Wiki.js vs. Foswiki

General Features Wiki.js Foswiki
Version
2.5.299
2.1.9
Last Release Date
2023-06-03 (2 years ago)
2024-12-18 (11 months ago)
Last Update here
2023-07-30 (2 years ago)
2024-12-18 (11 months ago)
Author
Nicolas Giard
Foswiki Community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
AGPL-v3
GPL
Programming Language
Javascript
Perl
Data Storage
Database, Files, other, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everyone
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
System Requirements Wiki.js Foswiki
Operating System
All
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
All
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
Other Requirements
Node.js
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage Wiki.js Foswiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Optional
Yes
Other
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
caching of content into database using plugins
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki.js Foswiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
Mail Encryption
Yes
Yes
nofollow
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Optional
Plugin
Development/Support Wiki.js Foswiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
27408 ⭐
116 ⭐
Common Features Wiki.js Foswiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wiki.js Foswiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Interface Languages
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
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
Email notification
No
Yes
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Plugin
Structured Data
No
Yes
Links Wiki.js Foswiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
Syntax Features Wiki.js Foswiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
Yes
Plugin
Textile Support
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Scripting
JS, CSS
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Usability Wiki.js Foswiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Yes
Statistics Wiki.js Foswiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
Analysis
Optional
Yes
Output Wiki.js Foswiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Plugin
PDF Export
Yes
Plugin
Office Export
No
Plugin
Media and Files Wiki.js Foswiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
Extras Wiki.js Foswiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Presentations
No
Plugin
Forums
No
Plugin
Blogs
No
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Chat
No
No
Syntax Examples Wiki.js Foswiki
Internal Link
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org)
External Link
http://foswiki.org/ autolink
[[http://foswiki.org/][label]]
Headlines
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
**Bold Text**
*bold*
Italics Format
*Italic Text*
_italic_
Underline Format
<u>Underline Text</u>
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
`Monospace Code`
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
~~Strikethrough Text~~
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
^Superscript Text^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
~Subscript Text~
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}%
Aligning Text
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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