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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 licence[1] |
Programming language |
Data backend |
|
BrainKeeper |
BrainKeeper, Inc. |
2006-04-19 |
|
2007-02-15 |
N/A |
Free Version Available, Subscriptions start at $35/month |
Proprietary |
PHP |
RDBMS |
|
Central Desktop |
Central Desktop Inc. |
2005-10-01 |
Winter Release '06 |
2006-09-12 |
N/A |
Free Ver Available, Paid plans start at $25/month |
Proprietary |
PHP |
PostgreSQL |
|
Clearspace |
Jive Software |
2007-02-07 |
1.2 |
2007-06-25 |
N/A |
Free for 5 users, additional users $29/user/year |
|
J2EE/Java |
SQL/LDAP including:
MySQL, Oracle, Postgres, IBM DB2 and SQL Server |
|
Confluence |
Atlassian Software Systems |
2004-05-05 |
2.5.4 |
2007-06-12 |
N/A |
Free (open source project or community or personal), $1200–8000
commercial, $600–4000 academic |
Commercial, Academic, Community, Personal, Open Source Project |
Java,
Java EE |
Relational DB (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, DB2, MS SQL Server) |
|
Corendal Wiki |
Thierry Danard |
2005-05-14 |
|
2007-02-12 |
N/A |
Free |
GPL |
Java |
MySQL or Oracle |
|
coWiki |
Daniel T. Gorski; Paul Hanchett |
2002-03 |
0.3.4
NO LONGER SUPPORTED |
2005-02-24 |
N/A |
Free |
GPL |
PHP5 |
MySQL |
|
DekiWiki |
MindTouch, OpenGarden.org |
2006-07-25 |
2006.07.25 |
2006-07-25 |
MediaWiki |
Free and paid hosted versions. Free open source version available
for download. Paid enterprise versions available as well |
GPL |
PHP, MONO |
MySQL |
|
DidiWiki |
Matthew Allum |
? |
0.5 |
2004-09-30 |
N/A |
Free |
GPL |
C |
File system |
|
DokuWiki |
Andreas Gohr |
|
|
|
|
Free |
GPL v2 |
PHP |
File system |
|
EditMe |
EditMe, LLC |
2002-08-01 |
2007.06.25 |
2007-06-25 |
N/A |
From $5/mo |
Proprietary |
Java (Hosted) |
MySQL |
|
FlexWiki |
David Ornstein |
? |
|
2005-12-02 |
N/A |
Free |
FlexWiki Shared Source Licensing Program |
ASP.NET, C# |
File system,
SQL
Server |
|
Instiki |
David Heinemeier Hansson |
? |
0.11.0 |
2006-03-19 |
N/A |
Free |
Ruby License[2] |
Ruby |
Active Record |
| |
Creator |
First public release date |
Latest stable release |
Stable release date |
Predecessor |
Cost (USD) |
Software licence |
Programming language |
Data backend |
|
JotSpot |
JotSpot |
2004-10 |
2.0 |
2006-07-24 |
N/A |
From $100/mo |
Proprietary |
Java |
File system, XML |
|
JSPWiki |
Janne Jalkanen |
2001-07-06 |
2.4.100 |
2007-03-02 |
N/A |
Free |
LGPL |
Java |
Flat-file, RCS, SVN |
|
Kerika |
Kerika, Inc. |
2005-05-01 |
1.1 |
2007-05-01 |
N/A |
$9.95/month/user; free for anyone with ".edu" email address |
Proprietary |
Java |
Object-oriented database |
|
MediaWiki |
Magnus Manske; Various |
2002-01-25 |
1.10.0 |
2007-05-09 |
N/A |
Free |
GPL v2 |
PHP |
MySQL, PostgreSQL |
|
Midgard Wiki |
Henri Bergius |
2004-09-29 |
1.8.3 |
2007-04-25 |
N/A |
Free |
LGPL |
PHP |
MySQL and RCS |
|
MoinMoin |
Jürgen Hermann; Thomas Waldmann; ... |
2000-07-28 |
1.5.7 |
2007-02-07 |
N/A |
Free |
GPL |
Python |
Flat-file |
|
Near-Time |
Near-Time, Inc. |
2005-11-20 |
2007.28.0 |
2007-27-06 |
N/A |
Starts at $24.99 per month for unlimited spaces and unlimited users |
Proprietary |
Ruby on Rails |
mySQL |
|
OpenWiki |
|
? |
0.78 sp1 |
2002-03-19 |
N/A |
Free |
|
ASP, VBScript |
MS Access and SQL Server |
|
OpenLink Wiki |
|
|
|
|
? |
Free |
GPL and Commercial License |
|
|
|
PAUX |
|
|
|
|
|
From €300/mo |
Free and Commercial License |
|
|
|
Perspective |
Alan Slater |
2004-03 |
0.922 |
2007-02-06 |
N/A |
Free |
GPL |
ASP.NET, C#, XSLT |
Microsoft Indexing Service,
XML |
