| General Features | Foswiki | Confluence | MediaWiki | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
2.1.8
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5.2
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1.32.2
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26.2, 24.6 LTS, 21.9 LTS
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| Last Release Date |
2023-08-05 (8 months ago)
|
2013-08-12 (10 years ago)
|
2019-06-05 (4 years ago)
|
2023-11-15 (5 months ago)
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| Last Update here |
2023-10-16 (6 months ago)
|
2013-08-22 (10 years ago)
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2019-06-21 (4 years ago)
|
2024-04-01 (17 days ago)
|
| Author |
Foswiki Community
|
Atlassian
|
Magnus Manske, Brion Vibber, Lee Daniel Crocker, Tim Starling, Erik Möller, and others.
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Tiki Software Community Association
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| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| License |
GPL
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Commercial + Free personal/open source project/community use
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GPL
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LGPL
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| Programming Language |
Perl
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Java
|
PHP
|
PHP
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| Data Storage |
Files, RCS
|
Database
|
Database
|
Database
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| License Cost/ Fee |
$0
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starting at US $10 installed (unlimited wikis)
|
0
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0
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| Development status |
Mature
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Mature
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Mature
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Mature
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| Intended Audience |
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
|
Enterprise + Technical Teams
|
End Users/Desktop, Education
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Needing not just a robust wiki, but a full-featured CMS/Groupware with a bug tracker, discussion forums, blogs, etc.
|
| Hosting Features | Foswiki | Confluence | MediaWiki | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware |
| Storage Quota |
N/A
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Unlimited
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N/A
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N/A
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| Bandwidth Quota |
N/A
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N/A
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N/A
|
|
| Other Limits |
N/A
|
No
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N/A
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N/A
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| Topic Restrictions |
N/A
|
No
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N/A
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N/A
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| Corporate Branding |
N/A
|
Yes
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N/A
|
N/A
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| Own Domain |
N/A
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Optional
|
N/A
|
N/A
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| Ads allowed |
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
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N/A
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| System Requirements | Foswiki | Confluence | MediaWiki | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware |
| Operating System |
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
|
Windows, Linux and Unix variants
|
*nix, Windows, Mac OS X
|
Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, MacOS X and probably others
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
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No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
|
Apache Tomcat
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Any with PHP support
|
Works on standard shared hosting
|
| Other Requirements |
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
|
Oracle JDK 1.6.0_4+
|
none
|
None
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| Datastorage | Foswiki | Confluence | MediaWiki | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
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| MySQL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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| RCS |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
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| Other |
caching of content into database using plugins
|
No
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MariaDB
|
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| Security/Anti-Spam | Foswiki | Confluence | MediaWiki | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
|
LDAP, NTLM, Siteminder, CAS and more
|
Yes
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SAML, OpenID Connect, Active Directory, LDAP, Shibboleth, CAS, IMAP, InterTiki, Vpopmail, Basic HTTP authentication
|
| Host Blocking |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Mail Encryption |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| nofollow |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
| Blacklist |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| CAPTCHA |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Delayed Indexing |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
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| Development/Support | Foswiki | Confluence | MediaWiki | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware |
| # of Consultants | ||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Code Repository | ||||
| Issue Tracker | ||||
| Mailing List | ||||
| Support Forum | ||||
| Chat Channel | ||||
| Stars on GitHub |
97 ⭐
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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| Common Features | Foswiki | Confluence | MediaWiki | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | Foswiki | Confluence | MediaWiki | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Interface Languages |
22
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
15
Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
140
