| General Features | Wiki.js | wxWikiServer | BookStack |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
2.5.299
|
1.5.11c
|
v21.12.1
|
| Last Release Date |
2023-06-03 (2 years ago)
|
2005-12-03 (20 years ago)
|
2022-01-06 (4 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2023-07-30 (2 years ago)
|
2006-02-07 (20 years ago)
|
2022-01-08 (4 years ago)
|
| Author |
Nicolas Giard
|
Ryan Norton
|
Dan Brown
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
AGPL-v3
|
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
|
MIT
|
| Programming Language |
Javascript
|
C++
|
PHP
|
| Data Storage |
Database, Files, other, RCS
|
Files
|
Database
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
NA
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Everyone
|
End users/Desktop
|
Small to mid-size groups and businesses
|
| System Requirements | Wiki.js | wxWikiServer | BookStack |
| Operating System |
All
|
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
|
Linux, Windows and Unix variants
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
All
|
built-in
|
Apache, Nginx or others with PHP support
|
| Other Requirements |
Node.js
|
None
|
Command-line access, PHP7.3+
|
| Datastorage | Wiki.js | wxWikiServer | BookStack |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| PostgreSQL |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
| Other |
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
|
MariaDB
|
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | Wiki.js | wxWikiServer | BookStack |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
|
unknown
|
SAML2, LDAP, OIDC, ActiveDirectory, Google, GitHub, GitLab, AzureAD, Slack and more
|
| Host Blocking |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| nofollow |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
| Development/Support | Wiki.js | wxWikiServer | BookStack |
| # of Consultants | |||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Code Repository | |||
| Issue Tracker | |||
| Mailing List | |||
| Support Forum | |||
| Chat Channel | |||
| Stars on GitHub |
28367 ⭐
|
N/A
|
18784 ⭐
|
| Common Features | Wiki.js | wxWikiServer | BookStack |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Change Summary |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Restricted by Number
|
Restricted by Number
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Special Features | Wiki.js | wxWikiServer | BookStack |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
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 |
1
English |
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 |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Comments |
Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Detection
|
Page Locking
|
Conflict Detection
|
| Concurrent Editing |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Structured Data |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Links | Wiki.js | wxWikiServer | BookStack |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| InterWiki |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Page Redirects |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Syntax Features | Wiki.js | wxWikiServer | BookStack |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
All
|
Optional
|
| Math formulas |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple
|
simple
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Scripting |
JS, CSS
|
no
|
None
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Usability | Wiki.js | wxWikiServer | BookStack |
| Section Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
Optional
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Statistics | Wiki.js | wxWikiServer | BookStack |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Orphaned Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Analysis |
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
| Output | Wiki.js | wxWikiServer | BookStack |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
No
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| RSS Feeds |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Office Export |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Media and Files | Wiki.js | wxWikiServer | BookStack |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Media Search |
No
|
No
|
Filenames only
|
| Extras | Wiki.js | wxWikiServer | BookStack |
| Calendar |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Image Galleries |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Presentations |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Forums |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Blogs |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Chat |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Syntax Examples | Wiki.js | wxWikiServer | BookStack |
| Internal Link |
[Link Title](/link/to/page) |
CamelCase [AnotherLink goto alink] |
|
| External Link |
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org) |
http://www.powerslave.com [http://www.external.com xternallink] |
|
| Headlines |
# Header 1 ## Header 2 ### Header 3 |
= heading = == heading == === heading === (up to 5 = signs). |
|
| Bold Format |
**Bold Text** |
''' bold text ''' |
|
| Italics Format |
*Italic Text* |
'' italic text '' |
|
| Underline Format |
<u>Underline Text</u> |
|
|
| Monospace Format |
`Monospace Code` |
start line with blank space. |
|
| Strikethrough Format |
~~Strikethrough Text~~ |
|
|
| Superscript Format |
^Superscript Text^ |
|
|
| Subscript Format |
~Subscript Text~ |
|
|
| Images |
 |
ilocal://icon.jpg img:icon.jpg img:http://www.external/image.jpg |
|
| Aligning Text |
|
] centred text |
|
| Text Indentation |
|
> single indent >> two indents >>> more indenting |
|
| Bulleted Lists |
- Item 1 - Item 2 - Item 3 |
* one * two * two.1 |
|
| Numbered Lists |
1. Item 1 2. Item 2 3. Item 3 |
1 item one 2 item two Or: # item 1 ## item 1.1 # item two |
|
| Definition Lists |
|
|
|
| Horizontal Rule |
--- |
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