|
PhpWiki |
Steve Wainstead, ... |
1999-12 |
1.3.14 |
2007-07-01 |
WikiWikiWeb |
Free |
GPL |
PHP |
Berkeley DB, Flat-file, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle 8,
Firebird |
|
PmWiki |
Patrick Michaud |
2002-02-06 |
2.1.27 |
2006-12-11 |
N/A |
Free |
GPL |
PHP |
Flat-file |
|
Socialtext |
Socialtext |
First public release in 2003 |
2.9.5.2 |
June 2007 |
2.9.5.1 |
Pricing varies. Available deployment options include: free
open-source and VMware image downloads, hosted services and dedicated
appliances. |
Open-source and commercial licensing options |
Perl |
PostgreSQL |
| |
Creator |
First public release date |
Latest stable release |
Stable release date |
Predecessor |
Cost (USD) |
Software licence[3] |
Programming language |
Data backend |
|
Swiki |
Mark Guzdial; Jochen Rick |
1999-10 |
1.5 |
2005-12-06 |
N/A |
Free |
GPL |
Squeak |
File system |
|
Sycamore |
Philip Neustrom |
2006-05 |
1.0 |
2006-05-17 |
MoinMoin |
Free |
GPL |
Python |
PostgreSQL |
|
ThoughtFarmer |
ThoughtFarmer |
May 2006 |
2.2.8 |
2007-07-31 |
N/A |
From $35,000 |
Proprietary |
ASP.NET, C# |
SQL
Server |
|
TigerWiki |
Chabel.org |
Mid-2005 |
2.19 |
2006-11-02 |
roWiki |
Free |
GPL |
PHP |
File system |
|
TikiWiki |
Luis Argerich (200+ devs nowadays) |
2002-10-09 |
1.9.7 |
2006-11-30 |
N/A |
Free |
GPL |
PHP |
PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, AdoDB |
|
TWiki |
Peter Thoeny |
1998-10 |
4.1.2 |
2007-03-03 |
JosWiki |
Free |
GPL |
Perl |
Flat-file, RCS, pluggable storage backend |
|
UseModWiki |
Clifford Adams |
2000-01-22 |
1.0 |
2003-09-12 |
AtisWiki |
Free |
GPL |
Perl |
Flat-file |
|
WackoWiki |
Roman Ivanov |
2003-03 |
R4.2 |
2005-03-27 |
WakkaWiki |
|
|
PHP |
MySQL |
|
Wiclear |
David Jobet |
2004-06-25 |
0.10 |
2006-03-26 |
N/A |
Free |
GPL |
PHP |
MySQL |
|
Wikiwig |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WikkaWiki |
Wikka Development Team |
2004-05-16 |
1.1.6.3 |
2007-05-07 |
WakkaWiki |
Free |
GPL |
PHP |
MySQL |
|
WikkiTikkiTavi |
Tavi |
? |
0.26
NO LONGER DEVELOPED |
? |
N/A |
Free |
GPL |
PHP |
MySQL |
|
XWiki |
Ludovic Dubost |
2004-02 |
1.0 |
2007-05-22 |
N/A |
Free |
GPL/LGPL |
Java |
PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Apache Derby, HSQLDB |
|
ZWiki |
Simon Michael |
1999-11-05 |
0.59.0 |
2007-04-02 |
N/A |
Free |
GPL |
Python |
ZODB Object Database |
| |
Creator |
First public release date |
Latest stable release |
Stable release date |
Predecessor |
Cost (USD) |
Software licence |
Programming language |
Data backend |
Target audience
| Wiki software |
Public |
Private |
Corporate/Enterprise |
Education |
Intranet |
|
BrainKeeper |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
|
Central Desktop |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Clearspace |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Confluence |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Corendal Wiki |
|
|
Yes |
|
|
|
coWiki |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
|
DekiWiki |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
|
DidiWiki |
|
|
|
|
|
|
EditMe |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
FlexWiki |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
|
|
Instiki |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
|
| Wiki software |
Public |
Private |
Corporate/Enterprise |
Education |
Intranet |
|
JotSpot |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
|
JSPWiki |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
|
Kerika |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
