Comparison of wiki software

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The following tables compare general and technical information for many wiki software packages.

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General information

Systems listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.

Wiki softwareCreatorFirst public release dateLatest stable releaseStable release datePredecessorSoftware license [1] Open sourceMultilingualProgramming language Data backend
BlueSpice Hallo Welt! GmbH31 March 20114.4.1 [2] 2024-02-15 [±] MediaWiki GPLv3 YesYes PHP MariaDB, MySQL [3]
BookStack Dan Brown12 July 201524.12.14 [4]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2025-01-04; 2 months ago MIT YesYes PHP MariaDB, MySQL [5]
Central Desktop Central Desktop Inc.1 October 20052.02010-02-22 Proprietary No PHP PostgreSQL
CLiki2 Andrey Moskvitin, Vladimir Sedach, Anastasiya Sterh30 November 2003CLiki AGPL v3Yes [6] Common Lisp
Confluence Atlassian 25 March 20048.5.2 [7] 2023-10-04; 17 months ago Proprietary No [8] Yes Java, Java EE MS SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, or PostgreSQL [9]
ConnectedText Eduardo Mauro20056.0.152015-06-26 Proprietary NoYes C++ SQL
DokuWiki Andreas GohrJuly 20042024-02-06 [10]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2024-02-06; 13 months ago GPL v2 YesYes PHP File system
FlexWiki David OrnsteinSeptember 20042.1.0.2742008-10-20 CPL Yes ASP.NET, C# File system, Microsoft SQL Server
Foswiki Foswiki communityDecember 20082.1.8 [11] 2023-08-06 [±] TWiki GPL YesYes Perl Flat-file database, RCS, or a variety of databases as plugins [12]
Gollum Tom Preston-Werner, Rick Olson, Dawa Ometto, Bart Kamphorst, and community16 February 20096.1.0 [13]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2024-12-23; 2 months ago MIT YesYes Ruby Git
IBM Connections IBM 27 June 20076 CR5 [14] 2019-05-30 [±] Proprietary NoYes 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 20079.0.7.1 [22] 2019-03-20 [±] Proprietary NoYes Java EE, Java SQL, LDAP [23]
JotSpot JotSpot (now Google Sites)October 20042.024 July 2006 Proprietary No Java File system, XML
MediaWiki Magnus Manske, then Lee Daniel Crocker 25 January 20021.43.0 [24]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2024-12-21; 2 months ago UseModWiki GPL v2YesYes PHP MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite [25]
Midgard Wiki Henri Bergius29 September 200410.05.6 [26] 2012-03-06 LGPL Yes PHP MySQL and RCS
MindTouch MindTouch Inc.25 July 200610.1.42013-01-22 MediaWiki Proprietary NoYes PHP, C# on Windows or Mono MySQL
MoinMoin Jürgen Hermann, Thomas Waldmann, others28 July 20001.9.11 [27]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2020-11-08; 4 years agoPikiPiki GPL YesYes Python Flat-file database
MojoMojo Marcus Ramberg & community29 August 20071.122017-05-13 [28]  ?YesYes Perl PostgreSQL, SQLite, MySQL, others
MyInfo Milenix Software Ltd.October 19997.125 May 2021 Proprietary NoYes C++
Notion Notion Labs Inc.2.0.41 [29] 2023-02-28 Proprietary
Obsidian Dynalist Inc.30 March 20201.3.5 [30] 2023-06-01 Proprietary NoYes JavaScript Markdown, File system
