The following tables compare general and technical information for many wiki software packages.
Systems listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.
Wiki software | Creator | First public release date | Latest stable release | Stable release date | Predecessor | Software license[1] | Open source | Multilingual | Programming language | Data backend |
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BlueSpice | Hallo Welt! GmbH | 31 March 2011 | 4.4.1 [2] | 2024-02-15[±] | MediaWiki | GPLv3 | Yes | Yes | PHP | MariaDB, MySQL[3] |
BookStack | Dan Brown | 12 July 2015 | 24.10.2[4] | 2024-11-13; 10 days ago | MIT | Yes | Yes | PHP | MariaDB, MySQL[5] | |
Central Desktop | Central Desktop Inc. | 1 October 2005 | 2.0 | 2010-02-22 | Proprietary | No | PHP | PostgreSQL | ||
CLiki2 | Andrey Moskvitin, Vladimir Sedach, Anastasiya Sterh | 30 November 2003 | CLiki | AGPL v3 | Yes[6] | Common Lisp | ||||
Confluence | Atlassian | 25 March 2004 | 8.5.2[7] | 2023-10-04; 13 months ago | Proprietary | No[8] | Yes | Java, Java EE | MS SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, or PostgreSQL[9] | |
ConnectedText | Eduardo Mauro | 2005 | 6.0.15 | 2015-06-26 | Proprietary | No | Yes | C++ | SQL | |
DokuWiki | Andreas Gohr | July 2004 | 2024-02-06[10] | 2024-02-06; 9 months ago | GPL v2 | Yes | Yes | PHP | File system | |
FlexWiki | David Ornstein | September 2004 | 2.1.0.274 | 2008-10-20 | CPL | Yes | ASP.NET, C# | File system, Microsoft SQL Server | ||
Foswiki | Foswiki community | December 2008 | 2.1.8[11] | 2023-08-06[±] | TWiki | GPL | Yes | Yes | Perl | Flat-file database, RCS, or a variety of databases as plugins[12] |
Gollum | Tom Preston-Werner, Rick Olson, Dawa Ometto, Bart Kamphorst, and community | 16 February 2009 | 6.0.1[13] | 2024-07-25; 3 months ago | MIT | Yes | Yes | Ruby | Git | |
IBM Connections | IBM | 27 June 2007 | 6 CR5[14] | 2019-05-30[±] | Proprietary | No | Yes | Java, Java EE | IBM Db2, MS SQL Server, or Oracle | |
Ikiwiki | Joey Hess et al.[15] | 29 April 2006[16] | 3.20200202.3[17] | 2020-02-02[±] | GNU General Public License v2 +[18] | Yes[18] | Yes | Perl[19] | standard version control system[20] such as Git or Subversion or 6+ others[21] | |
Jive | Jive Software | 7 January 2007 | 9.0.7.1[22] | 2019-03-20[±] | Proprietary | No | Yes | Java EE, Java | SQL, LDAP[23] | |
JotSpot | JotSpot (now Google Sites) | October 2004 | 2.0 | 24 July 2006 | Proprietary | No | Java | File system, XML | ||
MediaWiki | Magnus Manske, then Lee Daniel Crocker | 25 January 2002 | 1.42.3[24] | 2024-10-01; 53 days ago | UseModWiki | GPL v2 | Yes | Yes | PHP | MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite[25] |
Midgard Wiki | Henri Bergius | 29 September 2004 | 10.05.6[26] | 2012-03-06 | LGPL | Yes | PHP | MySQL and RCS | ||
MindTouch | MindTouch Inc. | 25 July 2006 | 10.1.4 | 2013-01-22 | MediaWiki | Proprietary | No | Yes | PHP, C# on Windows or Mono | MySQL |
MoinMoin | Jürgen Hermann, Thomas Waldmann, others | 28 July 2000 | 1.9.11[27] | 2020-11-08; 4 years ago | PikiPiki | GPL | Yes | Yes | Python | Flat-file database |
MojoMojo | Marcus Ramberg & community | 29 August 2007 | 1.12 | 2017-05-13[28] | ? | Yes | Yes | Perl | PostgreSQL, SQLite, MySQL, others | |
MyInfo | Milenix Software Ltd. | October 1999 | 7.1 | 25 May 2021 | Proprietary | No | Yes | C++ | ||
Notion | Notion Labs Inc. | 2.0.41[29] | 2023-02-28 | Proprietary | ||||||
Obsidian | Dynalist Inc. | 30 March 2020 | 1.3.5[30] | 2023-06-01 | Proprietary | No | Yes | JavaScript | Markdown, File system | |
PBworks | David Weekly | 30 May 2005 | TipiWiki | Proprietary | No | PHP | MogileFS, Squid, MySQL, Pound, lighttpd | |||
PhpWiki | Steve Wainstead, Reini Urban, Marc-Etienne Vargenau, others | December 1999 | 1.6.4[31] | 2024-03-13 | WikiWikiWeb | GPL | Yes | Yes | PHP | Flat-file database, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQLite[32] |
PmWiki | Patrick Michaud | 8 January 2002[33] | 2.3.38[34] | 2024-11-03[±] | GPL | Yes | Yes | PHP | Flat-file database. SQLite (plug-in) | |
PukiWiki | Yuji Oda, then Puki Development Team | 15 July 2002 | 1.5.4[35] | 2022-03-30; 2 years ago | YukiWiki | GPL v2 | Yes | Yes | PHP | Flat-file |
