Pwic.wiki vs. Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware vs. Wiki.js vs. XWiki

General Features Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Wiki.js XWiki
Version
1.2
26.2, 24.6 LTS, 21.9 LTS
2.5.299
18.5.0
Last Release Date
2024-06-24 (2 years ago)
2023-11-16 (2 years ago)
2023-06-03 (3 years ago)
2026-06-29 (28 days ago)
Last Update here
2024-06-24 (2 years ago)
2024-04-01 (2 years ago)
2023-07-30 (2 years ago)
2026-06-29 (28 days ago)
Author
Team Pwic.wiki
Tiki Software Community Association
Nicolas Giard
XWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU Affero General Public License version 3
LGPL
AGPL-v3
LGPL + Free hosting on https://myxwiki.org for individuals/non profit
Programming Language
Python
PHP
Javascript
Java
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database, Files, other, RCS
Database, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Personal, IT consultancy, Software development, Small to medium companies
Needing not just a robust wiki, but a full-featured CMS/Groupware with a bug tracker, discussion forums, blogs, etc.
Everyone
Enterprise, Workgroups, Developers
Hosting Features Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Wiki.js XWiki
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
System Requirements Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Wiki.js XWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, MacOS
Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, MacOS X and probably others
All
Any platform supporting Java 21 or greater
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Stand-alone (Python aiohttp)
Works on standard shared hosting
All
Servlet 5.0+
Other Requirements
None
Node.js
Java 21, MySQL/MariaDB/PostgreSQL/HSQLDB/etc (JDBC Driver required)
Datastorage Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Wiki.js XWiki
Text Files
No
No
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
Yes
SQLite
Yes
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Other
MariaDB
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
JDBC Databases and in general any database supported by Hibernate; any custom implementation, as the storage is pluggable. Attachments can be saved on the filesystem
Security/Anti-Spam Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Wiki.js XWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Salted password, OAuth2 (Google, Microsoft, Github), 2FA TOTP
SAML, OpenID Connect, Active Directory, LDAP, Shibboleth, CAS, IMAP, InterTiki, Vpopmail, Basic HTTP authentication
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
XWiki, OpenID Connect, LDAP, custom (Open API), Kerberos, NTLM, Headers, PUMA, SAML, Trusted LDAP, Sun SSO
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
nofollow
Optional
Optional
Yes
No
Blacklist
Patch
Optional
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Optional
Yes
Development/Support Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Wiki.js XWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
20 ⭐
N/A
28666 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Wiki.js XWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
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 Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Wiki.js XWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Interface Languages
3
German, English, French
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
54
Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Cambodian, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
40
Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Persian, French, Galician, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Marathi, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Patch
Yes
No
Yes
Comments
No
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
No
Yes
Links Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Wiki.js XWiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
Patch
Yes
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Patch
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Features Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Wiki.js XWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
All
All
Math formulas
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Scripting
External API for automation and bots
Dynamic Variables more info ===>>
JS, CSS
velocity, groovy, ruby, jython, generic JSR223 & very powerful API
Content Includes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
No
Yes
Usability Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Wiki.js XWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Yes
Optional
No
Statistics Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Wiki.js XWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Patch
Yes
No
Yes
Analysis
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Output Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Wiki.js XWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Office Export
Optional
No
No
Yes
Media and Files Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Wiki.js XWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
No
Contents
Extras Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Wiki.js XWiki
Calendar
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Yes
No
Yes
Presentations
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Forums
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Chat
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Syntax Examples Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Wiki.js XWiki
Internal Link
[Paragraph](#p_1_1)
[Page](/project/page)
[Attachment](/special/document/1)
((Name of page))
or
((Name of page|link to a page))
or
(semantic(link to a page))
or, if activated:
CamelCase WikiWords
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
XWiki supports 16+ input syntaxes (e.g. confluence, twiki, docbook, mediawiki, xwiki, markdown, etc), see http://rendering.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome#HSupportedSyntaxes for details.

The syntax documented below is XWiki Syntax 2.1 (http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/XWikiSyntax).

[[wiki syntax here>>Space.Page]]
[[Space.Page]]
(Space is optional and is the current space if not specified)
External Link
[Link](https://pwic.wiki/en)
<https://pwic.wiki/en>
[http://example.com]
or
[http://example.com|label]
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org)
[[wiki syntax here>>http://www.xwiki.com]]
http://www.xwiki.com
Headlines
# Title 1
## Title 2
### Title 3
-= Titlebar =-
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
= Headline
== Subheadline
=== Sub-subheadline
==== etc..
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**Bold Text**
**bold**
Italics Format
*italics*
''italic''
*Italic Text*
//Italics//
Underline Format
--underline--
===underline===
<u>Underline Text</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
`keyword`

```python
print('Block of code')
```
-+monospace+-
`Monospace Code`
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
~~strikethrough~~
--strike--
~~Strikethrough Text~~
--Strike--
Superscript Format
x<sup>2</sup> (trick)
{SUP()}text{SUP}
^Superscript Text^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
x<sub>2</sub> (trick)
{SUB()}text{SUB}
~Subscript Text~
,,subscript,,
Images
![Caption](/special/document/1 "Image").
{img src=http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
image:img.png
image:Space.Page@img.png
[[image:img.png||width="25" height="25"]]
image:http://some/url/img.png

Starting with the xwiki/2.1 syntax, also:
image:icon:cancel
Aligning Text
::centered text::
(% style="... css here..." %)Text
Text Indentation
> Block line 1
> Block line 2
leading spaces, if activated.
Non-semantic text indentation through styling:

(% style="... css here..." %)multi line text

Quotes:

> This is a quoted text
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
* List
** list
*** list
Numbered Lists
1. Line 1
2. Line 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
1. Item 1
11. Item 2
111. Item 3
1. Item 4
Definition Lists
;term:definition
; term
: definition
Horizontal Rule
---
---
---
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