Comparison of wiki software

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

General information

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
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	23.12.2 [4]	2024-01-24; 43 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; 5 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	2022-07-31 [10]	2022-07-31 [±]		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	5.3.2 [13]	2023-05-01; 10 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	1.39.6 [24]	21 December 2023; 21 December 2023	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; 3 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	1.6.3 [31]	2023-11-15	WikiWikiWeb	GPL	Yes	Yes	PHP	Flat-file database, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQLite [32]
PmWiki	Patrick Michaud	8 January 2002 [33]	2.3.31 [34]	2024-02-23 [±]		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; 23 months ago	YukiWiki  [ ja ]	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
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	5.3.3 [36]	2023-12-23; 2 months ago		BSD	Yes	Yes	Wikitext, JavaScript	HTML file
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware	Luis Argerich (200+ devs nowadays)	9 October 2002	25.2 [37]	2023-07-11 [±]		LGPL	Yes	Yes	PHP	MariaDB, MySQL [38]
Trac	Edgewall Software	1 October 2006	1.4.3 [39]	9 May 2021		BSD	Yes	Yes	Python	MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite [40] [41]
Traction TeamPage	Traction Software	1 December 1999	6.2 (70) [42]	2024-01-04 [±]		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 [43]	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	2.5.301 [44]	2024-01-29; 38 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 [45]	?			Perl	File system
XWiki	Ludovic Dubost	February 2004	16.1.0 [46]	2024-02-26 [±]		LGPL	Yes	Yes	Java	HSQLDB, MariaDB, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL [47]
Zim	Jaap Karssenberg	10 January 2010	0.75.2 [48]	2023-07-07; 8 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

Target audience

Wiki software	Public	Private	Corporate, enterprise	Education	Intranet	Personal	Scientific, technical, mathematical
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 [49]	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 [50]
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
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

Features 1

Wiki software	File uploading, attachments	Spam prevention	Page access control [51]	Inline HTML [52]	User-customizable interface [53]	Document renaming
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 [54]	Yes, plugin
FlexWiki	Yes	Yes, blacklist, CAPTCHA, nofollow	Yes	Yes, plugin	Partial: CSS, templates, WikiTalk	Yes, old page becomes a redirect
Foswiki	Yes	Yes [55]	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 [56]	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
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 [57]	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. [58]	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 [55]	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 [51]	Inline HTML [52]	User-customizable interface [53]	Document renaming

Features 2

Wiki software	WYSIWYG editing	Web feeds	Export, import	Extensibility	Selectable wiki syntax	Wiki farms	Outliner mechanism [59]	Automatic TOC	Other features
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						[60]
Confluence	Yes	Yes, RSS	Partial, web UI [61]	Yes, Java plug-ins, user macros in Apache Velocity	No			Yes	Marketplace Apps, [62] Encryption in Cloud version [63]
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	[64]
DokuWiki	Yes, plugin available	Yes, RSS/Atom [65]	Yes, to xml, text, html pages, LaTeX, Open doc format, pdf with plugins [66]	Yes, plugin API	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes [67]	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	[68]
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 [69]		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					[70]
MediaWiki	Yes, bundled extension (VisualEditor)	Yes, RSS/Atom	Yes (web UI, web API, shell)	actions, handlers	MediaWiki syntax	Yes		Yes [71]	Visual editor, extensions via PHP modules, collaboration [72]
Midgard Wiki	No	Yes, RSS, all changes	No	PHP component architecture					CMS integration
MindTouch	Yes	Yes, RSS, XML, JSON	No	API, Service Oriented Architecture					[73]
MoinMoin	Yes, v1.5+	Yes, RSS, last changes	No	different plugin types	Yes, selectable parsers				[74]
MojoMojo	Yes, With live preview	Yes, RSS	No	Yes, plugins and custom additions types	Yes, Multiple markup parsers available				[75]
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					[76]
PhpWiki	Yes, module	Yes RSS/Atom/RDF: global, per page or per user	No	plugins	Creole				support all databases
PmWiki	Yes, Addon [77]	Yes, RSS/Atom/RDF (option): global, per namespace, per page or per watchlist; feed readers (plugins)	Yes, modules [78]	Yes, very, 500+ plugins and configuration recipes [79]	Yes, Creole (option), Markdown (plugin) [80]	Yes	Section editing, section toggle (modules)	Yes, Modules [81]	PageVariables and PageLists, [82] blogs (addons), picture galleries (addons), embed maps/videos (addons). Highly flexible ACLs.
SamePage	Yes	Yes, RSS feeds,	No	plugins
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					[83]
Swiki	No		Some						[84]
TiddlyWiki	Yes, with FCKeditor or other plugin	Yes, RSS	Yes	Yes plugins, macros, themes, css	Creole			Yes	[85]
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware	Yes, with FCKeditor or via Quicktag insertion [86]	Yes, RSS/Atom/RDF	No	Hundreds of features, plugins, modules & mods	No	Yes (e.g. Siteground)		Yes	[87]
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					[88]
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	[89]
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)					[90]
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	[91]
Wiki software	WYSIWYG editing	Web feeds	Export, import	Extensibility	Selectable wiki syntax	Wiki farms	Outliner mechanism	Automatic TOC	Other features