MediaWiki |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
|
Midgard Wiki |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
|
MoinMoin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Near-Time |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
OpenWiki |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
|
Perspective |
|
|
|
|
|
|
PhpWiki |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
PmWiki |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
|
|
Socialtext |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Wiki software |
Public |
Private |
Corporate/Enterprise |
Education |
Intranet |
|
Swiki |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Yes |
|
|
Sycamore |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
|
|
ThoughtFarmer |
|
|
Yes |
|
Yes |
|
TigerWiki |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
TikiWiki |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
TWiki |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
UseModWiki |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
WackoWiki |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Wiclear |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
|
|
Wikiwig |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
WikkaWiki |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
WikkiTikkiTavi |
Yes |
|
|
|
|
|
XWiki |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
ZWiki |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Wiki software |
Public |
Private |
Corporate/Enterprise |
Education |
Intranet |
Features 1
| |
File uploading / attachments |
Spam prevention |
Page access control[4] |
Inline HTML[5] |
User-customizable interface[6] |
Document renaming |
|
BrainKeeper |
Yes |
Yes, CAPTCHA |
No |
Yes |
Yes, templates, html, custom navigation portal, custom data fields |
Yes |
|
Central Desktop |
Yes |
Yes, CAPTCHA |
No |
Yes |
Yes, templates and themes, html and css |
No |
|
Clearspace |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Confluence |
Yes |
Yes, CAPTCHA |
Yes |
optional |
Yes, templates and themes |
Yes, links are updated |
|
Corendal Wiki |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Partial - Velocity templates +
CSS |
Yes |
|
coWiki |
No |
No |
Yes, due to UNIX-style permissions |
No |
Partial - hand-edited templates, document "Print version" |
Yes, all pages are seamlessly updated |
|
DekiWiki |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
optional |
Yes |
Yes |
|
DidiWiki |
No |
No |
No |
escaped |
Partial - style-sheets |
rename the document file |
|
DokuWiki |
Yes |
Yes, blacklist |
Yes, optional |
optional |
Partial -
CSS, PHP; heavily documented PHP
API |
Yes, plugin |
|
EditMe |
Yes |
No, blacklist |
Yes, optional |
Yes |
Partial -
CSS,
XSLT, user editable navigation |
Yes |
|
FlexWiki |
No |
? |
No? |
No |
Partial - style-sheets, templates, WikiTalk |
Yes, old page becomes a redirect |
|
Instiki |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Partial -
CSS |
No |
| |
File uploading / attachments |
Spam prevention |
Page access control[7] |
Inline HTML[8] |
User-customizable interface[9] |
Document renaming |
|
JotSpot |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes, optional |
Partial -
CSS |
Yes |
|
JSPWiki |
Yes |
Yes, content by regexp |
Yes |
Yes, optional |
Partial - templates |
Patch available |
|
Kerika |
Yes |
Yes,
ACL for each project |
Yes |
No |
Partial - customizable toolbar |
Yes, full
document management |
|
MediaWiki |
Yes |
Yes, URL blacklist,[10]
word blacklist,[11]
IP blocking,
captchas
(as used on wikinews) |
Yes |