PBworks David Weekly30 May 2005 TipiWiki Proprietary No PHP MogileFS, Squid, MySQL, Pound, lighttpd
PhpWiki Steve Wainstead, Reini Urban, Marc-Etienne Vargenau, othersDecember 19991.6.4 [31] 2024-03-13 WikiWikiWeb GPL YesYes PHP Flat-file database, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQLite [32]
PmWiki Patrick Michaud8 January 2002 [33] 2.4.2 [34] 2025-01-31 [±] GPL YesYes PHP Flat-file database. SQLite (plug-in)
PukiWiki Yuji Oda, then Puki Development Team15 July 20021.5.4 [35]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2022-03-30; 2 years ago YukiWiki  [ ja ] GPL v2YesYes PHP Flat-file
SharePoint Microsoft March 20012019[ citation needed ]2018-10-22 [±] Proprietary NoYes ASP.NET, C# Microsoft SQL Server or Windows Internal Database
Semantic MediaWiki Markus Krötzsch, Denny Vrandečić and others20054.2.0 [36]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2024-07-18; 7 months ago GPL v2YesYes PHP MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite and several Triplestores [37]
Socialtext Socialtext20037.52015Dual (CPAL) and Proprietary) Perl PostgreSQL
Swiki Mark Guzdial; Jochen RickOctober 19991.52005-12-06 GPL Yes Squeak File system
TiddlyWiki Jeremy RustonSeptember 20045.3.6 [38]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2024-11-15; 3 months ago BSD YesYes Wikitext, JavaScript HTML file
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Luis Argerich (200+ devs nowadays)9 October 200227.1 [39]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2024-11-23; 3 months ago LGPL YesYes PHP MariaDB, MySQL [40]
Trac Edgewall Software1 October 20061.4.3 [41] 9 May 2021 BSD YesYes Python MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite [42] [43]
Traction TeamPage Traction Software1 December 19996.2 (76) [44] 2025-01-29 [±] Proprietary NoSupports multi-lingual content (and supports i18n) Java SE, Java Flat file and file system, Oracle 10G RDB option, WebDAV for attachments
TWiki Peter ThoenyOctober 19986.1.0 [45] 2018-07-16 [±] JosWiki GPL YesYes Perl Flat-file database, RCS, pluggable storage backend
UseModWiki Clifford Adams22 January 20001.2.12017-12-01AtisWiki GPL Yes Perl Flat-file database
Whizfolders AvniTech19997.12016-06-09 Proprietary No Delphi File system
Wiki.js Nicolas Giard28 January 20172.5.306 [46]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2025-02-02; 39 days ago Affero GPL v3 YesYes JavaScript PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, or SQLite
Wiki Server Apple Inc. 26 October 20075.6.32018-09-18 Proprietary NoYes Ruby on Rails PostgreSQL
Wikispaces Tangient LLC18 March 2005 Proprietary NoYes PHP MySQL, MogileFS
WikiWikiWeb Ward Cunningham 1995WikiWikiHyperCard [47]  ? Perl File system
XWiki Ludovic DubostFebruary 200417.1.0 [48] 2025-02-25 [±] LGPL YesYes Java HSQLDB, MariaDB, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL [49]
Zim Jaap Karssenberg10 January 20100.76.1 [50]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2025-01-31; 41 days ago GPL YesYes Python File system
Wiki softwareCreatorFirst public release dateLatest stable releaseStable release datePredecessorSoftware license [1] Open sourceMultilingualProgramming language Data backend

