Comparison of wiki software
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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of wiki software packages.
General Information
Creator | First public release date | Latest stable release | Stable release date | Predecessor | Cost (USD) | Software license[1] | Open source | Encoding | Multilingual | Programming language | Data backend | |
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Central Desktop | Central Desktop Inc. | October 1, 2005 | Winter Release '07 | November 12, 2007 | N/A | [2] | Proprietary | No | ? | ? | PHP | PostgreSQL |
Clearspace | Jive Software | January 7, 2007 | 2.5.7 | February 9, 2009 | N/A | [3] | Proprietary | No | ISO8859-1, UTF-8, … | Yes | J2EE/Java | SQL/LDAP [4] |
codeBeamer | Intland Software | 2002 | 5.3.1 | May 2009 | N/A | Proprietary | No | UTF-8 | No | Java | MySQL, Oracle, Apache Derby or Postgres | |
Confluence | Atlassian Software Systems | May 12, 2004 | 3.0.0 | June 2, 2009 | N/A | [5] | [6] | No | ISO8859-1, UTF-8, … | Yes | Java, Java EE | RDB[7] |
Daniel T. Gorski; Paul Hanchett | March 2002 | 0.3.4 | February 24, 2005 | N/A | Free | GPL | Yes | ? | ? | PHP5 | MySQL | |
MindTouch Deki | MindTouch & community | July 25, 2006 | 8.08.2 | December 6, 2008 | MediaWiki | [8] | GPL/LGPL, Apache License | Yes | UTF-8 | Yes | PHP, C# on Windows or Mono | MySQL |
DokuWiki | Andreas Gohr | July 2004 | February 14, 2009 | February 14, 2009 | Free | GPL v2 | Yes | UTF-8 | Yes | PHP | File system | |
FlexWiki | David Ornstein | ? | 2.0 | February 2, 2008 | N/A | Free | CPL | Yes | ? | ? | ASP.NET, C# | File system, Microsoft SQL Server |
Foswiki | Foswiki Association | ? | 1.0.7 | September 21, 2009 | TWiki | Free | GPL | Yes | ? | Yes | Perl | File system |
Instiki | David Heinemeier Hansson | ? | 0.13.0 | March 17, 2008 | N/A | Free | Ruby License[9] | Yes | ? | ? | Ruby | Active Record |
IpbWiki | GlobalSoft | February 25, 2006 | 1.7.1 | September 25, 2007 | N/A | [10] | Proprietary | No | ? | ? | PHP | MySql, Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle |
JAMWiki | Various | June 30, 2006 | 0.8.0 | November 3, 2009 | MediaWiki | Free | LGPL | Yes | UTF-8 | Yes | Java | Most JDBC compliant databases, or file system using HSQL |
JotSpot | JotSpot | October 2004 | 2.0 | July 24, 2006 | N/A | Non-free From $100/mo | Proprietary | No | ? | ? | Java | File system, XML |
JSPWiki | Janne Jalkanen | July 6, 2001 | 2.8.2 | March 31, 2009 | N/A | Free | Apache Public License 2.0 | Yes | UTF-8 | Yes | Java | Flat-file, RCS, SVN |
Kerika | Kerika, Inc. | May 1, 2005 | 1.1 | August 1, 2007 | N/A | Non-free [11] | Proprietary | No | ? | ? | Java | Object-oriented database |
MediaWiki | Wikimedia Foundation | January 25, 2002 | 1.15.1 | July 13, 2009 | N/A | Free | GPL v2 | Yes | UTF-8 | Yes | PHP | MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite |
Midgard Wiki | Henri Bergius | September 29, 2004 | 8.09.6[12] | October 20, 2009 | N/A | Free | LGPL | Yes | ? | ? | PHP | MySQL and RCS |
MoinMoin | Jurgen Hermann; Thomas Waldmann; ... | July 28, 2000 | 1.8.5 | September 11, 2009 | PikiPiki | Free | GPL | Yes | UTF-8 | Yes | Python | Flat-file |
MojoMojo | Marcus Ramberg & community | August 29, 2007 | 0.999032 | Aug 2, 2009 | N/A | Free | Perl | Yes | UTF-8 | Yes | Perl | PostgreSQL, SQLite, MySQL, others |
OddMuseWiki | Alex Schroeder | 1.806 | Aug 19, 2007[13] | UseModWiki 0.9 | Free | GPL | Yes | ? | ? | Perl | Flat-file | |
PBworks | David Weekly | May 30, 2005 | TipiWiki | [14] | Proprietary | No | UTF-8 | ? | PHP | MogileFS, Squid, MySQL, Pound, lighttpd | ||
Perspective | Alan Slater | March 2004 | 0.922 | February 6, 2007 | N/A | Free | GPL | Yes | ? | ? | ASP.NET, C#, XSLT | Microsoft Indexing Service, XML |