Yes |
Partial - many features are user-customizable, templates[12] |
Yes, old page becomes a redirect |
|
Midgard Wiki |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Partial templates,
CSS |
No |
|
MoinMoin |
Yes |
Yes, BadContent filtering via
Regular Expressions |
Yes |
No |
Yes - Themes, templates,
CSS,
XSLT, user editable navigation |
Yes, old page can be a redirect |
|
Near-Time |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes, templates, html, custom navigation portal, custom data fields, CSS |
Yes |
|
OpenWiki |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
|
|
OpenLink Wiki |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
templates, skins, user
CSS,
XSLT |
Yes |
|
PAUX |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
templates, skins, user
CSS |
Yes |
|
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, word/URL block (addon, auto-upd. database), URL-approval (option),
encrypt e-mails (addon),
nofollow,
Captcha
(addon) |
Yes |
module |
themes, user
CSS, ... |
Template:Module |
|
Socialtext |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| |
File uploading / attachments |
Spam prevention |
Page access control[13] |
Inline HTML[14] |
User-customizable interface[15] |
Document renaming |
|
Swiki |
Yes |
Yes, block IP Addresses, words, UserIDs |
Yes |
Yes |
For AniAniWebs,
CSS |
Yes, updating all backlinks |
|
Sycamore |
Yes |
Yes, block IP Addresses, UserIDs, hidden email addresses, CAPTCHA |
Yes |
No |
user
CSS, themes |
Yes, old page redirects |
|
ThoughtFarmer |
Yes |
N/A |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
TigerWiki |
No |
No, to be coded |
Yes, password protection |
No |
Partial - style-sheets, template |
No |
|
TikiWiki |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
themes, user
CSS, modules |
Yes |
|
TWiki |
Yes |
Yes, IP blacklist, content by regexp, excessive activities, scripted
registration prevention (plugin), hidden e-mail addresses |
Yes |
Yes |
templates, skins, user
CSS |
Yes, fixing backlinks |
|
UseModWiki |
Yes? |
? |
Yes? |
Yes? |
CSS |
? |
|
WackoWiki |
Yes |
Yes, referrer blacklist |
Yes |
Yes - configurable/safe |
themes, style-sheets |
Yes |
|
Wiclear |
Yes |
Yes, blacklist captcha |
Yes, available for plugin too |
Yes |
themes, style-sheets |
Yes |
|
Wikiwig |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WikkaWiki |
Yes |
Yes, referrer blacklist (module), HTTP REQUEST analysis (module) |
Yes |
Yes - configurable/safe |
style-sheets |
No |
|
WikkiTikkiTavi |
Yes |
Yes, Captcha |
No |
Yes - configurable/safe |
style-sheets |
No |
|
XWiki |
Yes |
|
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[16] |
Inline HTML[17] |
User-customizable interface[18] |
Document renaming |
Features 2
| |
WYSIWYG page editing |
Web
feeds |
Extensibility |
Other Notable features |
|
BrainKeeper |
Yes |
Yes, RSS |
|
Enterprise-level Search, Interactive Dashboard, Tagging, Content
Workflow, Custom Data Fields, Simple but Comprehensive Administration |
|
Central Desktop |
Yes |
Yes, RSS |
|
Block architecture, Calendars, Discussions, Database feature, Tasks
and Milestones Blocks available |
|
Clearspace |
|
|
|
|
|
Confluence |
Yes |
Yes, RSS |
plugins written in Java |
Enterprise level security, Simple admin interface, Open plugin API,
Tagging, Fully supported |
|
Corendal Wiki |
Yes |
No |
patch mechanism |
For Corporate environments. Articles hierarchy. Integrated with
Active Directory users and groups, NTLM authentication, Workflow,
Revisions, Subscriptions, WYSIWYG editor, Access Control (Read and
Write) |
|
