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

General Features Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Version
1.2
2.5.299
0.56
26.2, 24.6 LTS, 21.9 LTS
Last Release Date
2024-06-24 (1 year ago)
2023-06-03 (3 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2023-11-16 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2024-06-24 (1 year ago)
2023-07-30 (2 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
2024-04-01 (2 years ago)
Author
Team Pwic.wiki
Nicolas Giard
Jaap Karssenberg
Tiki Software Community Association
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU Affero General Public License version 3
AGPL-v3
GPL
LGPL
Programming Language
Python
Javascript
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files, other, RCS
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Personal, IT consultancy, Software development, Small to medium companies
Everyone
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 Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Operating System
Linux, Windows, MacOS
All
Linux, Windows, OSX
Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, MacOS X and probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Stand-alone (Python aiohttp)
All
None
Works on standard shared hosting
Other Requirements
Node.js
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
None
Datastorage Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Optional
Plugin
No
Other
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
Text Files with index in SQLite
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Salted password, OAuth2 (Google, Microsoft, Github), 2FA TOTP
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
File permissions
SAML, OpenID Connect, Active Directory, LDAP, Shibboleth, CAS, IMAP, InterTiki, Vpopmail, Basic HTTP authentication
Host Blocking
Optional
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
Yes
nofollow
Optional
Yes
No
Optional
Blacklist
Patch
No
No
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
No
No
Development/Support Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
20 ⭐
28432 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Optional
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
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 Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
3
German, English, French
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
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
Patch
No
No
Yes
Comments
No
Flat
No
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
No
No
Yes
Links Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Patch
No
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Patch
No
No
Yes
Syntax Features Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
HTML Tags
Some
All
None
Optional
Math formulas
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Yes
Scripting
External API for automation and bots
JS, CSS
None
Dynamic Variables more info ===>>
Content Includes
Patch
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
No
Yes
Usability Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Yes
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Optional
No
Yes
Statistics Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
Patch
No
No
Yes
Analysis
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Output Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
Yes
No
Optional
Office Export
Optional
No
Unknown
No
Media and Files Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
No
Contents
Extras Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Calendar
No
No
Yes
Yes
Image Galleries
No
No
No
Yes
Presentations
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Forums
No
No
No
Yes
Blogs
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
No
Yes
Chat
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Examples Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Internal Link
[Paragraph](#p_1_1)
[Page](/project/page)
[Attachment](/special/document/1)
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
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
[Link](https://pwic.wiki/en)
<https://pwic.wiki/en>
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org)
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
[http://example.com]
or
[http://example.com|label]
Headlines
# Title 1
## Title 2
### Title 3
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
=== Heading ===
-= Titlebar =-
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
**bold**
**Bold Text**
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
*italics*
*Italic Text*
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
--underline--
<u>Underline Text</u>
__underline__
===underline===
Monospace Format
`keyword`

```python
print('Block of code')
```
`Monospace Code`
``monospace``
-+monospace+-
Strikethrough Format
~~strikethrough~~
~~Strikethrough Text~~
~~strike~~
--strike--
Superscript Format
x<sup>2</sup> (trick)
^Superscript Text^
^{sup}
{SUP()}text{SUP}
Subscript Format
x<sub>2</sub> (trick)
~Subscript Text~
_{sub}
{SUB()}text{SUB}
Images
![Caption](/special/document/1 "Image").
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
{{./image.png}}
{img src=http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}
Aligning Text
not implemented
::centered text::
Text Indentation
> Block line 1
> Block line 2
indent with tabs
leading spaces, if activated.
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 1.1
- Item 2
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Line 1
2. Line 2
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
not implemented
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
---
---
not implemented
---
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