Wiki.js vs. WackoWiki vs. Foswiki vs. Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware

General Features Wiki.js WackoWiki Foswiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Version
2.5.299
6.1.29
2.1.9
26.2, 24.6 LTS, 21.9 LTS
Last Release Date
2023-06-03 (2 years ago)
2025-09-03 (3 months ago)
2024-12-18 (11 months ago)
2023-11-16 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2023-07-30 (2 years ago)
2025-10-13 (1 month ago)
2024-12-18 (11 months ago)
2024-04-01 (1 year ago)
Author
Nicolas Giard
WackoWiki Team
Foswiki Community
Tiki Software Community Association
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
AGPL-v3
BSD
GPL
LGPL
Programming Language
Javascript
PHP
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files, other, RCS
Database
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
$0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everyone
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
Needing not just a robust wiki, but a full-featured CMS/Groupware with a bug tracker, discussion forums, blogs, etc.
System Requirements Wiki.js WackoWiki Foswiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Operating System
All
OS Independent
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, MacOS X and probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
All
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
Works on standard shared hosting
Other Requirements
Node.js
mod_rewrite (optional)
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
None
Datastorage Wiki.js WackoWiki Foswiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
Optional
No
Yes
No
Other
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
MariaDB
caching of content into database using plugins
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki.js WackoWiki Foswiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
SAML, OpenID Connect, Active Directory, LDAP, Shibboleth, CAS, IMAP, InterTiki, Vpopmail, Basic HTTP authentication
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
nofollow
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Blacklist
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Optional
No
Plugin
No
Development/Support Wiki.js WackoWiki Foswiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
27408 ⭐
54 ⭐
116 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Wiki.js WackoWiki Foswiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
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 Wiki.js WackoWiki Foswiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
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
29
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, 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
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
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Flat
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
No
No
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Links Wiki.js WackoWiki Foswiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features Wiki.js WackoWiki Foswiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
HTML Tags
All
All
All
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Yes
Scripting
JS, CSS
actions (PHP)
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
Dynamic Variables more info ===>>
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability Wiki.js WackoWiki Foswiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Section Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Statistics Wiki.js WackoWiki Foswiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Analysis
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Output Wiki.js WackoWiki Foswiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
PDF Export
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Optional
Office Export
No
Patch
Plugin
No
Media and Files Wiki.js WackoWiki Foswiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Contents
Contents
Extras Wiki.js WackoWiki Foswiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Forums
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Chat
No
Patch
No
Yes
Syntax Examples Wiki.js WackoWiki Foswiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Internal Link
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
((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 Title](https://wiki.js.org)
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
External Link
http://foswiki.org/ autolink
[[http://foswiki.org/][label]]
[http://example.com]
or
[http://example.com|label]
Headlines
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
-= Titlebar =-
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
**Bold Text**
**bold**
*bold*
__bold__
Italics Format
*Italic Text*
//italics//
_italic_
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>Underline Text</u>
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
===underline===
Monospace Format
`Monospace Code`
##monospace##
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
-+monospace+-
Strikethrough Format
~~Strikethrough Text~~
--strikethrough--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
--strike--
Superscript Format
^Superscript Text^
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
{SUP()}text{SUP}
Subscript Format
~Subscript Text~
vvsubscriptvv
<sub>subscript</sub>
{SUB()}text{SUB}
Images
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}%
{img src=http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
::centered text::
Text Indentation
one
two
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
leading spaces, if activated.
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
$ Term: Definition
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
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