PhpWiki | Steve Wainstead, ... | December 1999 | 1.3.14 | July 1, 2007 | WikiWikiWeb | Free | GPL | Yes | ISO8859-1, UTF-8 | Yes | PHP | Berkeley DB, Flat-file, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle 8, Firebird |
Pier | Lukas Renggli | ? | 1.0.17 | September 23, 2008 | SmallWiki | Free | MIT | Yes | ? | ? | Smalltalk, Squeak | Image-based, and pluggable |
PmWiki | Patrick Michaud | February 6, 2002 | 2.2.5 | August 25, 2009 | N/A | Free | GPL | Yes | ISO8859-1, UTF-8 | Yes | PHP | Flat-file. MySQL, SQLite (plug-ins) |
Portili TeamWiki | Andrew Masri | June 17, 2009 | 1.00 | June 17, 2009 | N/A | Non-free Enterprise edition: $339. Free version for personal use. | Proprietary | No | UTF-8 | No | PHP | MySQL |
SamePage | eTouch Systems | Error in Template:Date table sorting: months must be an integer between 1 and 12 | March 2009 | March 1, 2009 | N/A | [15] | Proprietary | No | ? | Yes | J2EE/Java | SQL/LDAP |
ScrewTurn Wiki | ScrewTurn Software | September 3, 2006 | 2.0.36 | January 10, 2009 | N/A | Free | GPL v2 | Yes | ? | Yes | ASP.NET, C# | MySql, Microsoft SQL Server or flat-file |
Socialtext | Socialtext | 2003 | 3.0.2.1 | Oct 2008 | 3.0.2.1 | [16] | [17] | ? | No | ? | Perl | PostgreSQL |
Swiki | Mark Guzdial; Jochen Rick | October 1999 | 1.5 | December 6, 2005 | N/A | Free | GPL | Yes | ? | ? | Squeak | File system |
ThoughtFarmer | ThoughtFarmer | May 2006 | 3.5.1 | June 3, 2009 | N/A | Non-free $109/user | Proprietary | No | UTF-8 | Yes | ASP.NET, C# | Microsoft SQL Server |
TiddlyWiki | Jeremy Ruston | September 2004 | 2.5.3 | August 18, 2009 | N/A | Free | BSD | Yes | ? | ? | JavaScript | Single file, MySQL (mod) |
TigerWiki | Chabel.org | July 2005 | 2.19 | November 2, 2006 | roWiki | Free | GPL | Yes | ? | ? | PHP | File system |
TikiWiki CMS/Groupware | Luis Argerich (200+ devs nowadays) | October 9, 2002 | 4.0 | November 15, 2009 | N/A | Free | LGPL | Yes | UTF-8 | Yes | PHP | MySQL |
Traction TeamPage | Traction Software | December 1, 1999 | 4.2 | November 2, 2009 | N/A | [18] | Proprietary | No | UTF-8, … | 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 | 4.3.2 | September 2, 2009 | JosWiki | [19] | GPL | Yes | ISO8859-1, UTF-8 | Yes | Perl | Flat-file, RCS, pluggable storage backend[20] |
UseModWiki | Clifford Adams | January 22, 2000 | 1.0 | September 12, 2003 | AtisWiki | Free | GPL | Yes | ? | ? | Perl | Flat-file |
WackoWiki | Roman Ivanov | March 2003 | R4.3.rc | September 12, 2008 | WakkaWiki | Free | BSD | Yes | ? | Yes | PHP | MySQL |
Wiki Server | Apple Computer | comes with OS X Server | Proprietary | No | ||||||||
Wikispaces | Tangient LLC | March 18, 2005 | May 15, 2009 | [21] | Proprietary | No | UTF-8 | Yes | PHP | MySQL, MogileFS | ||
Wikiwig | Steve Goldman (Formerly Starcrouz) | July 20, 2004 | R5.01 | May 28, 2008 | Wikiwig 4.x | Free | GPL | Yes | ? | Yes | PHP | MySQL |
WikkaWiki | Wikka Development Team | May 16, 2004 | 1.2 | Sep 1, 2009 | WakkaWiki | Free | GPL | Yes | ISO8859-1 | No | PHP | MySQL |
wiki, WikiWikiWeb | Ward Cunningham | 1995 | ? | ? | Apple HyperCard | see QuickWiki | ? | ? | ? | ? | Perl | ? |
XWiki | Ludovic Dubost | February 2004 | 1.8.3 | May 9, 2009 | Twiki | Free | LGPL | Yes | UTF-8 | Yes | Java | PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Apache Derby, HSQLDB |
ZWiki | Simon Michael | November 5, 1999 | 0.61.0 | October 28, 2008 | N/A | Free | GPL | Yes | UTF-8 | Yes | Python | ZODB - Zope Object Database |
Creator | First public release date | Latest stable release | Stable release date | Predecessor | Cost (USD) | Software license[1] | Open source | Encoding | Multilingual | Programming language | Data backend |
Target Audience