SharePoint | Microsoft | March 2001 | 2019[citation needed] | 2018-10-22[±] | Proprietary | No | Yes | ASP.NET, C# | Microsoft SQL Server or Windows Internal Database | |
Semantic MediaWiki | Markus Krötzsch, Denny Vrandečić and others | 2005 | 4.2.0[36] | 2024-07-18; 4 months ago | GPL v2 | Yes | Yes | PHP | MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite and several Triplestores[37] | |
Socialtext | Socialtext | 2003 | 7.5 | 2015 | Dual (CPAL) and Proprietary) | Perl | PostgreSQL | |||
Swiki | Mark Guzdial; Jochen Rick | October 1999 | 1.5 | 2005-12-06 | GPL | Yes | Squeak | File system | ||
TiddlyWiki | Jeremy Ruston | September 2004 | 5.3.5[38] | 2024-07-10; 4 months ago | BSD | Yes | Yes | Wikitext, JavaScript | HTML file | |
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Luis Argerich (200+ devs nowadays) | 9 October 2002 | 25.3[39] | 2023-10-11; 13 months ago | LGPL | Yes | Yes | PHP | MariaDB, MySQL[40] | |
Trac | Edgewall Software | 1 October 2006 | 1.4.3[41] | 9 May 2021 | BSD | Yes | Yes | Python | MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite[42][43] | |
Traction TeamPage | Traction Software | 1 December 1999 | 6.2 (72)[44] | 2024-10-30[±] | Proprietary | No | Supports multi-lingual content (and supports i18n) | Java SE, Java | Flat file and file system, Oracle 10G RDB option, WebDAV for attachments | |
TWiki | Peter Thoeny | October 1998 | 6.1.0[45] | 2018-07-16[±] | JosWiki | GPL | Yes | Yes | Perl | Flat-file database, RCS, pluggable storage backend |
UseModWiki | Clifford Adams | 22 January 2000 | 1.2.1 | 2017-12-01 | AtisWiki | GPL | Yes | Perl | Flat-file database | |
Whizfolders | AvniTech | 1999 | 7.1 | 2016-06-09 | Proprietary | No | Delphi | File system | ||
Wiki.js | Nicolas Giard | 28 January 2017 | 2.5.305[46] | 2024-10-12; 42 days ago | Affero GPL v3 | Yes | Yes | JavaScript | PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, or SQLite | |
Wiki Server | Apple Inc. | 26 October 2007 | 5.6.3 | 2018-09-18 | Proprietary | No | Yes | Ruby on Rails | PostgreSQL | |
Wikispaces | Tangient LLC | 18 March 2005 | Proprietary | No | Yes | PHP | MySQL, MogileFS | |||
WikiWikiWeb | Ward Cunningham | 1995 | WikiWikiHyperCard[47] | ? | Perl | File system | ||||
XWiki | Ludovic Dubost | February 2004 | 16.9.0[48] | 2024-10-28[±] | LGPL | Yes | Yes | Java | HSQLDB, MariaDB, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL[49] | |
Zim | Jaap Karssenberg | 10 January 2010 | 0.75.2[50] | 2023-07-07; 16 months ago | 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 |
Wiki software | Public | Private | Corporate, enterprise | Education | Intranet | Personal | Scientific, technical, mathematical |
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BlueSpice | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes support for LaTeX math; syntax highlighting. |
BookStack | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial |
Central Desktop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Confluence | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
ConnectedText | Yes | Yes | Yes Mathematical formulas rendered using LaTeX, directed acyclic graphs rendered with GraphViz | ||||
DokuWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes support for LaTeX math; syntax highlighting via plugins. |
FlexWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
Foswiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes LaTeX & math plugins; full HTML, JavaScript support |
Gitit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Built-in support for LaTeX math; syntax highlighting for code blocks. |
Gollum | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes: Built-in support for MathML and LaTeX math; syntax highlighting for code blocks; citations; annotations |
IBM Connections | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Jive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
JotSpot | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
MediaWiki | Yes | Yes[51] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Built-in support for LaTeX math; syntax highlighting for code blocks; full HTML, JavaScript support |
