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

General Features Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim Wiki.js
Version
26.2, 24.6 LTS, 21.9 LTS
0.56
2.5.299
Last Release Date
2023-11-16 (2 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2023-06-03 (3 years ago)
Last Update here
2024-04-01 (2 years ago)
2012-07-16 (14 years ago)
2023-07-30 (3 years ago)
Author
Tiki Software Community Association
Jaap Karssenberg
Nicolas Giard
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
LGPL
GPL
AGPL-v3
Programming Language
PHP
Python
Javascript
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Database, Files, other, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
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.
Private users, small teams
Everyone
System Requirements Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim Wiki.js
Operating System
Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, MacOS X and probably others
Linux, Windows, OSX
All
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Works on standard shared hosting
None
All
Other Requirements
None
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Node.js
Datastorage Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim Wiki.js
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
Optional
Other
MariaDB
Text Files with index in SQLite
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim Wiki.js
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
SAML, OpenID Connect, Active Directory, LDAP, Shibboleth, CAS, IMAP, InterTiki, Vpopmail, Basic HTTP authentication
File permissions
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
Host Blocking
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
Yes
nofollow
Optional
No
Yes
Blacklist
Optional
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Optional
Development/Support Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim Wiki.js
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim Wiki.js
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
No
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 Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim Wiki.js
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
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
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
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
Email notification
Yes
No
No
Comments
Threaded
No
Flat
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Yes
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
Structured Data
Yes
No
No
Links Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim Wiki.js
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Yes
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
No
No
Syntax Features Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim Wiki.js
HTML Tags
Optional
None
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Scripting
Dynamic Variables more info ===>>
None
JS, CSS
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
No
Usability Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim Wiki.js
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Optional
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Optional
Statistics Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim Wiki.js
Recent Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Yes
No
Optional
Output Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim Wiki.js
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Optional
No
Yes
Office Export
No
Unknown
No
Media and Files Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim Wiki.js
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
Yes
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim Wiki.js
Calendar
Yes
Yes
No
Image Galleries
Yes
No
No
Presentations
Yes
Unknown
No
Forums
Yes
No
No
Blogs
Yes
Optional
No
Ticket System
Yes
No
No
Chat
Yes
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim Wiki.js
Internal Link
((Name of page))
or
((Name of page|link to a page))
or
(semantic(link to a page))
or, if activated:
CamelCase WikiWords
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
External Link
[http://example.com]
or
[http://example.com|label]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org)
Headlines
-= Titlebar =-
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
=== Heading ===
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
Bold Format
__bold__
**bold**
**Bold Text**
Italics Format
''italic''
//italic//
*Italic Text*
Underline Format
===underline===
__underline__
<u>Underline Text</u>
Monospace Format
-+monospace+-
``monospace``
`Monospace Code`
Strikethrough Format
--strike--
~~strike~~
~~Strikethrough Text~~
Superscript Format
{SUP()}text{SUP}
^{sup}
^Superscript Text^
Subscript Format
{SUB()}text{SUB}
_{sub}
~Subscript Text~
Images
{img src=http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}
{{./image.png}}
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
Aligning Text
::centered text::
not implemented
Text Indentation
leading spaces, if activated.
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
Definition Lists
;term:definition
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
---
not implemented
---
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