coWiki |
? |
Yes, RSS[19] |
plugins via an OOP interface |
Data saved hierarchic (web trees) and in XML, per-page threaded
comments, comfortable installation wizard |
|
DekiWiki |
Yes |
Yes, RSS, XML, JSON |
API, Service Oriented Architecture |
Highly usable, stores in XML, SOA, API, enterprise arch and business
focused, fully supported by
MindTouch
company website |
|
DidiWiki |
No |
No |
|
extremely fast and requires very little RAM, built-in web server |
|
DokuWiki |
YesQuickbuttons |
Yes, RSS/Atom[20] |
custom regexps |
Section Editing, XHTML-Compliant, nice tables, side-by-side diff,
namespaces,
Interwiki |
|
EditMe |
Yes |
Yes, RSS |
javascript |
Multi-level access controls, hosted solution, side-by-side diff,
Email notifications |
|
FlexWiki |
No |
Yes, RSS |
ASP, WikiTalk, .Net Reflection plugins |
Forms, Scripting |
|
Instiki |
No |
|
fairly trivial with minimal Ruby knowledge |
Trivial to set up on any platform that supports Ruby. Can use
different (administrator-set) markup languages. Supports inline HTML,
Textile, Markdown, and RDoc. |
| |
WYSIWYG page editing |
Web
feeds |
Extensibility |
Other Notable features |
|
JotSpot |
Yes |
Yes, RSS, per page |
plugins, server-side Javascript |
Support for server-side Javascript, VMWare
virtual appliance |
|
JSPWiki |
Partial, alpha |
Yes, RSS, per page |
plugins, filters, providers |
Weblog integration |
|
Kerika |
Yes, full graphical Wiki features |
No |
not yet |
Graphical wiki with hybrid
peer-to-peer networking, can send project updates by email to
non-users, can create private networks |
|
MediaWiki |
Partial, special MediaWiki 1.5.3 experimental version
EnotifWiki +
FCKeditor |
Yes, RSS/Atom |
actions, handlers |
Per-article discussion page, watchlist, searching,
email notification (built in, but currently disabled on Wikipedia) |
|
Midgard Wiki |
No |
Yes, RSS, all changes |
PHP
component architecture |
CMS integration |
|
MoinMoin |
Yes, v1.5+ |
Yes, RSS, last changes |
different plugin types |
Enterprise level security, authentication, and authorization,
different parsers, Email notification, additional desktop edition,
XML-RPC content synchronization, searching in attachments (v1.6+). |
|
Near-Time |
Yes |
Yes, RSS in/out |
API |
Enterprise level security, Simple admin interface, Categorizing and
Tagging, Analytics, Premium Business Engine, Fully supported |
|
OpenWiki |
No |
|
|
|
OpenLink Wiki |
Yes |
Yes, RSS/Atom/RDF |
plugins, Virtuoso hosted PHP integration |
Based on WebDAV can be maintained by any WebDAV user agent, LDAP
Integration, OpenLink Data Space Integration, Publish wiki in other
formats (Docbook and HTML), Wiki Cluster and Tag support, WYSIWIG
Editor, Revisions, Access Control List |
|
PAUX |
Yes |
Yes, RSS/Atom/RDF |
actions |
Individualized publication of dynamic content, which contains
reusable semantic content objects. They are able to represent knowledge
in its full complexity, and they make knowledge available as filterable
content for Websites, semantic Wiki, detailed-evaluated eLearning and
individualized print media. |
|
Perspective |
Yes, IE, Mozilla & Firefox |
Yes, RSS (last day's changes) |
HTML Includes, XSLT includes that can take external URL contents,
.Net action classes |
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 |
|
PhpWiki |
Template:Module |
Yes RSS/Atom/RDF: global, per page or per user |
plugins |
support all databases |
|
PmWiki |
No |
Yes |
very, 100+ plugins |
Highly sophisticated support for customization. Practically
cameleon-like |
|
Socialtext |
Yes |
Yes, RSS feeds, Google/Technorati search results |
