWiki Yes Yes, blacklist Yes, optional Yes, optional Yes, templates, CSS, PHP; heavily documented PHP API[36] Yes, plugin
Template:Rh | FlexWiki Yes Yes, blacklist, CAPTCHA, nofollow Yes Yes, plugin Partial: CSS, templates, WikiTalk Yes, old page becomes a redirect
Template:Rh | Foswiki Yes Yes[37] Yes Yes templates, skins, user CSS Yes, fixing backlinks
Template:Rh | Gitit Yes Yes, reCAPTCHA Yes Yes Yes: templates, CSS Yes, old page becomes a redirect
Template:Rh | Gollum Yes No Partial: can disable editing, further control customizable via Rack Yes Yes, templates and themes, html and css Yes, old page becomes a redirect
Template:Rh | IBM Connections Yes Yes, only in private modus No, not default Yes Yes: templates, CSS, and/or product modification Yes
Template:Rh | Jive Yes optional Yes, extensive permissions API Yes Yes No, scheduled for 3.0
Template:Rh | JotSpot Yes No Yes Yes, optional Partial: CSS Yes
Template:Rh | MediaWiki Yes Yes, URL blacklist, word blacklist, IP address blocking, CAPTCHAs Partial: very limited read access control Yes Partial: many features are user-customizable, templates Yes, old page becomes a redirect
Template:Rh | Midgard Wiki Yes No Yes Yes Partial: templates, CSS No
Template:Rh |MindTouch Yes Yes Yes optional Yes Yes
Template:Rh | MoinMoin Yes Yes, BadContent filtering via Regular Expressions, Textchas Yes, very flexible ACLs, wiki-editable groups Yes: safe Yes: themes, templates, CSS, XSLT, user editable navigation Yes, old page can be a redirect
Template:Rh | MojoMojo Yes Yes, CAPTCHA Yes, cascading ACL control allowing stewardship of topics Yes: safe Yes: themes, CSS Yes, current: page redirect, soon: Node moving
Template:Rh | MyInfo Yes N/A No Yes Yes, web site export customization Yes, links to renamed document are also renamed
Template:Rh | Notion
Template:Rh | Obsidian Yes N/A N/A Yes Yes, templates and themes, HTML, CSS Yes
Template:Rh | PBworks Yes Yes: passwords, SSO-capable integration, ACLs, IP address white–black listing Yes Yes, and plugins Partial: CSS No
Template:Rh | PhpWiki Yes Yes, CPAN Blog::SpamAssassin Yes plugin themes; undocumented Yes
Template:Rh | PmWiki Yes Yes, multiple[38] Yes, per page, per namespace, per action, per user groups (option) Yes, module Yes, themes, per page or group CSS, more Yes, page with redirect (module), uploads (module)
Template:Rh | SamePage Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Semantic MediaWiki Yes Yes, URL blacklist, word blacklist, IP address blocking, CAPTCHAs Partial: very limited read access control Yes Yes: Yes, templates and themes, html and css Yes, old page becomes a redirect
Template:Rh | SharePoint Foundation Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | SharePoint Server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Socialtext Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Swiki Yes Yes, block IP addresses, words, UserIDs Yes Yes For AniAniWebs, CSS Yes, updating all backlinks
Template:Rh | TiddlyWiki Yes, plugin[39] No, intended for personal use only No, intended for personal use only Yes Yes, themes, user CSS, modules Yes
Template:Rh | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Yes Yes, CAPTCHA for registration and anonymous edits or comments, encrypted email addresses.[40] Yes Yes themes, user CSS, modules Yes
Template:Rh | Trac Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes, templates and themes, html and css Yes
Template:Rh | Traction TeamPage Yes, with WebDAV versioning Yes, CAPTCHA for registration, block lists Yes Yes safe Yes, workspace templates, color templates, and developer tools Yes, links are updated automatically and name history maintained
Template:Rh | TWiki Yes Yes[37] Yes Yes templates, skins, user CSS Yes, fixing backlinks
Template:Rh | UseModWiki Yes Yes, IP address blacklist No Yes Partial, CSS Yes, admins only
Template:Rh | Wiki.js Yes Yes, ACL Yes Yes Yes, layouts, HTML, CSS Yes
Template:Rh | XWiki Yes Yes, CAPTCHA, ACL Yes Yes Yes, style-sheets, templates, themes, skin extensions Yes