Target audience

Wiki softwarePublicPrivateCorporate, enterpriseEducationIntranetPersonalScientific, technical, mathematical
BlueSpice YesYesYesYesYesNoYes support for LaTeX math; syntax highlighting.
BookStack YesYesYesYesYesYesPartial
Central Desktop YesYesYesYesYes
Confluence YesYesYesYesYesYes
ConnectedText YesYesYes Mathematical formulas rendered using LaTeX, directed acyclic graphs rendered with GraphViz
DokuWiki YesYesYesYesYesYesYes support for LaTeX math; syntax highlighting via plugins.
FlexWiki YesYesYes
Foswiki YesYesYesYesYesYesYes LaTeX & math plugins; full HTML, JavaScript support
GititYesYesYesYesYesYesYes Built-in support for LaTeX math; syntax highlighting for code blocks.
Gollum YesYesYesYesYesYesYes: Built-in support for MathML and LaTeX math; syntax highlighting for code blocks; citations; annotations
IBM Connections YesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Jive YesYesYesYesYesNo
JotSpot YesYesYes
MediaWiki YesYes [51] YesYesYesYesYes Built-in support for LaTeX math; syntax highlighting for code blocks; full HTML, JavaScript support
Midgard Wiki YesYesYes
MindTouch YesYesYesYesYes
MoinMoin YesYesYesYesYesYesYes LaTeX math input via plugin in ParserMarket [52]
MojoMojo YesYesYesYesYesYes
MyInfo YesYesYesYes
Notion YesYesYesYesYes
Obsidian YesYesYesYesYesYesYes, support for LaTeX, code blocks, plugins
PBworks YesYesYesYesYes
PhpWiki YesYesYesYesYesYes, support for LaTeX through a plugin.
PmWiki YesYesYesYesYesYesYes, LaTeXMathML formulas (addons), Mind maps (addon), HTML (addon), syntax highlighting (addons), embed videos/maps (addons).
SamePage YesYesYesYesYes
SharePoint FoundationYesYes
SharePoint ServerYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Semantic MediaWiki YesYes [53] YesYesYesYesYes Built-in support for RDF, Semantic Web standards and LaTeX math; syntax highlighting for code blocks; full HTML, JavaScript support
Socialtext YesYesYesYesYes
Swiki YesYesYes
TiddlyWiki YesYesYes support for syntax highlighting, embedding images and videos, native JavaScript, LaTeX (using KaTeX plugin) and other plugins.
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware YesYesYesYesYesYesYes support for LaTeX math; syntax highlighting.
Trac YesYesYesYesYesYesYes many plugins available for formulas, graphs, etc.
Traction TeamPage YesYesYesYesYes
TWiki YesYesYesYesYesYesYes LaTeX & math plugins; full HTML, JavaScript support
UseModWiki YesYesYesYesYes
Whizfolders YesYesYesYesYes: through pictures and Windows RTF features
Wiki.js YesYesYesYesYesYesYes: syntax highlighting for code blocks; GitHub-flavored Markdown syntax; full HTML; images, videos, documents
Wikispaces YesYesYesYesYesYes
XWiki YesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Zim YesYesYesYesYes
Wiki softwarePublicPrivateCorporate, enterpriseEducationIntranetPersonalScientific, technical, mathematical