Afar, Abkhazian, Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Assamese, Aymara, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bihari, Bislama, Bengali; Bangla, Tibetan, Breton, Catalan, Corsican, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Bhutani, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Fiji, Faroese, French, Frisian, Irish, Scots Gaelic, Galician, Guarani, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Interlingue, Inupiak, Icelandic, Italian, Inuktitut, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Greenlandic, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kashmiri, Kurdish, Kirghiz, Latin, Lingala, Laothian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Maori, Macedonian, Malayalam, Mongolian, Moldavian, Marathi, Malay, Maltese, Burmese, Nauru, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Occitan, Oromo, Oriya, Punjabi, Polish, Pashto, Pushto, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Quechua, Rhaeto-Romance, Kirundi, Romanian, Russian, Kinyarwanda, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Sangho, Serbo-Croatian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Samoan, Shona, Somali, Albanian, Serbian, Siswati, Sesotho, Sundanese, Swedish, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Tajik, Thai, Tigrinya, Turkmen, Tagalog, Setswana, Tonga, Turkish, Tsonga, Tatar, Twi, Uighur, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Volapuk, Wolof, Xhosa, Yiddish, Yoruba, Zhuang, Chinese, Chinese Traditional, Zulu |
35
Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Basque, Persian, Finnish, French, Galician, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Swahili, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
Plugin
|
Threaded
|
Discussion Pages
|
Threaded
|
| Categories |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Detection
|
| Concurrent Editing |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Structured Data |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Links | Foswiki | Confluence | MediaWiki | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Features | Foswiki | Confluence | MediaWiki | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
Optional
|
Some
|
Optional
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Textile Support |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Footnotes |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Scripting |
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
|
Macros, plugins, widgets, JavaScript and more
|
Optional
|
Dynamic Variables more info ===>>
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Usability | Foswiki | Confluence | MediaWiki | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware |
| Section Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Plugin
|
No
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
| Toolbar |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Statistics | Foswiki | Confluence | MediaWiki | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Analysis |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Output | Foswiki | Confluence | MediaWiki | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
Print View
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Abbreviations |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| PDF Export |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
| Office Export |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Media and Files | Foswiki | Confluence | MediaWiki | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Video |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| SVG Editing |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| MindMap Editing |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Media Search |
Contents
|
Contents
|
Keywords
|
Contents
|
| Extras | Foswiki | Confluence | MediaWiki | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Image Galleries |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Presentations |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Forums |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Blogs |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Ticket System |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Chat |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Examples | Foswiki | Confluence | MediaWiki | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware |
| Internal Link |
WikiWord autolink Otherweb.WikiWord [[Spaced text]] [[WikiWord][label]] |
[Page Title] [Link Title|Page Title#anchor] [~username] [^attachment.doc] |
[[a link]] [[a link|with title]] |
((Name of page)) or ((Name of page|link to a page)) or (semantic(link to a page)) or, if activated: CamelCase WikiWords |
| External Link |
External Link http://foswiki.org/ autolink [[http://foswiki.org/][label]] |
[http://www.example.com] [Link Title|http://www.example.com] [Shortcut Link|PageName@otherwiki] |
[http://example.org The title] |
[http://example.com] or [http://example.com|label] |
| Headlines |
---+ Level 1 ---++ Level 2 ---+++ Level 3 ---++++ Level 4 ---+++++ Level 5 ---++++++ Level 6 |
h1. Top Level Heading h2. Smaller Heading h6. Smallest Heading |
==Section== ===Subsection=== ====Sub-subsection==== |
-= Titlebar =- ! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 !!!! Level 4 !!!!! Level 5 |
| Bold Format |
*bold* |
*bold* |
'''bold''' |
__bold__ |
| Italics Format |
_italic_ |
_italics_ |
''italic'' |
''italic'' |
| Underline Format |
<u>underline</u> |
+underline+ |
<u>underlined</u> |
===underline=== |
| Monospace Format |
=monospaced text= and <verbatim> multi line text </verbatim> |
{{monospace}} |
<tt>monospace</tt> |
-+monospace+- |
| Strikethrough Format |
<strike>strikethrough</strike> |
-strikethrough- |
<s>strikethrough</s> |
--strike-- |
| Superscript Format |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
^superscript^ |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
{SUP()}text{SUP} |
| Subscript Format |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
~subscript~ |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
{SUB()}text{SUB} |
| Images |
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}% |
|
[[Image:wiki.png]] |
{img src=http://foo.bar/foo.jpg} |
| Aligning Text |
| left | center | right | or HTML or CSS |
|
<center>Centered</center> |
::centered text:: |
| Text Indentation |
<blockquote> multi line text </blockquote> |
|
: indented line |
leading spaces, if activated. |
| Bulleted Lists |
* Item 1 * Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
* one ** one-two * two * three |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.2 * Item 2 |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
| Numbered Lists |
1. Item 1 a. Item 1.a 1. Item 2 |
# one ## one-two # two # three |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.2 # Item 2 |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
| Definition Lists |
$ Term: Definition |
|
; term : definition |
;term:definition |
| Horizontal Rule |
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