Wiki software File uploading, attachments Spam prevention Page access control[33] Inline HTML[34] User-customizable interface[35] Document renaming

Features 2

Wiki software WYSIWYG editing Web feeds Export, import Extensibility Selectable wiki syntax Wiki farms Outliner mechanism[41] Automatic TOC Other features
Template:Rh | BlueSpice Yes Yes, RSS Yes, see MediaWiki Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | BookStack Yes No No Partial Partial, Markdown No Yes
Template:Rh | Central Desktop Yes Yes, RSS No [42]
Template:Rh | Confluence Yes Yes, RSS Partial, web UI[43] Yes, Java plug-ins, user macros in Apache Velocity No Yes Marketplace Apps,[44] Encryption in Cloud version[45]
Template:Rh | ConnectedText No Yes, RSS Yes, many options for export, fewer options for import Yes, scripting of pages using Python and other programming languages No No Yes Yes [46]
Template:Rh | DokuWiki Yes, plugin available Yes, RSS/Atom[47] Yes, to xml, text, html pages, LaTeX, Open doc format, pdf with plugins[48] Yes, plugin API Yes Yes Yes Yes[49] Section Editing, XHTML-Compliant, tables, side-by-side diff, namespaces, Interwiki
Template:Rh | FlexWiki No Yes, RSS No ASP, WikiTalk, .NET Reflection plugins Forms, scripting, integrated weblog, threaded message forum
Template:Rh | Foswiki Yes, pre-installed plugin Yes, RSS/Atom, with search string No 400+ extensions; Plugin API for developers; Foswiki markup/scripting for users to create wiki applications Yes, user selectable wiki syntax with EditSyntaxPlugin Yes [50]
Template:Rh | Gitit Yes No Markdown and other lightweight markup languages Yes via pandoc Yes Custom Macros Yes Custom Macros Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Gollum No: Uses ACE editor with a preview pane Yes, RSS Yes: uses text-based markup languages Yes Yes Yes: with third-party software[51] Yes Section Editing, Multiple Markup Languages, RTL Languages, UML Diagrams, YAML frontmatter
Template:Rh | IBM Connections Yes Yes, RSS, Atom No Yes Yes Yes Yes Tagging, Discussions, Notifications (mail or in product), Reports, CMS, Templating
Template:Rh | Jive Yes Yes No Yes, both functionality and theme via plugins No
Template:Rh | JotSpot Yes Yes, RSS, per page No plugins, server-side Javascript [52]
Template:Rh | MediaWiki Yes, bundled extension (VisualEditor) Yes, RSS/Atom Yes (web UI, web API, shell) [1] actions, handlers MediaWiki syntax Yes Yes[53] Visual editor, extensions via PHP modules, collaboration[54]
Template:Rh | Midgard Wiki No Yes, RSS, all changes No PHP component architecture CMS integration
Template:Rh | MindTouch Yes Yes, RSS, XML, JSON No API, Service Oriented Architecture [55]
Template:Rh | MoinMoin Yes, v1.5+ Yes, RSS, last changes No different plugin types Yes, selectable parsers [56]
Template:Rh | MojoMojo Yes, With live preview Yes, RSS No Yes, plugins and custom additions types Yes, Multiple markup parsers available [57]
Template:Rh | MyInfo Yes N/A Yes, to html, rtf, txt, web site, PDF via print driver Yes, import and export plugins API No No Yes Yes Tagging, metadata, attachments
Template:Rh | Obsidian Yes N/A Yes, to Markdown, PDF, and Pandoc Yes, plugin API, 1000+ plugins and themes No Yes, via Obsidian Publish Yes, via plugins Yes Graph, Infinite canvas, tagging, metadata, attachments
Template:Rh | PBworks Yes Yes, RSS/Atom No API, AuthAPI, plugins, wikilets [58]
Template:Rh | PhpWiki Yes, module Yes RSS/Atom/RDF: global, per page or per user No plugins Creole support all databases
Template:Rh | PmWiki Yes, Addon[59] Yes, RSS/Atom/RDF (option): global, per namespace, per page or per watchlist; feed readers (plugins) Yes, modules[60] Yes, very, 500+ plugins and configuration recipes[61] Yes, Creole (option), Markdown (plugin)[62] Yes Section editing, section toggle (modules) Yes, Modules[63] PageVariables and PageLists,[64] blogs (addons), picture galleries (addons), embed maps/videos (addons). Highly flexible ACLs.