Midgard Wiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
MindTouch | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
MoinMoin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes LaTeX math input via plugin in ParserMarket[52] |
MojoMojo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
MyInfo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Notion | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Obsidian | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, support for LaTeX, code blocks, plugins |
PBworks | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
PhpWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, support for LaTeX through a plugin. | |
PmWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, LaTeX–MathML formulas (addons), Mind maps (addon), HTML (addon), syntax highlighting (addons), embed videos/maps (addons). |
SamePage | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
SharePoint Foundation | Yes | Yes | |||||
SharePoint Server | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Semantic MediaWiki | Yes | Yes[53] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Built-in support for RDF, Semantic Web standards and LaTeX math; syntax highlighting for code blocks; full HTML, JavaScript support |
Socialtext | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Swiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
TiddlyWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes support for syntax highlighting, embedding images and videos, native JavaScript, LaTeX (using KaTeX plugin) and other plugins. | ||||
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes support for LaTeX math; syntax highlighting. |
Trac | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes many plugins available for formulas, graphs, etc. |
Traction TeamPage | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
TWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes LaTeX & math plugins; full HTML, JavaScript support |
UseModWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Whizfolders | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes: through pictures and Windows RTF features | ||
Wiki.js | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes: syntax highlighting for code blocks; GitHub-flavored Markdown syntax; full HTML; images, videos, documents |
Wikispaces | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
XWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Zim | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Wiki software | Public | Private | Corporate, enterprise | Education | Intranet | Personal | Scientific, technical, mathematical |
Wiki software | File uploading, attachments | Spam prevention | Page access control[54] | Inline HTML[55] | User-customizable interface[56] | Document renaming |
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BlueSpice | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, templates and themes, html and css | Yes |
BookStack | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial, CSS | Yes |
Central Desktop | Yes | Yes, CAPTCHA | No | Yes | Yes, templates and themes, html and css | No |
ConnectedText | No | No | No | Yes | Yes, templates and themes + CSS | Yes, links to renamed document are also renamed |
Confluence | Yes | Yes, CAPTCHA | Yes | optional | Yes, templates and themes + CSS | Yes, links are updated |
DokuWiki | Yes | Yes, blacklist | Yes, optional | Yes, optional | Yes, templates, CSS, PHP; heavily documented PHP API[57] | Yes, plugin |
FlexWiki | Yes | Yes, blacklist, CAPTCHA, nofollow | Yes | Yes, plugin | Partial: CSS, templates, WikiTalk | Yes, old page becomes a redirect |
Foswiki | Yes | Yes[58] | Yes | Yes | templates, skins, user CSS | Yes, fixing backlinks |
Gitit | Yes | Yes, reCAPTCHA | Yes | Yes | Yes: templates, CSS | Yes, old page becomes a redirect |
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 |
IBM Connections | Yes | Yes, only in private modus | No, not default | Yes | Yes: templates, CSS, and/or product modification | Yes |
Jive | Yes | optional | Yes, extensive permissions API | Yes | Yes | No, scheduled for 3.0 |