Wiki software | Public | Private | Corporate/Enterprise | Education | Intranet | Personal | Scientific/Technical/Mathematical |
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Central Desktop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Clearspace | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
codeBeamer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Confluence | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
coWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
MindTouch Deki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
DokuWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
FlexWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
Instiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
IpbWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
JAMWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
JotSpot | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
JSPWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Kerika | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
MediaWiki | Yes | No[3] | Yes | ||||
Midgard Wiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
MoinMoin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
MojoMojo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Noösphere | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Latex input | |
OddMuseWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
PBworks | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Perspective | |||||||
PhpWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
PmWiki | Yes | Yes | |||||
Portili TeamWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
SamePage | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
ScrewTurn Wiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Socialtext | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Swiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
ThoughtFarmer | Yes | Yes | |||||
TiddlyWiki | Yes | Yes | |||||
TigerWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
TikiWiki CMS/Groupware | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Traction TeamPage | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
TWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
UseModWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
WackoWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Wikispaces | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Wikiwig | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
WikkaWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
XWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
ZWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Wiki software | Public | Private | Corporate/Enterprise | Education | Intranet | Personal | Scientific/Technical/Mathematical |
Features 1
File uploading / attachments | Spam prevention | Page access control[22] | Inline HTML[23] | User-customizable interface[24] | Document renaming | ||
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Central Desktop | Yes | Yes, CAPTCHA | No | Yes | Yes, templates and themes, html and css | No | |
Clearspace | Yes | optional | Yes, extensive permissions API | Yes | Yes | No, scheduled for 3.0 | |
codeBeamer | Yes | No | Yes | optional | Partial - JSP pages + CSS | Yes, links don't break | |
Confluence | Yes | Yes, CAPTCHA | Yes | optional | Yes, templates and themes + CSS | Yes, links are updated | |
coWiki | No | No | Yes, due to UNIX-style permissions | No | Partial - hand-edited templates, document "Print version" | Yes, all pages are seamlessly updated | |
Yes | Yes | Yes | optional | Yes | Yes | ||
DokuWiki | Yes | Yes, blacklist | Yes, optional | Yes, optional | Yes, templates, CSS, PHP; heavily documented PHP API | Yes, plugin | |