Template:Rh | SamePage Yes Yes, RSS feeds, No plugins
Template:Rh | Semantic MediaWiki Yes, bundled extension (VisualEditor) Yes, RSS/Atom Yes (RDF, JSON, CSV and other "result formats". Web UI, web API, shell) [2] actions, handlers MediaWiki syntax Yes Yes[65] Internal query language, visual editor, extensions via PHP modules, collaboration[66]
Template:Rh | SharePoint Foundation Yes Yes, RSS feeds No Yes: themes, WebParts, API Yes (limited) Yes Yes No Lists, CMS, weblog, tagging, discussion notifications, reports, workflow, enterprise level security
Template:Rh | SharePoint Server Yes Yes, RSS feeds No Yes: themes, WebParts, API Yes (limited) Yes Yes No Forms(InfoPath), Lists, CMS, Weblog, Tagging, Discussions, Notifications, Reports, Enterprise level security, Workflow, Enterprise Search
Template:Rh | Socialtext Yes Yes, RSS feeds, Google/Technorati search results No using REST/SOAP APIs [67]
Template:Rh | Swiki No Some [68]
Template:Rh | TiddlyWiki Yes, with FCKeditor or other plugin Yes, RSS Yes Yes plugins, macros, themes, css Creole Yes [69]
Template:Rh | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Yes, with FCKeditor or via Quicktag insertion[70] Yes, RSS/Atom/RDF No Hundreds of features, plugins, modules & mods No Yes (e.g. Siteground) Yes [71]
Template:Rh | Trac Yes with plugin Yes, RSS Yes with plugins Yes limited ticket system, access source code repositories (git, mercurial, more), other features via plugins
Template:Rh | Traction TeamPage Yes Yes, Dynamic RSS inbound, outbound No Plug-in architecture for widgets, forms, interface and function modifications [72]
Template:Rh | TWiki Yes, pre-installed plugin Yes, RSS/Atom, with search string No 400+ extensions; Plugin API for developers; TWiki markup/scripting for users to create wiki applications Yes, user selectable wiki syntax with EditSyntaxPlugin Yes, if "%TOC%" shortcut added to page [73]
Template:Rh | UseModWiki No Yes, RSS No No, unofficial patches only No No No Partial, if <toc> is added with # added to headings
Template:Rh | Whizfolders Yes No Yes No Yes, markup No Yes Yes Rich Text, RTF export, clipboard collect, Print with TOC
Template:Rh | Wiki.js Yes No Yes Yes Markdown Yes Yes Built-in search
Template:Rh | Wikispaces Yes Yes, RSS/Atom No API, widgets, single sign-on (SSO) [74]
Template:Rh | XWiki Yes, using CKEditor and various plugins developed for it Yes, RSS Yes, XAR (zipped XWiki ARchive) files Yes, component, plugins, macros, scripts, applications Yes, based on WikiModel, support syntaxes from other wikis Yes No Yes, using the {{toc}} macro [75]
Wiki software WYSIWYG editing Web feeds Export, import Extensibility Selectable wiki syntax Wiki farms Outliner mechanism Automatic TOC Other features

Installation

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Wiki software Platform Typical installation size (MB) Web server needed Other software needed Installable to USB stick
Template:Rh | BlueSpice Linux, Unix, Windows, others IISApache, Tomcat MySQL, Oracle No
Template:Rh | BookStack Linux, Unix, Windows, others PHP-compatible webserver PHP 8.0.2+, MySQL or MariaDB, Git, Composer[76] No
Template:Rh | Central Desktop N/A: hosted None None
Template:Rh | Confluence Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Oracle Solaris[77] Tomcat included, or use your own servlet container. Java 1.8, database such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, etc.[77]
Template:Rh | ConnectedText Microsoft Windows None Python optional Yes
Template:Rh | DokuWiki Linux, Unix, Windows, others 17 Should work on any web server with PHP PHP Yes
Template:Rh | FlexWiki Linux, Unix, Windows, others IISApache ASP.NET, Mono
Template:Rh | Foswiki Linux, Unix, Windows, others Any Web server with cgi support. Perl, RCS Yes
Template:Rh | Gitit Cross platform Yes. Happstack; can also be used locally. LaTeX; Versioning system like Git, Darcs, or Mercurial No
Template:Rh | Gollum Cross platform No (built in), but possible (Apache, Nginx, Puma, etc.) None Yes
Template:Rh | IBM Connections Linux (RHEL & SLES), Unix (AIX), Windows[78] IBM HTTP Server (Apache clone with specific IBM Tuning possibilities) or any other WebServer which can couple with WebSphere. All software needed is delivered as one package No
Template:Rh | Jive Java 1.5 + one of: Windows Server 2003 SP2, Linux (2.6 Kernel), Solaris 10 Tomcat, WebLogic, WebSphere MS SQL, Postgres, MySQL or Oracle
Template:Rh | JotSpot Linux, Unix, Windows, others None (built-in) VMware Player
Template:Rh | MediaWiki Linux, Unix, Windows, others Any web server that supports PHP 7.4.3+ PHP; one of MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite[79] Yes
Template:Rh | Midgard Wiki Linux, Unix & others Apache with PHP MySQL, PHP