JotSpot | Yes | No | Yes | Yes, optional | Partial: CSS | Yes |
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 |
Midgard Wiki | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Partial: templates, CSS | No |
MindTouch | Yes | Yes | Yes | optional | Yes | Yes |
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 |
MojoMojo | Yes | Yes, CAPTCHA | Yes, cascading ACL control allowing stewardship of topics | Yes: safe | Yes: themes, CSS | Yes, current: page redirect, soon: Node moving |
MyInfo | Yes | N/A | No | Yes | Yes, web site export customization | Yes, links to renamed document are also renamed |
Notion | ||||||
Obsidian | Yes | N/A | N/A | Yes | Yes, templates and themes, HTML, CSS | Yes |
PBworks | Yes | Yes: passwords, SSO-capable integration, ACLs, IP address white–black listing | Yes | Yes, and plugins | Partial: CSS | No |
PhpWiki | Yes | Yes, CPAN Blog::SpamAssassin | Yes | plugin | themes; undocumented | Yes |
PmWiki | Yes | Yes, multiple[59] | 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) |
SamePage | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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 |
SharePoint Foundation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
SharePoint Server | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Socialtext | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Swiki | Yes | Yes, block IP addresses, words, UserIDs | Yes | Yes | For AniAniWebs, CSS | Yes, updating all backlinks |
TiddlyWiki | Yes, plugin[60] | No, intended for personal use only | No, intended for personal use only | Yes | Yes, themes, user CSS, modules | Yes |
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Yes | Yes, CAPTCHA for registration and anonymous edits or comments, encrypted email addresses.[61] | Yes | Yes | themes, user CSS, modules | Yes |
Trac | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, templates and themes, html and css | Yes |
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 |
TWiki | Yes | Yes[58] | Yes | Yes | templates, skins, user CSS | Yes, fixing backlinks |
UseModWiki | Yes | Yes, IP address blacklist | No | Yes | Partial, CSS | Yes, admins only |
Wiki.js | Yes | Yes, ACL | Yes | Yes | Yes, layouts, HTML, CSS | Yes |
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[54] | Inline HTML[55] | User-customizable interface[56] | Document renaming |
Wiki software | WYSIWYG editing | Web feeds | Export, import | Extensibility | Selectable wiki syntax | Wiki farms | Outliner mechanism[62] | Automatic TOC | Other features |
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BlueSpice | Yes | Yes, RSS | Yes, see MediaWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
BookStack | Yes | No | No | Partial | Partial, Markdown | No | Yes | ||
Central Desktop | Yes | Yes, RSS | No | [63] | |||||
Confluence | Yes | Yes, RSS | Partial, web UI[64] | Yes, Java plug-ins, user macros in Apache Velocity | No | Yes | Marketplace Apps,[65] Encryption in Cloud version[66] | ||
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 | [67] |
DokuWiki | Yes, plugin available | Yes, RSS/Atom[68] | Yes, to xml, text, html pages, LaTeX, Open doc format, pdf with plugins[69] | Yes, plugin API | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[70] | Section Editing, XHTML-Compliant, tables, side-by-side diff, namespaces, Interwiki |
FlexWiki | No | Yes, RSS | No | ASP, WikiTalk, .NET Reflection plugins | Forms, scripting, integrated weblog, threaded message forum | ||||
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 | [71] | ||
Gitit | Yes | No Markdown and other lightweight markup languages | Yes via pandoc | Yes Custom Macros | Yes Custom Macros | Yes | Yes | ||
Gollum | No: Uses ACE editor with a preview pane | Yes, RSS | Yes: uses text-based markup languages | Yes | Yes | Yes: with third-party software[72] | Yes | Section Editing, Multiple Markup Languages, RTL Languages, UML Diagrams, YAML frontmatter | |
IBM Connections | Yes | Yes, RSS, Atom | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Tagging, Discussions, Notifications (mail or in product), Reports, CMS, Templating | |