Installation

Wiki software	Platform	Typical installation size (MB)	Web server needed	Other software needed	Installable to USB stick
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 [92]	No
Central Desktop	N/A: hosted		None	None
Confluence	Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Oracle Solaris [93]		Tomcat included, or use your own servlet container.	Java 1.8, database such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, etc. [93]
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 [94]		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 [95]	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
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 [96]	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 [97]	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

See also

• Comparison of
  • wiki farms
  • notetaking software
  • text editors
  • HTML editors
  • word processors
  • wiki hosting services
• List of
  • wikis
  • wiki software
  • personal information managers
  • text editors
  • outliners for
    • desktops
    • mobile devices
    • web-based

Footnotes

1. 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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6. "GitHub: cliki2: The wiki software behind cliki.net". GitHub .
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11. "Releases - foswiki/distro". github.com. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
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52. 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.
53. 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.
54. "PHPXRef 0.7: DokuWiki: /". xref.dokuwiki.org.
55. IP address blacklist, content by regular expressions, excessive activities, scripted registration prevention (plugin), hidden e-mail addresses
56. word/URL block (addon, auto-upd. database), URL-approval (option), encrypt e-mails (addon), nofollow, Captcha (addon), spam filters (recipe)
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58. Community, Tiki. "Spam Protection". Documentation for Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware.
59. HTML/XHTML with nested markup, or XOXO with collapsing or folding outlines
60. Block architecture, Calendars, Discussions, Database feature, Tasks and Milestones Blocks available
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69. For example, https://github.com/501st-alpha1/big-gollum
70. Support for server-side Javascript, VMware virtual appliance
71. "Manual:Table of contents". MediaWiki.org. 7 January 2015.
72. Per-article discussion page, watchlist, searching, email notification
73. Highly usable, stores in XML, SOA, API, enterprise arch and business focused, fully supported by MindTouch company website
74. Enterprise level security, authentication, and authorization, Email notification, additional desktop edition, XML-RPC content synchronization, searching in attachments (v1.6+).
75. Hierarchical node structure and cascading permissions system allows for stewardship of topics. Version control and ability to do 3-way merge on conflict.
76. 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.
77. The Worse Editor is a simple WYSIWYG editor. In text mode, Edit Toolbar for most frequently used wiki markup codes (customizable), Preview.
78. To HTML (3 modules/recipes), to PDF per page, per pre-defined list of pages, per namespace
79. Highly sophisticated support for customization. Practically chameleon-like.
80. The PmWiki markup rules are easily modifiable and replaceable by plug-ins, should a need for another wiki markup family be demonstrated.
81. AutoTOC, 5 other TOC modules
82. PageVariables and PageLists allow creation of free-form text databases, queries and listings (core feature).
83. accessible through REST/SOAP APIs
84. 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.
85. Single file, minimal setup, cross-browser, per page AES256 encryption, tags and title namespaces
86. Community, Tiki. "Toolbar". Documentation for Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware.
87. 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
88. 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
89. 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
90. Discussion pages, tagging, email notification, full-text search, user dashboard, localization
91. 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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