FlexWiki | Yes | Yes, blacklist, CAPTCHA, nofollow | Yes | Yes, plugin | Partial - CSS, templates, WikiTalk | Yes, old page becomes a redirect | |
Instiki | Yes | No | No | Yes | Partial - CSS | No | |
File uploading / attachments | Spam prevention | Page access control[22] | Inline HTML[23] | User-customizable interface[24] | Document renaming | ||
IpbWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial - many features are user-customizable, templates | Yes, old page becomes a redirect | |
JAMWiki | Yes | Yes, content by regexp | Yes | Yes, optional | Yes - templates and editable CSS stylesheet topic | Yes, old page becomes a redirect | |
JotSpot | Yes | No | Yes | Yes, optional | Partial - CSS | Yes | |
JSPWiki | Yes | Yes, content by regexp, CAPTCHA, Akismet, bot detection | Yes | Yes, optional | Partial - templates | Yes | |
Kerika | Yes | Yes, ACL for each project | Yes | No | Partial - customizable toolbar | Yes, full document management | |
MediaWiki | Yes | Yes, URL blacklist, word blacklist, IP blocking, captchas (as used on wikinews)[25] | Yes | Yes | Partial - many features are user-customizable, templates | Yes, old page becomes a redirect | |
Midgard Wiki | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Partial templates, CSS | No | |
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 | |
Near-Time | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, templates, html, custom navigation portal, custom data fields, CSS | Yes | |
OddMuseWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, plugin | CSS | Yes | |
PBworks | Yes | Yes - passwords, SSO-capable integration, ACLs, IP whitelisting/blacklisting | Yes | Yes, and plugins | Partial - CSS | No | |
Perspective | Yes | Yes (per collection) | parameterized Raw Includes, in-page XSLT | XSLT, CSS | Yes, with aliases | ||
PhpWiki | Yes | Yes, CPAN Blog::SpamAssassin | Yes | plugin | themes; un-documented | Yes | |
PmWiki | Yes | Yes[26] | Yes | Yes, module | Yes, themes, per page/per group CSS, ... | Yes, module | |
Portili TeamWiki | Yes | Yes, only authorized users can edit pages. Anonymous comments (if enabled) are disguised from spam robots. | Yes, includes user/group management functions | Yes, Safe | Yes, CSS | Yes | |
SamePage | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Socialtext | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
File uploading / attachments | Spam prevention | Page access control[22] | Inline HTML[23] | User-customizable interface[24] | Document renaming | ||
Swiki | Yes | Yes, block IP Addresses, words, UserIDs | Yes | Yes | For AniAniWebs, CSS | Yes, updating all backlinks | |
ThoughtFarmer | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
TiddlyWiki | No | No | No | Yes, plugin | Yes, themes, user CSS, modules | Yes | |
TigerWiki | No | No, to be coded | Yes, password protection | No | Partial - style-sheets, template | No | |
TikiWiki CMS/Groupware | Yes | Yes, CAPTCHA for registration and anonymous edits or comments, encrypted email addresses. [27] | Yes | Yes | themes, user CSS, modules | 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[28] | Yes | Yes | templates, skins, user CSS | Yes, fixing backlinks | |
UseModWiki | Yes | Yes, IP blacklist | Yes? | Yes? | CSS | Yes, admins only | |
WackoWiki | Yes | Yes, referrer blacklist | Yes | Yes - configurable/safe | themes, style-sheets | Yes | |
Wikispaces | Yes | Yes, CAPTCHA | Yes | Yes | Yes, themes, HTML, CSS | Yes | |
Wikiwig | Yes | Yes,Captcha | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | |
WikkaWiki | Yes | Yes, referrer blacklist (module), HTTP REQUEST analysis (module) | Yes | Yes - configurable/safe | style-sheets | No | |
XWiki | Yes | Yes, Captcha, ACL | Yes | Yes | style-sheets, templates, themes | Yes | |
ZWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | style-sheets, templates, skins | Yes | |
File uploading / attachments | Spam prevention | Page access control[22] | Inline HTML[23] | User-customizable interface[24] | Document renaming |
Features 2
WYSIWYG editing | Web feeds | Extensibility | Cross-wiki support | Other features | |
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Central Desktop | Yes | Yes, RSS | [29] | ||
Clearspace | Yes | Yes | Yes, both functionality and theme via plugins | No | |
codeBeamer | Yes with TinyMCE or Microsoft Word | No | Yes, Java Plug-ins | [30] | |
Confluence | Yes | Yes, RSS | Java Plug-ins, User Macros in Apache Velocity | [31] | |
coWiki | ? | Yes, RSS[4] | plugins via an OOP interface | [32] | |
Yes | Yes, RSS, XML, JSON | API, Service Oriented Architecture | [33] | ||
DokuWiki | No Quickbuttons and a preview mode exist however | Yes, RSS/Atom[5] | Yes, Plugin API | Yes | [34] |
FlexWiki | No | Yes, RSS | ASP, WikiTalk, .Net Reflection plugins | Forms, Scripting, Integrated Weblog and Threaded Message Forum | |
UseModWiki | No? | Yes | extensions | ||
Instiki | No | Yes, RSS | fairly trivial with minimal Ruby knowledge | Yes, can use different (administrator-set) markup languages. | [35] |
WYSIWYG editing | Web feeds | Extensibility | Cross-wiki support | Other features | |
IpbWiki | No | Yes, RSS/Atom | actions, handlers | [36] | |
JAMWiki | Partial, optional editing buttons | Yes, RSS | Plugin wiki syntax parser (default is Mediawiki syntax) | ||
JotSpot | Yes | Yes, RSS, per page | plugins, server-side Javascript | [37] | |
JSPWiki | Partial, alpha | Yes, RSS, per page | plugins, filters, providers | Weblog integration | |
Kerika | Yes, full graphical Wiki features | No | not yet | [38] | |
MediaWiki | No | Yes, RSS/Atom | actions, handlers | [39] | |
Midgard Wiki | No | Yes, RSS, all changes | PHP component architecture | CMS integration | |
MoinMoin | Yes, v1.5+ | Yes, RSS, last changes | different plugin types | Yes, selectable parsers | [40] |
MojoMojo | Yes, With live preview | Yes, RSS | Yes, plugins and custom additions types | Yes, Multiple markup parsers available | [41] |
OddMuseWiki | Yes, plugin | Yes | plugins | [42] | |
PBworks | Yes | Yes, RSS/Atom | API, AuthAPI, plugins, wikilets | [43] | |
Perspective | Yes, IE, Mozilla & Firefox | Yes, RSS (last day's changes) | HTML Includes, XSLT includes that can take external URL contents, .Net action classes | [44] | |
PhpWiki | Yes, module | Yes RSS/Atom/RDF: global, per page or per user | plugins | support all databases | |
PmWiki | No | Yes | very, 100+ plugins | WikiCreole (option) [45] | [46] |
Portili TeamWiki | Yes | No | Yes, This wiki will integrate seamlessly with Portili blog & other Portili web-apps (to be launched soon). | No | Exceptionally easy to use with easy user/group management. |
SamePage | Yes | Yes, RSS feeds, | plugins | ||
Socialtext | Yes | Yes, RSS feeds, Google/Technorati search results | using REST/SOAP APIs | [47] | |
WYSIWYG editing | Web feeds | Extensibility | Cross-wiki support | Other features | |
Swiki | No | Some | [48] | ||
ThoughtFarmer | Yes | Yes | Plugins, API used by ThoughtFarmer Professional Services | [49] | |
TiddlyWiki | Yes, with FCKeditor or other plugin | Yes, RSS | plugins | [50] | |
TigerWiki | No | Yes, RSS with plugin | Code modification | [51] | |
TikiWiki CMS/Groupware | Yes, with FCKeditor or via Quicktag insertion | Yes, RSS/Atom/RDF | Hundreds of features, plugins, modules & mods | No | [52] |
Traction TeamPage | Yes | Yes, Dynamic RSS inbound / outbound | Plug-in architecture for widgets, forms, interface and function modifications | [53] | |