Template:Rh | MindTouch Linux, Unix, Windows, others Apache, IIS6, IIS7, IIS8 Mono, MySQl, PHP
Template:Rh | MoinMoin Linux, Macs, Unix, Windows, others None for Desktop version Python Yes
Template:Rh | MojoMojo Linux, Macs, Unix, Windows, others None: builtin server suitable for desktop or production use SQL database (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sqlite)
Template:Rh | MyInfo Microsoft Windows None None Yes
Template:Rh | Obsidian macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android None None
Template:Rh | PhpWiki Linux, Unix, Windows, others Any Web server with PHP PHP
Template:Rh | PmWiki Linux, Unix, Windows, others 8 Any Web server with PHP, can run without a web server. PHP Yes
Template:Rh | Semantic MediaWiki Linux, Unix, Windows, others Any web server that supports PHP 7.4.3+ PHP; one of MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite[80] Yes
Template:Rh | SharePoint Foundation Windows Server IIS Optional SQL Server
Template:Rh | SharePoint Server Windows Server or SaaS IIS or SaaS Optional SQL Server
Template:Rh | Socialtext N/A: hosted no, all needed components included no, all needed components included
Template:Rh | Swiki Linux, Unix, Windows, others None: installs own server; can coexist with IIS and Apache by running on alternate port None
Template:Rh | TiddlyWiki Any (that runs common browsers) None Runs in regular browser Yes
Template:Rh | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Linux, Unix, Windows, others Any Web server with PHP[81] PHP Yes
Template:Rh | Trac Linux, Windows Recommended (fcgi or wsgi), builtin available SQL database (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sqlite)
Template:Rh | Traction TeamPage Any OS capable of running Java 2 Virtual Machine Jetty (included with installer) None
Template:Rh | TWiki Linux, Unix, Windows, others Any Web server with cgi support. Web server included in VMware appliance and TWiki for MS-Windows Personal Perl, RCS
Template:Rh | UseModWiki Linux, Unix, Windows, others Any web server with cgi support Perl
Template:Rh | Whizfolders Microsoft Windows None None No
Template:Rh | Wiki.js Linux, Unix, Windows, others None (built-in): Can coexist with Apache, Nginx, IIS via alternate port PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MSSQL or SQLite3[82] Yes
Template:Rh | Wikispaces SaaS: hosted None None
Template:Rh | XWiki Java Platform Any Java EE webserver Java Yes on Jetty/HSQL
Wiki software Platform Typical installation size (MB) Web server needed Other software needed Installable to USB stick

See also

Footnotes

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  33. a b Page Access Control: Some wiki engines allow (optional) read/write access restriction to users or user groups on a per-page basis (e.g. through Access control lists).
  34. a b Inline HTML Safe means that several features of HTML are restricted. This is better than Full, for security reasons. Users with complete access to HTML could, for example, create spoof forms to trick users.
  35. a b User-customizable interface: Many items have administrator hand-editable templates. Even items which use hard-coded templates could still be modified if the source is available.
  36. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  37. a b IP address blacklist, content by regular expressions, excessive activities, scripted registration prevention (plugin), hidden e-mail addresses
  38. word/URL block (addon, auto-upd. database), URL-approval (option), encrypt e-mails (addon), nofollow, Captcha (addon), spam filters (recipe)
  39. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  40. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  41. HTML/XHTML with nested markup, or XOXO with collapsing or folding outlines
  42. Block architecture, Calendars, Discussions, Database feature, Tasks and Milestones Blocks available
  43. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  44. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  45. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  46. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  47. [3] Template:Webarchive
  48. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  49. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  50. Revision control, ACLs for topics, tagging, blogging, calendaring, charting, global search & replace, email notification, form handling and reporting, platform to build wiki applications, graphing, slideshow presentations, 13 translations, plotting, multistyle diffs, advanced searching, spreadsheet calculations, WYSIWYG supports TML, available as a VMware appliance, available as personal memory stick install.
