PageWork vs. Zim vs. Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware

General Features PageWork Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Version
0.4.8
0.56
26.2, 24.6 LTS, 21.9 LTS
Last Release Date
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2023-11-16 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
2024-04-01 (2 years ago)
Author
Pitt Murmann
Jaap Karssenberg
Tiki Software Community Association
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv3
GPL
LGPL
Programming Language
PHP
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
none
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Medium-sized sites
Private users, small teams
Needing not just a robust wiki, but a full-featured CMS/Groupware with a bug tracker, discussion forums, blogs, etc.
System Requirements PageWork Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Operating System
Any
Linux, Windows, OSX
Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, MacOS X and probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any
None
Works on standard shared hosting
Other Requirements
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
None
Datastorage PageWork Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Patch
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
No
Other
Text Files with index in SQLite
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam PageWork Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Proprietary
File permissions
SAML, OpenID Connect, Active Directory, LDAP, Shibboleth, CAS, IMAP, InterTiki, Vpopmail, Basic HTTP authentication
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Yes
No
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
Development/Support PageWork Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PageWork Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
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 PageWork Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
2
German, English
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
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
No
No
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
No
Yes
Links PageWork Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Optional
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Features PageWork Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
HTML Tags
All
None
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Optional
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Yes
Scripting
None
Dynamic Variables more info ===>>
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Yes
Usability PageWork Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Optional
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Statistics PageWork Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Recent Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
Yes
Output PageWork Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
No
Optional
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files PageWork Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Keywords
No
Contents
Extras PageWork Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Forums
Plugin
No
Yes
Blogs
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Examples PageWork Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
((Name of page))
or
((Name of page|link to a page))
or
(semantic(link to a page))
or, if activated:
CamelCase WikiWords
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
[http://example.com]
or
[http://example.com|label]
Headlines
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
=== Heading ===
-= Titlebar =-
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
This is __underlined__.
__underline__
===underline===
Monospace Format
This is %%monospaced%%.
``monospace``
-+monospace+-
Strikethrough Format
This is --not-- important.
~~strike~~
--strike--
Superscript Format
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
^{sup}
{SUP()}text{SUP}
Subscript Format
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
_{sub}
{SUB()}text{SUB}
Images
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
{{./image.png}}
{img src=http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}
Aligning Text
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
not implemented
::centered text::
Text Indentation
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
indent with tabs
leading spaces, if activated.
Bulleted Lists
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
: term : definition
not implemented
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
---
not implemented
---
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