TWiki | Yes, pre-installed plugin | Yes, RSS/Atom, with search string | 400+ extensions; Plugin API for developers; TWiki markup/scripting for users to create wiki applications | Yes, user selectable wiki syntax with EditSyntaxPlugin | [54] |
UseModWiki | No? | Yes | extensions | ||
WackoWiki | Yes, WikiEdit | Yes, RSS | actions, handlers | [55] | |
Wikispaces | Yes | Yes, RSS/Atom | API, widgets, single sign-on (SSO) | [56] | |
Wikiwig | Yes, Xinha | No | Some | ||
WikkaWiki | No | Yes, Single page/Comments/Global | actions, handlers | [57] | |
XWiki | Yes, using TinyMCE | Yes, RSS | plugins, macros, scripts, applications | [58] | |
ZWiki | Yes, using Epoz | Yes, RSS/Atom | all Zope plugins, LaTeX, and more | [59] | |
WYSIWYG editing | Web feeds | Extensibility | Cross-wiki support | Other features |
Installation
Platform | Ease of installation[60] | Web-server required | Other software required | Installable to USB stick | |
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Central Desktop | NA - hosted | Hosted - no set required | None | None | |
Clearspace | Java 1.5 + one of: Windows Server 2003 SP2, Linux (2.6 Kernel), Solaris 10 | Easy, configuration wizard or hosted | Tomcat, WebLogic, WebSphere | MS SQL, Postgres, MySQL or Oracle | |
codeBeamer | Any OS that supports Java 1.5 and servlet 2.4 | Easy | Tomcat included, or use your own servlet container. | Java 1.5 | |
Confluence | Any OS that supports Java 1.4 and servlet 2.4 | Easy, Configuration Wizard | Tomcat included, or use your own servlet container. | Java 1.4 | |
coWiki | Linux, Unix, MSW & others | Apache with PHP | MySQL, PHP | ||
MindTouch Deki | Linux, Unix, MSW & others | Hosted, Moderately simple, Appliance | Apache, IIS6, IIS7, IIS8 | Mono, MySQl, PHP | |
DokuWiki | Linux, Unix, MSW & others | Moderately simple | Should work on any web server with PHP | PHP | Yes |
FlexWiki | Linux, Unix, MSW & others | Moderately simple | IIS/Apache | ASP.Net/Mono | |
Instiki | Linux, Unix, MSW & others | Trivial | None (built-in) | Ruby | |
Platform | Ease of installation[60] | Web-server required | Other software required | ||
IpbWiki | Linux, Macs, Unix, MSW & others | Moderately simple | Apache or IIS with PHP 4+ | MySQL, PHP | |
JAMWiki | Any OS that supports Java 1.4 and servlet 2.4 | Simple, WAR file and one page web-based form | Any servlet 2.4-compliant application server | Java 1.4 | |
JotSpot | Linux, Unix, MSW & others | Easy, VMware virtual appliance | None (built-in) | VMware Player | |
JSPWiki | Any OS that supports Java 1.5 and servlet 2.4 | Moderately simple | any servlet 2.4-compliant web server | Java 1.5 | |
Kerika | Any OS that supports Java 1.5 | Very easy (under 2 minutes) | None | Java 1.5 | |
MediaWiki | Linux, Unix, MSW & others | Moderately simple | Apache or IIS with PHP 5.0+ | MySQL, PHP5 | |
Midgard Wiki | Linux, Unix & others | Easy, requires root | Apache with PHP | MySQL, PHP | |
MoinMoin | Linux, Macs, Unix, MSW & others | Easy for Desktop version | None for Desktop version | Python | Yes |
MojoMojo | Linux, Macs, Unix, MSW, others | Easy - 4-step process | None - builtin server suitable for desktop or production use | SQL database (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sqlite) | |
OddMuseWiki | Linux, Unix, MSW & others | Easy | Any web server with cgi support | Perl | |
Perspective | MSW & others | Moderately simple | IIS | .NET Runtime 1.1 | |
PhpWiki | Linux, Unix, MSW & others | Moderately simple | Any Web-server with PHP | PHP | |
PmWiki | Linux, Unix, MSW & others | Very Easy | Any Web-server with PHP, can run without a web server. | PHP | Yes |
Portili TeamWiki | Linux, Unix, MSW & others | Moderately simple | Apache or IIS with PHP 5.0+ | MySQL, PHP5 | |