  51. For example, https://github.com/501st-alpha1/big-gollum
  52. Support for server-side Javascript, VMware virtual appliance
  53. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  54. Per-article discussion page, watchlist, searching, email notification
  55. Highly usable, stores in XML, SOA, API, enterprise arch and business focused, fully supported by MindTouch company website
  56. Enterprise level security, authentication, and authorization, Email notification, additional desktop edition, XML-RPC content synchronization, searching in attachments (v1.6+).
  57. Hierarchical node structure and cascading permissions system allows for stewardship of topics. Version control and ability to do 3-way merge on conflict.
  58. SideBars; Discussions; email notifications w/diffs; SSO integration capability; Statistics; PDF output; HTML slideshows; integrated modules for calendars, spreadsheets, audio chat, and more; fully UTF-8 compliant; Tagging.
  59. The Worse Editor is a simple WYSIWYG editor. In text mode, Edit Toolbar for most frequently used wiki markup codes (customizable), Preview.
  60. To HTML (3 modules/recipes), to PDF per page, per pre-defined list of pages, per namespace
  61. Highly sophisticated support for customization. Practically chameleon-like.
  62. The PmWiki markup rules are easily modifiable and replaceable by plug-ins, should a need for another wiki markup family be demonstrated.
  63. AutoTOC, 5 other TOC modules
  64. PageVariables and PageLists allow creation of free-form text databases, queries and listings (core feature).
  65. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  66. Per-article discussion page, watchlist, searching, email notification
  67. accessible through REST/SOAP APIs
  68. Installs own webserver (Commanche) and can co-exist with IIS or Apache. AniAniWeb function provides owner control of granular access and creates access groups. Users tracked by email address.
  69. Single file, minimal setup, cross-browser, per page AES256 encryption, tags and title namespaces
  70. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  71. ACLs, calendaring, charting, email notification, form handling and reporting, slideshow presentations, spreadsheet calculations and GRAPHS, mobile, GIS (MapServer), JGraphPad for drawings inside wikipages, 3d Browsing, Workspaces, Workflows, OpenOffice WYSIWYG editing of Tiki content, Multitiki installations
  72. Enterprise level security, Multiple workspaces (tens to thousands) on same TeamPage server, Faceted permissioned search crossing workspaces using content or tag navigation, Page and Comment Moderation, Social tagging, Threaded discussion, Paragraph or page level comments, Microblogging with follow model, Extensible Personal Profile Pages, Live blogging, Document versioning and management via WebDAV, Page Name history to support complex refactoring, Mobile browsing, search, navigation, editing, E-Mail Newsletter, Flexible notification model (subscribe to page, comment thread, workspace, author for content or tag changes with email or Jabber notification), Reply to automatically generated email notification message to add comment to thread with automatic cleanup. Built-in usage metrics and interactive graphs, voting and star rating support. Google Web Toolkit (GWT) skin technology. Simple web based admin, Authenticate using LDAP or Active Directory (including LDAP queries for group definition, NTLM support for single signon, Optional Attivio Advanced Search module provides permission aware drill-down content navigation as well as wiki + attached document search, Java SDK (no charge for Java source and documentation), extensible SDL (Skin Definition Language), Fully supported
  73. Revision control, ACLs for topics, tagging, blogging, calendaring, charting, global search & replace, email notification, form handling and reporting, platform to build wiki applications, graphing, slideshow presentations, 13 translations, plotting, multistyle diffs, advanced searching, spreadsheet calculations, WYSIWYG supports TML, available as a VMware appliance
  74. Discussion pages, tagging, email notification, full-text search, user dashboard, localization
  75. Platform to build wiki applications, Forms and Scripting, Multilingual, Database storage, Fulltext search, GraphViz, SVG, Freemind, Lucene, Charting, photo albums, presentations, blogging, calendar, e-mail plugin, virtual wikis, simple table computations, sortable tables, section editing, portlet integration, integrated statistics, XML-RPC API, Tags, PDF/RTF export
  76. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  77. a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  78. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27012786&S_CMP=rnav Detailed system requirements for IBM Connections
  79. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  80. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  81. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  82. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".