Jive | Yes | Yes | No | Yes, both functionality and theme via plugins | No | ||||
JotSpot | Yes | Yes, RSS, per page | No | plugins, server-side Javascript | [73] | ||||
MediaWiki | Yes, bundled extension (VisualEditor) | Yes, RSS/Atom | Yes (web UI, web API, shell) [2] | actions, handlers | MediaWiki syntax | Yes | Yes[74] | Visual editor, extensions via PHP modules, collaboration[75] | |
Midgard Wiki | No | Yes, RSS, all changes | No | PHP component architecture | CMS integration | ||||
MindTouch | Yes | Yes, RSS, XML, JSON | No | API, Service Oriented Architecture | [76] | ||||
MoinMoin | Yes, v1.5+ | Yes, RSS, last changes | No | different plugin types | Yes, selectable parsers | [77] | |||
MojoMojo | Yes, With live preview | Yes, RSS | No | Yes, plugins and custom additions types | Yes, Multiple markup parsers available | [78] | |||
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 |
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 |
PBworks | Yes | Yes, RSS/Atom | No | API, AuthAPI, plugins, wikilets | [79] | ||||
PhpWiki | Yes, module | Yes RSS/Atom/RDF: global, per page or per user | No | plugins | Creole | support all databases | |||
PmWiki | Yes, Addon[80] | Yes, RSS/Atom/RDF (option): global, per namespace, per page or per watchlist; feed readers (plugins) | Yes, modules[81] | Yes, very, 500+ plugins and configuration recipes[82] | Yes, Creole (option), Markdown (plugin)[83] | Yes | Section editing, section toggle (modules) | Yes, Modules[84] | PageVariables and PageLists,[85] blogs (addons), picture galleries (addons), embed maps/videos (addons). Highly flexible ACLs. |
SamePage | Yes | Yes, RSS feeds, | No | plugins | |||||
Semantic MediaWiki | Yes, bundled extension (VisualEditor) | Yes, RSS/Atom | Yes (RDF, JSON, CSV and other "result formats". Web UI, web API, shell) [3] | actions, handlers | MediaWiki syntax | Yes | Yes[86] | Internal query language, visual editor, extensions via PHP modules, collaboration[87] | |
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 |
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 |
Socialtext | Yes | Yes, RSS feeds, Google/Technorati search results | No | using REST/SOAP APIs | [88] | ||||
Swiki | No | Some | [89] | ||||||
TiddlyWiki | Yes, with FCKeditor or other plugin | Yes, RSS | Yes | Yes plugins, macros, themes, css | Creole | Yes | [90] | ||
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Yes, with FCKeditor or via Quicktag insertion[91] | Yes, RSS/Atom/RDF | No | Hundreds of features, plugins, modules & mods | No | Yes (e.g. Siteground) | Yes | [92] | |
Trac | Yes with plugin | Yes, RSS | Yes with plugins | Yes limited | ticket system, access source code repositories (git, mercurial, more), other features via plugins | ||||
Traction TeamPage | Yes | Yes, Dynamic RSS inbound, outbound | No | Plug-in architecture for widgets, forms, interface and function modifications | [93] | ||||
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 | [94] | ||
UseModWiki | No | Yes, RSS | No | No, unofficial patches only | No | No | No | Partial, if <toc> is added with # added to headings | |
Whizfolders | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes, markup | No | Yes | Yes | Rich Text, RTF export, clipboard collect, Print with TOC |
Wiki.js | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Markdown | Yes | Yes | Built-in search | |
Wikispaces | Yes | Yes, RSS/Atom | No | API, widgets, single sign-on (SSO) | [95] | ||||
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 | [96] |
Wiki software | WYSIWYG editing | Web feeds | Export, import | Extensibility | Selectable wiki syntax | Wiki farms | Outliner mechanism | Automatic TOC | Other features |
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Wiki software | Platform | Typical installation size (MB) | Web server needed | Other software needed | Installable to USB stick |
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BlueSpice | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | IIS–Apache, Tomcat | MySQL, Oracle | No | |
BookStack | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | PHP-compatible webserver | PHP 8.0.2+, MySQL or MariaDB, Git, Composer[97] | No | |