Socialtext | NA - hosted | hosted service without installation as an option; appliance option available with managed service for remote upgrades and administration | no, all required components included | no, all required components included | |
Platform | Ease of installation[60] | Web-server required | Other software required | ||
Swiki | Linux, Unix, MSW & others | Very Easy: Just drag the image file over the executable or (non-GUI) just use the image file as an executable parameter | None--installs own server. Can coexist with IIS and Apache by running on alternate port | None | |
ThoughtFarmer | MSW & others | Managed installation -- Easy | MS-Windows Server 2003 or 2008 | MS SQL Server 2005 or 2008 | |
TiddlyWiki | MSW & others | Easy | None | None | Yes |
TigerWiki | Linux, Unix & others | Easy | Any Web-server with PHP | PHP | |
TikiWiki CMS/Groupware | Linux, Unix, MSW & others | Moderately simple via install script. Telnet/ssh is useful but not necessary. | Any Web-server with PHP | PHP | Yes |
Traction TeamPage | Any OS capable of running Java 2 Virtual Machine | Easy, Installation Wizard installs all components | None (Built-In) | None | |
TWiki | Linux, Unix, MSW & others | Native install: Easy on *nix, moderately difficult on MS-Windows. | Any Web-server with cgi support. Web-server included in VMware appliance and TWiki for MS-Windows Personal. | Perl, RCS | |
UseModWiki | Linux, Unix, MSW & others | Easy | Any web server with cgi support | Perl | |
WackoWiki | Linux, Unix, MSW & others | Quick and easy, multilingual installer | Apache v1.3.x (v2 recommended), IIS | MySQL, PHP | |
Wikispaces | SaaS - hosted | Hosted - no installation or setup required | None | None | |
Wikiwig | Linux, Unix, MSW & others | Easy | Any with PHP | MySQL, PHP | |
WikkaWiki | Linux, Unix, MSW & others | Easy installation/upgrade, through web-wizard | Any Web-server with PHP | MySQL/PHP | |
XWiki | Java Platform | Simple package for MS-Windows Available, Simple JAR autoinstaller for any platform | Any J2EE webserver | Java | |
ZWiki | Linux, Unix, MSW & others | Moderate (easy if Zope is already installed) | Zope | Python (included with most Zope installs) | |
Platform | Ease of installation[60] | Web-server required | Other software required | Installable to USB stick |
Footnotes
- ^ a b Licenses here are a summary, and are not taken to be complete statements of the licenses. Some packages may use libraries under different licenses.
- ^ Free Ver Available, Paid plans start at $25/month
- ^ For internal collaboration and communities of practice: free for up to 5 users, additional users $59/user/year
- ^ including: MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, IBM DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server
- ^ Free (open source project or community or personal), $1200–8000 commercial, $600–4000 academic
- ^ Commercial, Academic, Community, Personal, Open Source Project
- ^ (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, DB2, MS SQL Server)
- ^ Free & open-source edition, paid enterprise edition, and free and paid hosted versions offered.
- ^ Instiki - Ruby License Instiki is distributed under the same terms as Ruby itself, per the Ruby license.
- ^ Free for the basic version, 30$/year for full version
- ^ $9.95/month/user; free for anyone with ".edu" email address
- ^ http://www.midgard-project.org/updates/midgard_8-09-6-amstergard-released/
- ^ http://www.oddmuse.org/cgi-bin/oddmuse/2007-08-19_New_Release
- ^ Free & Paid options available
- ^ For internal collaboration and knowledge management: SaaS & hosted pricing
- ^ Pricing varies. Available deployment options include: free open-source and VMware image downloads, hosted services and dedicated appliances.