Features 1

Wiki softwareFile uploading, attachments Spam preventionPage access control [54] Inline HTML [55] User-customizable interface [56] Document renaming
BlueSpice YesYesYesYesYes, templates and themes, html and cssYes
BookStack YesYesYesYesPartial, CSSYes
Central Desktop YesYes, CAPTCHANoYesYes, templates and themes, html and cssNo
ConnectedText NoNoNoYesYes, templates and themes + CSS Yes, links to renamed document are also renamed
Confluence YesYes, CAPTCHAYesoptionalYes, templates and themes + CSS Yes, links are updated
DokuWiki YesYes, blacklistYes, optionalYes, optionalYes, templates, CSS, PHP; heavily documented PHP API [57] Yes, plugin
FlexWiki YesYes, blacklist, CAPTCHA, nofollowYesYes, pluginPartial: CSS, templates, WikiTalkYes, old page becomes a redirect
Foswiki YesYes [58] YesYestemplates, skins, user CSS Yes, fixing backlinks
GititYesYes, reCAPTCHA YesYesYes: templates, CSSYes, old page becomes a redirect
Gollum YesNoPartial: can disable editing, further control customizable via Rack YesYes, templates and themes, html and cssYes, old page becomes a redirect
IBM Connections YesYes, only in private modusNo, not defaultYesYes: templates, CSS, and/or product modificationYes
Jive YesoptionalYes, extensive permissions APIYesYesNo, scheduled for 3.0
JotSpot YesNoYesYes, optionalPartial: CSS Yes
MediaWiki YesYes, URL blacklist, word blacklist, IP address blocking, CAPTCHAs Partial: very limited read access control YesPartial: many features are user-customizable, templatesYes, old page becomes a redirect
Midgard Wiki YesNoYesYesPartial: templates, CSS No
MindTouch YesYesYesoptionalYesYes
MoinMoin YesYes, BadContent filtering via Regular Expressions, TextchasYes, very flexible ACLs, wiki-editable groupsYes: safeYes: themes, templates, CSS, XSLT, user editable navigationYes, old page can be a redirect
MojoMojo YesYes, CAPTCHAYes, cascading ACL control allowing stewardship of topicsYes: safeYes: themes, CSS Yes, current: page redirect, soon: Node moving
MyInfo YesN/ANoYesYes, web site export customizationYes, links to renamed document are also renamed
Notion
Obsidian YesN/AN/AYesYes, templates and themes, HTML, CSS Yes
PBworks YesYes: passwords, SSO-capable integration, ACLs, IP address white–black listingYesYes, and pluginsPartial: CSS No
PhpWiki YesYes, CPAN Blog::SpamAssassinYespluginthemes; undocumentedYes
PmWiki YesYes, multiple [59] Yes, per page, per namespace, per action, per user groups (option)Yes, moduleYes, themes, per page or group CSS, moreYes, page with redirect (module), uploads (module)
SamePage YesYesYesYesYesYes
Semantic MediaWiki YesYes, URL blacklist, word blacklist, IP address blocking, CAPTCHAs Partial: very limited read access control YesYes: Yes, templates and themes, html and cssYes, old page becomes a redirect
SharePoint FoundationYesYesYesYesYesYes
SharePoint ServerYesYesYesYesYesYes
Socialtext YesYesYesYesYesYes
Swiki YesYes, block IP addresses, words, UserIDsYesYesFor AniAniWebs, CSS Yes, updating all backlinks
TiddlyWiki Yes, plugin [60] No, intended for personal use onlyNo, intended for personal use onlyYesYes, themes, user CSS, modulesYes
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware YesYes, CAPTCHA for registration and anonymous edits or comments, encrypted email addresses. [61] YesYesthemes, user CSS, modulesYes
Trac YesYesYesYesYes, templates and themes, html and cssYes
Traction TeamPage Yes, with WebDAV versioningYes, CAPTCHA for registration, block listsYesYes safeYes, workspace templates, color templates, and developer toolsYes, links are updated automatically and name history maintained
TWiki YesYes [58] YesYestemplates, skins, user CSS Yes, fixing backlinks
UseModWiki YesYes, IP address blacklistNoYesPartial, CSS Yes, admins only
Wiki.js YesYes, ACLYesYesYes, layouts, HTML, CSSYes
XWiki YesYes, CAPTCHA, ACL YesYesYes, style-sheets, templates, themes, skin extensionsYes
Wiki softwareFile uploading, attachments Spam preventionPage access control [54] Inline HTML [55] User-customizable interface [56] Document renaming

