| General Features | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Foswiki | TWiki | BookStack |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
26.2, 24.6 LTS, 21.9 LTS
|
2.1.10
|
TWiki-6.1.0
|
v21.12.1
|
| Last Release Date |
2023-11-16 (2 years ago)
|
2025-12-18 (12 days ago)
|
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
|
2022-01-06 (3 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2024-04-01 (1 year ago)
|
2025-12-18 (12 days ago)
|
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
|
2022-01-08 (3 years ago)
|
| Author |
Tiki Software Community Association
|
Foswiki Community
|
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
|
Dan Brown
|
| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
LGPL
|
GPL
|
GPL
|
MIT
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| Programming Language |
PHP
|
Perl
|
Perl, JavaScript
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PHP
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| Data Storage |
Database
|
Files, RCS
|
Files, RCS
|
Database
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
$0
|
N/A
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
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| Intended Audience |
Needing not just a robust wiki, but a full-featured CMS/Groupware with a bug tracker, discussion forums, blogs, etc.
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Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
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Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
|
Small to mid-size groups and businesses
|
| System Requirements | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Foswiki | TWiki | BookStack |
| Operating System |
Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, MacOS X and probably others
|
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
|
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
|
Linux, Windows and Unix variants
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Works on standard shared hosting
|
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
|
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
|
Apache, Nginx or others with PHP support
|
| Other Requirements |
None
|
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
|
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
|
Command-line access, PHP7.3+
|
| Datastorage | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Foswiki | TWiki | BookStack |
| Text Files |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Other |
MariaDB
|
caching of content into database using plugins
|
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
|
MariaDB
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Foswiki | TWiki | BookStack |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
SAML, OpenID Connect, Active Directory, LDAP, Shibboleth, CAS, IMAP, InterTiki, Vpopmail, Basic HTTP authentication
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Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
|
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
|
SAML2, LDAP, OIDC, ActiveDirectory, Google, GitHub, GitLab, AzureAD, Slack and more
|
| Host Blocking |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| nofollow |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Development/Support | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Foswiki | TWiki | BookStack |
| # of Consultants | ||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Code Repository | ||||
| Issue Tracker | ||||
| Mailing List | ||||
| Support Forum | ||||
| Chat Channel | ||||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
118 ⭐
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N/A
|
17952 ⭐
|
| Common Features | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Foswiki | TWiki | BookStack |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Restricted by Number
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Special Features | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Foswiki | TWiki | BookStack |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| 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 |
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 |
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
29
Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, German, English, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lettish, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Comments |
Threaded
|
Plugin
|
Threaded
|
Flat
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Detection
|
Page Locking
|
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Detection
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Structured Data |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Links | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Foswiki | TWiki | BookStack |
| CamelCase |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| SisterWiki |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Page Redirects |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Syntax Features | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Foswiki | TWiki | BookStack |
| HTML Tags |
Optional
|
All
|
All
|
Optional
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| FAQ Tags |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Scripting |
Dynamic Variables more info ===>>
|
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
|
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
|
None
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Usability | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Foswiki | TWiki | BookStack |
| Section Editing |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Statistics | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Foswiki | TWiki | BookStack |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Analysis |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Output | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Foswiki | TWiki | BookStack |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print View
|
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Office Export |
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Media and Files | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Foswiki | TWiki | BookStack |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
| Media Search |
Contents
|
Contents
|
Contents
|
Filenames only
|
| Extras | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Foswiki | TWiki | BookStack |
| Calendar |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Image Galleries |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Presentations |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Forums |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Blogs |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Ticket System |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Chat |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Syntax Examples | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Foswiki | TWiki | BookStack |
| Internal Link |
((Name of page)) or ((Name of page|link to a page)) or (semantic(link to a page)) or, if activated: CamelCase WikiWords |
WikiWord autolink Otherweb.WikiWord [[Spaced text]] [[WikiWord][label]] |
WikiWord autolink Otherweb.WikiWord [[Spaced text]] [[WikiWord][label]] |
|
| External Link |
[http://example.com] or [http://example.com|label] |
External Link http://foswiki.org/ autolink [[http://foswiki.org/][label]] |
http://twiki.org/ autolink [[http://twiki.org/][label]] |
|
| Headlines |
-= Titlebar =- ! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 !!!! Level 4 !!!!! Level 5 |
---+ Level 1 ---++ Level 2 ---+++ Level 3 ---++++ Level 4 ---+++++ Level 5 ---++++++ Level 6 |
---+ Level 1 ---++ Level 2 ---+++ Level 3 ---++++ Level 4 ---+++++ Level 5 ---++++++ Level 6 |
|
| Bold Format |
__bold__ |
*bold* |
*bold* |
|
| Italics Format |
''italic'' |
_italic_ |
_italic_ |
|
| Underline Format |
===underline=== |
<u>underline</u> |
<u>underline</u> |
|
| Monospace Format |
-+monospace+- |
=monospaced text= and <verbatim> multi line text </verbatim> |
=monospaced text= and <verbatim> multi line text </verbatim> |
|
| Strikethrough Format |
--strike-- |
<strike>strikethrough</strike> |
<strike>strikethrough</strike> |
|
| Superscript Format |
{SUP()}text{SUP} |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
|
| Subscript Format |
{SUB()}text{SUB} |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
|
| Images |
{img src=http://foo.bar/foo.jpg} |
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}% |
%ATTACHURL%/image.png http://any.domain/image.png |
|
| Aligning Text |
::centered text:: |
| left | center | right | or HTML or CSS |
| left | center | right | or HTML or CSS |
|
| Text Indentation |
leading spaces, if activated. |
<blockquote> multi line text </blockquote> |
<blockquote> multi line text </blockquote> |
|
| Bulleted Lists |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
* Item 1 * Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
* Item 1 * Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
|
| Numbered Lists |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
1. Item 1 a. Item 1.a 1. Item 2 |
1. Item 1 a. Item 1.a 1. Item 2 |
|
| Definition Lists |
;term:definition |
$ Term: Definition |
$ Term: Definition |
|
| Horizontal Rule |
--- |
--- |
--- |
|
| remove Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | remove Foswiki | remove TWiki | remove BookStack |