using REST/SOAP APIs |
accessible through REST/SOAP APIs |
| |
WYSIWYG page editing |
Web
feeds |
Extensibility |
Other Notable features |
|
Swiki |
No |
|
Some |
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. |
|
Sycamore |
No |
Yes, RSS each page, bookmarks RSS |
|
Javascript based quick edit, web based configuration, searching,
built-in map function |
|
ThoughtFarmer |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugins, API used by ThoughtFarmer Professional Services |
Structured wiki, granular access controls, faceted browsing,
revision control, full text search, email notification, photo albums |
|
TigerWiki |
No |
Yes, RSS with plugin |
Code modification |
All minimal features that a wiki need |
|
TikiWiki |
Partial, just visual quicktag insertion |
Yes, RSS/Atom/RDF |
60+ plugins & mods |
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 |
|
TWiki |
Yes, pre-installed plugin |
Yes, RSS/Atom, with search string |
250+ plugins, 50+ addons, extendable through TWiki Plugin API |
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 |
|
UseModWiki |
No? |
Yes |
? |
|
|
WackoWiki |
Yes,
WikiEdit |
|
actions, handlers |
multilingual, WYSIWYG-like editor, ACLs, subpages, comments, files,
email notification, cloning of pages, installation wizard... |
|
Wiclear |
No |
Yes, RSS/Atom |
plugins |
hierarchical pages, linked translations, multilingual, ACLs, section
editing, XHTML compliant, side-by-side diff, email notifications, admin
panel, moderator/admin/user |
|
Wikiwig |
|
|
|
|
|
WikkaWiki |
Yes,
WikiEdit |
Yes, Single page/Comments/Global |
actions, handlers |
FreeMind support, ACLs, cloning of pages, advanced syntax
highlighting using GeSHi, on-the-fly downloading of codeblocks |
|
WikkiTikkiTavi |
No |
|
bunch of custom stuff in php |
|
|
XWiki |
Yes, using
TinyMCE |
Yes, RSS |
plugins, macros, scripts, applications |
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, XMLRPC API, Tags, PDF/RTF export |
|
ZWiki |
Yes, using
Epoz |
Yes, RSS/Atom |
all Zope
plugins,
LaTeX, and more |
hierarchical pages, revision control, fulltext search, email
notification, issue tracker, LaTeX integration |
| |
WYSIWYG page editing |
Web
feeds |
Extensibility |
Other Notable features |
Installation
| |
Runs on Windows |
Ease of installation[21] |
Web-server required |
Other software required |
|
BrainKeeper |
Yes |
Hosted - no installation or setup required |
None |
None |
|
Central Desktop |
Yes |
Hosted - no set requred |
None |
None |
|
Clearspace |
|
|
|
|
|
Confluence |
Yes |
Easy, Configuration Wizard |
Tomcat included, or use your own servlet container. |
Java 1.4 |
|
Corendal Wiki |
Yes |
Moderately simple |
Tomcat, Oracle Application Server |
Java, MySQL or Oracle, Tomcat or Oracle Application Server |
|
coWiki |
Yes |
|
Apache with PHP |
MySQL, PHP |
|
DekiWiki |
Yes |
Hosted, Moderately simple,
Appliance |
Apache |
Mono, MySQl, PHP |
|
DidiWiki |
Yes, with
Cygwin |
simple |
None (built-in) |
none |
|
DokuWiki |
Yes |
Moderately simple |
Should work on any web server with PHP |
PHP |
|
EditMe |
Yes |
None Required |
None Required |
None |
|
FlexWiki |
Yes |
Moderately simple |
IIS/Apache |
ASP.Net/Mono |
|
Instiki |
Yes |
Trivial |
None (built-in) |
Ruby |
| |
Runs on Windows |
Ease of installation[22] |
Web-server required |
Other software required |
|
JotSpot |
Yes |
Easy, VMWare virtual appliance |
None (built-in) |
VMWare Player |
|
JSPWiki |
Yes |
Moderately simple |
any servlet 2.3-compliant web server |
Java 1.4 |
|
Kerika |
Yes |
Very easy (under 2 minutes) |