Features 2

Wiki software WYSIWYG editing Web feeds Export, importExtensibilitySelectable wiki syntax Wiki farms Outliner mechanism [62] Automatic TOC Other features
BlueSpice YesYes, RSSYes, see MediaWikiYesYesYes
BookStack YesNoNoPartialPartial, Markdown NoYes
Central Desktop YesYes, RSSNo [63]
Confluence YesYes, RSSPartial, web UI [64] Yes, Java plug-ins, user macros in Apache Velocity NoYesMarketplace Apps, [65] Encryption in Cloud version [66]
ConnectedText NoYes, RSSYes, many options for export, fewer options for importYes, scripting of pages using Python and other programming languagesNoNoYesYes [67]
DokuWiki Yes, plugin availableYes, RSS/Atom [68] Yes, to xml, text, html pages, LaTeX, Open doc format, pdf with plugins [69] Yes, plugin APIYesYesYesYes [70] Section Editing, XHTML-Compliant, tables, side-by-side diff, namespaces, Interwiki
FlexWiki NoYes, RSSNo ASP, WikiTalk, .NET Reflection pluginsForms, scripting, integrated weblog, threaded message forum
Foswiki Yes, pre-installed pluginYes, RSS/Atom, with search stringNo400+ extensions; Plugin API for developers; Foswiki markup/scripting for users to create wiki applicationsYes, user selectable wiki syntax with EditSyntaxPluginYes [71]
GititYesNo Markdown and other lightweight markup languages Yes via pandoc Yes Custom MacrosYes Custom MacrosYesYes
Gollum No: Uses ACE editor with a preview paneYes, RSSYes: uses text-based markup languagesYesYesYes: with third-party software [72] YesSection Editing, Multiple Markup Languages, RTL Languages, UML Diagrams, YAML frontmatter
IBM Connections YesYes, RSS, Atom NoYesYesYesYesTagging, Discussions, Notifications (mail or in product), Reports, CMS, Templating
Jive YesYesNoYes, both functionality and theme via pluginsNo
JotSpot YesYes, RSS, per pageNoplugins, server-side Javascript [73]
MediaWiki Yes, bundled extension (VisualEditor)Yes, RSS/AtomYes (web UI, web API, shell) actions, handlers MediaWiki syntaxYesYes [74] Visual editor, extensions via PHP modules, collaboration [75]
Midgard Wiki NoYes, RSS, all changesNo PHP component architectureCMS integration
MindTouch YesYes, RSS, XML, JSONNoAPI, Service Oriented Architecture [76]
MoinMoin Yes, v1.5+Yes, RSS, last changesNodifferent plugin typesYes, selectable parsers [77]
MojoMojo Yes, With live previewYes, RSSNoYes, plugins and custom additions typesYes, Multiple markup parsers available [78]
MyInfo YesN/AYes, to html, rtf, txt, web site, PDF via print driverYes, import and export plugins APINoNoYesYesTagging, metadata, attachments
Obsidian YesN/AYes, to Markdown, PDF, and Pandoc Yes, plugin API, 1000+ plugins and themesNoYes, via Obsidian PublishYes, via pluginsYesGraph, Infinite canvas, tagging, metadata, attachments
PBworks YesYes, RSS/AtomNoAPI, AuthAPI, plugins, wikilets [79]
PhpWiki Yes, moduleYes RSS/Atom/RDF: global, per page or per userNoplugins 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] YesSection editing, section toggle (modules)Yes, Modules [84] PageVariables and PageLists, [85] blogs (addons), picture galleries (addons), embed maps/videos (addons). Highly flexible ACLs.
SamePage YesYes, RSS feeds,Noplugins
Semantic MediaWiki Yes, bundled extension (VisualEditor)Yes, RSS/AtomYes (RDF, JSON, CSV and other "result formats". Web UI, web API, shell) actions, handlers MediaWiki syntaxYesYes [86] Internal query language, visual editor, extensions via PHP modules, collaboration [87]
SharePoint FoundationYesYes, RSS feedsNoYes: themes, WebParts, APIYes (limited)YesYesNoLists, CMS, weblog, tagging, discussion notifications, reports, workflow, enterprise level security
SharePoint ServerYesYes, RSS feedsNoYes: themes, WebParts, APIYes (limited)YesYesNoForms(InfoPath), Lists, CMS, Weblog, Tagging, Discussions, Notifications, Reports, Enterprise level security, Workflow, Enterprise Search
Socialtext YesYes, RSS feeds, Google/Technorati search resultsNousing REST/SOAP APIs [88]
Swiki NoSome [89]
TiddlyWiki Yes, with FCKeditor or other pluginYes, RSSYesYes plugins, macros, themes, css Creole Yes [90]
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Yes, with FCKeditor or via Quicktag insertion [91] Yes, RSS/Atom/RDFNoHundreds of features, plugins, modules & modsNoYes (e.g. Siteground)Yes [92]
Trac Yes with pluginYes, RSSYes with pluginsYes limitedticket system, access source code repositories (git, mercurial, more), other features via plugins
Traction TeamPage YesYes, Dynamic RSS inbound, outboundNoPlug-in architecture for widgets, forms, interface and function modifications [93]
TWiki Yes, pre-installed pluginYes, RSS/Atom, with search stringNo400+ extensions; Plugin API for developers; TWiki markup/scripting for users to create wiki applicationsYes, user selectable wiki syntax with EditSyntaxPluginYes, if "%TOC%" shortcut added to page [94]
UseModWiki NoYes, RSSNoNo, unofficial patches onlyNoNoNoPartial, if <toc> is added with # added to headings
Whizfolders YesNoYesNoYes, markupNoYesYesRich Text, RTF export, clipboard collect, Print with TOC
Wiki.js YesNoYesYes Markdown YesYesBuilt-in search
Wikispaces YesYes, RSS/AtomNoAPI, widgets, single sign-on (SSO) [95]
XWiki Yes, using CKEditor and various plugins developed for itYes, RSSYes, XAR (zipped XWiki ARchive) filesYes, component, plugins, macros, scripts, applicationsYes, based on WikiModel, support syntaxes from other wikisYesNoYes, using the {{toc}} macro [96]
Wiki softwareWYSIWYG editingWeb feedsExport, importExtensibilitySelectable wiki syntaxWiki farmsOutliner mechanismAutomatic TOCOther features

