Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware vs. XWiki vs. Hatta vs. Wiki on a Stick

General Features Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware XWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
Version
26.2, 24.6 LTS, 21.9 LTS
18.5.0
1.6.6
0.12.0
Last Release Date
2023-11-16 (2 years ago)
2026-06-29 (17 days ago)
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2010-06-21 (16 years ago)
Last Update here
2024-04-01 (2 years ago)
2026-06-29 (17 days ago)
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
Author
Tiki Software Community Association
XWiki Development Team
Radomir Dopieralski
legolas558
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
LGPL
LGPL + Free hosting on https://myxwiki.org for individuals/non profit
GPL v2
GPLv2
Programming Language
PHP
Java
Python
JavaScript
Data Storage
Database
Database, RCS
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
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.
Enterprise, Workgroups, Developers
Advanced End Users
Hosting Features Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware XWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
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
Yes
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
No
N/A
N/A
System Requirements Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware XWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
Operating System
Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, MacOS X and probably others
Any platform supporting Java 21 or greater
Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOSX
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Works on standard shared hosting
Servlet 5.0+
Standalone, WSGI, FastCGI, CGI
Other Requirements
None
Java 21, MySQL/MariaDB/PostgreSQL/HSQLDB/etc (JDBC Driver required)
Mercurial
JavaScript-capable browser
Datastorage Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware XWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
Text Files
No
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Optional
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Other
MariaDB
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
Plain text files in Mercurial repository, with SQLite index
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Security/Anti-Spam Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware XWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
SAML, OpenID Connect, Active Directory, LDAP, Shibboleth, CAS, IMAP, InterTiki, Vpopmail, Basic HTTP authentication
XWiki, OpenID Connect, LDAP, custom (Open API), Kerberos, NTLM, Headers, PUMA, SAML, Trusted LDAP, Sun SSO
n/a
Supports per-page AES encryption
Host Blocking
Yes
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
nofollow
Optional
No
No
No
Blacklist
Optional
Plugin
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
No
No
Development/Support Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware XWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki at freenode.net
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware XWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware XWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Optional
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
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
15
Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Swedish
2
English, Italian
Email notification
Yes
Yes
No
No
Comments
Threaded
Threaded
No
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Links Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware XWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
No
SisterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
No
No
Syntax Features Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware XWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
HTML Tags
Optional
All
None
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
Dynamic Variables more info ===>>
velocity, groovy, ruby, jython, generic JSR223 & very powerful API
JavaScript
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
No
No
Usability Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware XWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
No
Yes
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Optional
Yes
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
No
Statistics Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware XWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Output Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware XWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
Yes
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Optional
Yes
No
No
Office Export
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware XWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
No
Image Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware XWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Presentations
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Blogs
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Ticket System
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Chat
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware XWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
Internal Link
((Name of page))
or
((Name of page|link to a page))
or
(semantic(link to a page))
or, if activated:
CamelCase WikiWords
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)
[[link]]
[[link|label]]
[[WoaS test page]]
External Link
[http://example.com]
or
[http://example.com|label]
[[wiki syntax here>>http://www.xwiki.com]]
http://www.xwiki.com
http://example.com
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|label]]
[[http://example.com|{{image}}]]
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
Headlines
-= Titlebar =-
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
= Headline
== Subheadline
=== Sub-subheadline
==== etc..
= h1 =
== h2 ==
...
===== h5 =====
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
Bold Format
__bold__
**bold**
**bold**
*bold text*
Italics Format
''italic''
//Italics//
//italic//
/italics text/
Underline Format
===underline===
__underline__
n/a
_underlined text_
Monospace Format
-+monospace+-
##monospace##
{{{verbatim}}}
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
Strikethrough Format
--strike--
--Strike--
n/a
Superscript Format
{SUP()}text{SUP}
^^superscript^^
n/a
Subscript Format
{SUB()}text{SUB}
,,subscript,,
n/a
Images
{img src=http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}
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
{{image}}
{{image|alt}}
[[Image::woas.png]]
Aligning Text
::centered text::
(% style="... css here..." %)Text
n/a
Text Indentation
leading spaces, if activated.
Non-semantic text indentation through styling:

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

Quotes:

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