None |
Java
1.5 |
|
MediaWiki |
Yes Windows, Macs, Linux |
Moderately simple |
Apache or IIS with PHP 5.0+ |
MySQL, PHP5 |
|
Midgard Wiki |
No |
Easy, requires root |
Apache with PHP |
MySQL, PHP |
|
MoinMoin |
Yes |
Easy for Desktop version |
None for Desktop version |
Python |
|
Near-Time |
Yes |
Hosted: no set-up or installation required |
None |
None |
|
OpenWiki |
Yes |
Easy |
IIS |
ASP |
|
OpenLink Wiki |
Yes |
Easy |
OpenLink Virtuoso |
OpenLink Virtuoso |
|
PAUX |
Yes |
Easy |
None (built-in) |
Java |
|
Perspective |
Yes |
Moderately simple |
IIS |
.NET Runtime 1.1 |
|
PhpWiki |
Yes |
Moderately simple |
Any Web-server with PHP |
PHP |
|
PmWiki |
Yes, with Apache+PHP5 or IIS+PHP4, or standalone |
Very Easy |
Any Web-server with PHP, can run without a web server. |
PHP |
|
Socialtext |
Yes |
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 |
| |
Runs on Windows |
Ease of installation[23] |
Web-server required |
Other software required |
|
Swiki |
Yes |
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 |
|
Sycamore |
No |
Easy |
Apache |
Python (with Image Library), MySQL/PostgreSQL, Xapian |
|
ThoughtFarmer |
Yes |
Managed installation |
Windows Server 2003 |
SQL Server 2000/2005 |
|
TigerWiki |
No |
Easy |
Any Web-server with PHP |
PHP |
|
TikiWiki |
Yes |
Moderately simple via install script. Telnet/ssh is useful but not
necessary. |
Any Web-server with PHP |
PHP |
|
TWiki |
Yes |
Native install: Easy on *nix, moderately difficult on Windows. Point
and click install on Windows with
VMware appliance and
TWiki for Windows Personal. |
Any Web-server with cgi support. Web-server included in
VMware appliance and
TWiki for Windows Personal. |
Perl, RCS |
|
UseModWiki |
Yes |
Easy? |
? |
Perl |
|
WackoWiki |
Yes |
Quick and easy, multilingual installer |
Apache v1.3.x (v2 recommended), IIS |
MySQL, PHP |
|
Wiclear |
? |
Easy, in 4 steps, update wizard |
Apache with PHP. IIS untested |
MySQL, PHP |
|
Wikiwig |
|
|
|
|
|
WikkaWiki |
Yes |
Easy installation/upgrade, through web-wizard |
Any Web-server with PHP |
MySQL/PHP |
|
WikkiTikkiTavi |
? |
Moderate |
Any Web-server with PHP |
MySQL/PHP |
|
XWiki |
Yes |
Simple package for Windows Available |
Tomcat or Jetty |
Java |
|
ZWiki |
Yes |
Moderate (easy if Zope is already installed) |
Zope |
Python (included with most Zope installs) |
| |
Runs on Windows |
Ease of installation[24] |
Web-server required |
Other software required |
Footnotes
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^ 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).
-
^ 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.
-
^ 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.
-
^ Licenses here are a summary, and are not taken to be
complete statements of the licenses. Some packages may use libraries under
different licenses.
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^ “Ease of installation” is expressed relative to other
server software packages, and not to desktop applications.
[25]
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^ MediaWiki Customizable interface – templates.
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^ Instiki - Ruby License Instiki is distributed under the
same terms as Ruby itself, per the
Ruby license.
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^ "Evidence that demonstrates that a business model or
idea is feasible."[26]
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^ URL anding are available using a MediaWiki extension.
[27]
See also
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