Installation

Wiki softwarePlatformTypical installation size (MB)Web server neededOther software neededInstallable to USB stick
BlueSpice Linux, Unix, Windows, others IISApache, TomcatMySQL, OracleNo
BookStack Linux, Unix, Windows, othersPHP-compatible webserverPHP 8.0.2+, MySQL or MariaDB, Git, Composer [97] No
Central Desktop N/A: hostedNoneNone
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 WindowsNonePython optionalYes
DokuWiki Linux, Unix, Windows, others17Should work on any web server with PHPPHPYes
FlexWiki Linux, Unix, Windows, others IISApache ASP.NET, Mono
Foswiki Linux, Unix, Windows, othersAny Web server with cgi support.Perl, RCSYes
GititCross platformYes. Happstack; can also be used locally. LaTeX; Versioning system like Git, Darcs, or Mercurial No
Gollum Cross platformNo (built in), but possible (Apache, Nginx, Puma, etc.)NoneYes
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 packageNo
Jive Java 1.5 + one of: Windows Server 2003 SP2, Linux (2.6 Kernel), Solaris 10Tomcat, WebLogic, WebSphereMS SQL, Postgres, MySQL or Oracle
JotSpot Linux, Unix, Windows, othersNone (built-in)VMware Player
MediaWiki Linux, Unix, Windows, othersAny web server that supports PHP 7.4.3+PHP; one of MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite [100] Yes
Midgard Wiki Linux, Unix & others Apache with PHPMySQL, PHP
MindTouch Linux, Unix, Windows, others Apache, IIS6, IIS7, IIS8 Mono, MySQl, PHP
MoinMoin Linux, Macs, Unix, Windows, othersNone for Desktop versionPythonYes
MojoMojo Linux, Macs, Unix, Windows, othersNone: builtin server suitable for desktop or production useSQL database (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sqlite)
MyInfo Microsoft WindowsNoneNoneYes
Obsidian macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, AndroidNoneNone
PhpWiki Linux, Unix, Windows, othersAny Web server with PHPPHP
PmWiki Linux, Unix, Windows, others8Any Web server with PHP, can run without a web server.PHPYes
Semantic MediaWiki Linux, Unix, Windows, othersAny web server that supports PHP 7.4.3+PHP; one of MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite [101] Yes
SharePoint FoundationWindows Server IIS Optional SQL Server
SharePoint ServerWindows Server or SaaS IIS or SaaSOptional SQL Server
Socialtext N/A: hostedno, all needed components includedno, all needed components included
Swiki Linux, Unix, Windows, othersNone: installs own server; can coexist with IIS and Apache by running on alternate portNone
TiddlyWiki Any (that runs common browsers)NoneRuns in regular browserYes
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Linux, Unix, Windows, othersAny Web server with PHP [102] PHPYes
Trac Linux, WindowsRecommended (fcgi or wsgi), builtin availableSQL database (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sqlite)
Traction TeamPage Any OS capable of running Java 2 Virtual MachineJetty (included with installer)None
TWiki Linux, Unix, Windows, othersAny Web server with cgi support. Web server included in VMware appliance and TWiki for MS-Windows PersonalPerl, RCS
UseModWiki Linux, Unix, Windows, othersAny web server with cgi supportPerl
Whizfolders Microsoft WindowsNoneNoneNo
Wiki.js Linux, Unix, Windows, othersNone (built-in): Can coexist with Apache, Nginx, IIS via alternate port PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MSSQL or SQLite3 [103] Yes
Wikispaces SaaS: hostedNoneNone
XWiki Java PlatformAny Java EE webserverJavaYes on Jetty/HSQL
Wiki softwarePlatformTypical installation size (MB)Web server neededOther software neededInstallable to USB stick

See also

Footnotes

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  55. 1 2 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.
  56. 1 2 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.
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  59. word/URL block (addon, auto-upd. database), URL-approval (option), encrypt e-mails (addon), nofollow, Captcha (addon), spam filters (recipe)
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  63. Block architecture, Calendars, Discussions, Database feature, Tasks and Milestones Blocks available
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  73. Support for server-side Javascript, VMware virtual appliance
  74. "Manual:Table of contents". MediaWiki.org. 7 January 2015.
  75. Per-article discussion page, watchlist, searching, email notification
  76. Highly usable, stores in XML, SOA, API, enterprise arch and business focused, fully supported by MindTouch company website
  77. Enterprise level security, authentication, and authorization, Email notification, additional desktop edition, XML-RPC content synchronization, searching in attachments (v1.6+).
  78. Hierarchical node structure and cascading permissions system allows for stewardship of topics. Version control and ability to do 3-way merge on conflict.
  79. 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.
  80. The Worse Editor is a simple WYSIWYG editor. In text mode, Edit Toolbar for most frequently used wiki markup codes (customizable), Preview.
  81. To HTML (3 modules/recipes), to PDF per page, per pre-defined list of pages, per namespace
  82. Highly sophisticated support for customization. Practically chameleon-like.
  83. The PmWiki markup rules are easily modifiable and replaceable by plug-ins, should a need for another wiki markup family be demonstrated.
  84. AutoTOC, 5 other TOC modules
  85. PageVariables and PageLists allow creation of free-form text databases, queries and listings (core feature).
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  87. Per-article discussion page, watchlist, searching, email notification
  88. accessible through REST/SOAP APIs
  89. 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.
  90. Single file, minimal setup, cross-browser, per page AES256 encryption, tags and title namespaces
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  92. 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
  93. 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
  94. 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
  95. Discussion pages, tagging, email notification, full-text search, user dashboard, localization
  96. 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
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