Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware vs. WikkaWiki vs. PhpWiki

General Features Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware WikkaWiki PhpWiki
Version
26.2, 24.6 LTS, 21.9 LTS
1.4.2
phpwiki-1.3.14
Last Release Date
2023-11-15 (5 months ago)
2020-04-19 (4 years ago)
2007-06-30 (16 years ago)
Last Update here
2024-04-01 (19 days ago)
2020-04-20 (4 years ago)
2009-04-03 (15 years ago)
Author
Tiki Software Community Association
Wikka Development Team
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
LGPL
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Needing not just a robust wiki, but a full-featured CMS/Groupware with a bug tracker, discussion forums, blogs, etc.
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
Any
System Requirements Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware WikkaWiki PhpWiki
Operating System
Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, MacOS X and probably others
any (platform-independent)
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Works on standard shared hosting
any server with PHP/MySQL support
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
None
mod_rewrite (optional)
various opt. helpers
Datastorage Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware WikkaWiki PhpWiki
Text Files
No
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Yes
SQLite
No
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
RCS
No
No
Yes
Other
MariaDB
No
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware WikkaWiki PhpWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
SAML, OpenID Connect, Active Directory, LDAP, Shibboleth, CAS, IMAP, InterTiki, Vpopmail, Basic HTTP authentication
Active Directory (patch)
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
nofollow
Optional
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Optional
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware WikkaWiki PhpWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
42 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware WikkaWiki PhpWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware WikkaWiki PhpWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
Interface Languages
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
0
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Patch
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Threaded
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Links Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware WikkaWiki PhpWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Patch
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Patch
Yes
Syntax Features Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware WikkaWiki PhpWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Scripting
Dynamic Variables more info ===>>
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Usability Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware WikkaWiki PhpWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Yes
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Optional
Plugin
Patch
Access Keys
Yes
Patch
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Patch
Yes
Statistics Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware WikkaWiki PhpWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Patch
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
Patch
Yes
Analysis
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Output Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware WikkaWiki PhpWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
Patch
No
PDF Export
Optional
No
Yes
Office Export
No
No
Unknown
Media and Files Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware WikkaWiki PhpWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Yes
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware WikkaWiki PhpWiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Yes
No
Unknown
Forums
Yes
No
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Ticket System
Yes
No
No
Chat
Yes
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware WikkaWiki PhpWiki
Internal Link
((Name of page))
or
((Name of page|link to a page))
or
(semantic(link to a page))
or, if activated:
CamelCase WikiWords
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
External Link
[http://example.com]
or
[http://example.com|label]
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
Headlines
-= Titlebar =-
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Bold Format
__bold__
**bold**
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
Italics Format
''italic''
//italic//
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
Underline Format
===underline===
__underlined__
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
-+monospace+-
##monospaced##
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


Strikethrough Format
--strike--
++Strike through text++
<strike>striked through</strike>
Superscript Format
{SUP()}text{SUP}
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
<sup>above</sup>
Subscript Format
{SUB()}text{SUB}
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
<sub>below</sub>
Images
{img src=http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
Aligning Text
::centered text::
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Text Indentation
leading spaces, if activated.
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
* list
or
- list
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~1) Item 1
~~1) Item 1.1
~1) Item 2

(more options for lists are available)
# list
Definition Lists
;term:definition
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule
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