Central Desktop | N/A: hosted | None | None | ||
Confluence | Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Oracle Solaris[98] | Tomcat included, or use your own servlet container. | Java 1.8, database such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, etc.[98] | ||
ConnectedText | Microsoft Windows | None | Python optional | Yes | |
DokuWiki | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | 17 | Should work on any web server with PHP | PHP | Yes |
FlexWiki | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | IIS–Apache | ASP.NET, Mono | ||
Foswiki | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | Any Web server with cgi support. | Perl, RCS | Yes | |
Gitit | Cross platform | Yes. Happstack; can also be used locally. | LaTeX; Versioning system like Git, Darcs, or Mercurial | No | |
Gollum | Cross platform | No (built in), but possible (Apache, Nginx, Puma, etc.) | None | Yes | |
IBM Connections | Linux (RHEL & SLES), Unix (AIX), Windows[99] | 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 | |
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 | ||
JotSpot | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | None (built-in) | VMware Player | ||
MediaWiki | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | Any web server that supports PHP 7.4.3+ | PHP; one of MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite[100] | Yes | |
Midgard Wiki | Linux, Unix & others | Apache with PHP | MySQL, PHP | ||
MindTouch | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | Apache, IIS6, IIS7, IIS8 | Mono, MySQl, PHP | ||
MoinMoin | Linux, Macs, Unix, Windows, others | None for Desktop version | Python | Yes | |
MojoMojo | Linux, Macs, Unix, Windows, others | None: builtin server suitable for desktop or production use | SQL database (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sqlite) | ||
MyInfo | Microsoft Windows | None | None | Yes | |
Obsidian | macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android | None | None | ||
PhpWiki | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | Any Web server with PHP | PHP | ||
PmWiki | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | 8 | Any Web server with PHP, can run without a web server. | PHP | Yes |
Semantic MediaWiki | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | Any web server that supports PHP 7.4.3+ | PHP; one of MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite[101] | Yes | |
SharePoint Foundation | Windows Server | IIS | Optional SQL Server | ||
SharePoint Server | Windows Server or SaaS | IIS or SaaS | Optional SQL Server | ||
Socialtext | N/A: hosted | no, all needed components included | no, all needed components included | ||
Swiki | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | None: installs own server; can coexist with IIS and Apache by running on alternate port | None | ||
TiddlyWiki | Any (that runs common browsers) | None | Runs in regular browser | Yes | |
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | Any Web server with PHP[102] | PHP | Yes | |
Trac | Linux, Windows | Recommended (fcgi or wsgi), builtin available | SQL database (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sqlite) | ||
Traction TeamPage | Any OS capable of running Java 2 Virtual Machine | Jetty (included with installer) | None | ||
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 | ||
UseModWiki | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | Any web server with cgi support | Perl | ||
Whizfolders | Microsoft Windows | None | None | No | |
Wiki.js | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | None (built-in): Can coexist with Apache, Nginx, IIS via alternate port | PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MSSQL or SQLite3[103] | Yes | |
Wikispaces | SaaS: hosted | None | None | ||
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 |
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An early page, WikiWikiHyperCard, traces wiki ideas back to a HyperCard stack I wrote in the late 80's. This same stack, by the way, spawned CrcCards. I've reconstructed the WikiDesignPrinciples I applied at the time.