- ^ Open-source and commercial licensing options
- ^ Enterprise wiki, blog, discussion, live blogging, tagging, document management for internal / external collaboration and communities: free for up to 5 users, pricing starts at $3750 / year for 25 users
- ^ Free download at twiki.org; twiki.net offers Certified TWiki Virtual Appliance with/without support, and paid hosting solutions
- ^ Foswiki mailing list - Foswiki on Wikipedia
- ^ Free & Paid options available
- ^ a b c d 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).
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ URL anding are available using a MediaWiki extension. [1]
- ^ word/URL block (addon, auto-upd. database), URL-approval (option), encrypt e-mails (addon), nofollow, Captcha (addon)
- ^ Documentation about Spam Protection for TikiWiki. [2]
- ^ IP blacklist, content by regexp, excessive activities, scripted registration prevention (plugin), hidden e-mail addresses
- ^ Block architecture, Calendars, Discussions, Database feature, Tasks and Milestones Blocks available
- ^ Enterprise level security, Integration with Issue Tracker / Document Manager / Continuous Integration, Open API, Tagging, E-Mail Notifications, Commercial support
- ^ Enterprise level security, Simple admin interface, Open Plug-in API, Tagging, E-Mail Notifications, Fully supported
- ^ Data saved hierarchic (web trees) and in XML, per-page threaded comments, comfortable installation wizard
- ^ Highly usable, stores in XML, SOA, API, enterprise arch and business focused, fully supported by MindTouch company website
- ^ Section Editing, XHTML-Compliant, nice tables, side-by-side diff, namespaces, Interwiki
- ^ Trivial to set up on any platform that supports Ruby. Supports inline HTML, Textile, Markdown, and RDoc.
- ^ Integration with Invision Power Board, bbcode support
- ^ Support for server-side Javascript, VMware virtual appliance
- ^ Graphical wiki with hybrid peer-to-peer networking, can send project updates by email to non-users, can create private networks
- ^ Per-article discussion page, watchlist, searching, email notification (built in, but currently disabled on Wikipedia)
- ^ Enterprise level security, authentication, and authorization, Email notification, additional desktop edition, XML-RPC content synchronization, searching in attachments (v1.6+).
- ^ Hierarchical node structure and cascading permissions system allows for stewardship of topics. Version control and ability to do 3-way merge on conflict.
- ^ very easily extensible, themeable, easy setup of wiki farms
- ^ 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.
- ^ Searching over MS Office documents, can search files in folders outside of the Wiki (including MS Office files), Active Directory integration, User authorisation based on AD Group membership, Private Content
- ^ The PmWiki markup rules are easily modifiable and replaceable by plug-ins, should a need for another wikimarkup family be demonstrated.
- ^ Highly sophisticated support for customization. Practically cameleon-like
- ^ accessible through REST/SOAP APIs
- ^ 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.
- ^ Structured wiki, granular access controls, faceted browsing, revision control, full text search, email notification, photo albums
- ^ Single file, minimal setup, cross-browser
- ^ All minimal features that a wiki needs
- ^ 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 Tikiwiki content, Multitiki installations
- ^ 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, 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. Simple web based admin, Authenticate using LDAP or Active Directory (including LDAP queries for group definition, NTLM support for single signon, Optional FAST or 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
- ^ 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
- ^ WYSIWYG-like editor, ACLs, subpages, comments, files, email notification, cloning of pages, installation wizard...
- ^ Discussion pages, tagging, email notification, full-text search, user dashboard, localization
- ^ FreeMind support, ACLs, cloning of pages, advanced syntax highlighting using GeSHi, on-the-fly downloading of codeblocks
- ^ 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
- ^ hierarchical pages, revision control, fulltext search, email notification, issue tracker, LaTeX integration
- ^ a b c d “Ease of installation” is expressed relative to other server software packages, and not to desktop applications.
See also
External links
- What Is Wiki - general Wiki info.
- Wiki Matrix - Comparison of wikis and features selected by the user.