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

General Features Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Version
2.5.299
0.56
26.2, 24.6 LTS, 21.9 LTS
Last Release Date
2023-06-03 (3 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2023-11-16 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2023-07-30 (2 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
2024-04-01 (2 years ago)
Author
Nicolas Giard
Jaap Karssenberg
Tiki Software Community Association
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
AGPL-v3
GPL
LGPL
Programming Language
Javascript
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files, other, RCS
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everyone
Private users, small teams
Needing not just a robust wiki, but a full-featured CMS/Groupware with a bug tracker, discussion forums, blogs, etc.
System Requirements Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Operating System
All
Linux, Windows, OSX
Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, MacOS X and probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
All
None
Works on standard shared hosting
Other Requirements
Node.js
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
None
Datastorage Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
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
Plugin
No
Other
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
Text Files with index in SQLite
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
File permissions
SAML, OpenID Connect, Active Directory, LDAP, Shibboleth, CAS, IMAP, InterTiki, Vpopmail, Basic HTTP authentication
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
Yes
nofollow
Yes
No
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Optional
No
No
Development/Support Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
28432 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
No
Yes
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 Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
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
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
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
No
Yes
Comments
Flat
No
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
No
Yes
Links Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
No
No
Yes
Syntax Features Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
HTML Tags
All
None
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
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
No
No
Yes
Scripting
JS, CSS
None
Dynamic Variables more info ===>>
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Yes
Usability Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Optional
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
No
Yes
Statistics Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Recent Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
Optional
No
Yes
Output Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
Yes
No
Optional
Office Export
No
Unknown
No
Media and Files Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Calendar
No
Yes
Yes
Image Galleries
No
No
Yes
Presentations
No
Unknown
Yes
Forums
No
No
Yes
Blogs
No
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Yes
Chat
No
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Examples Wiki.js Zim Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Internal Link
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
((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)
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
[http://example.com]
or
[http://example.com|label]
Headlines
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
=== Heading ===
-= Titlebar =-
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
**Bold Text**
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
*Italic Text*
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>Underline Text</u>
__underline__
===underline===
Monospace Format
`Monospace Code`
``monospace``
-+monospace+-
Strikethrough Format
~~Strikethrough Text~~
~~strike~~
--strike--
Superscript Format
^Superscript Text^
^{sup}
{SUP()}text{SUP}
Subscript Format
~Subscript Text~
_{sub}
{SUB()}text{SUB}
Images
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
{{./image.png}}
{img src=http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}
Aligning Text
not implemented
::centered text::
Text Indentation
indent with tabs
leading spaces, if activated.
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
not implemented
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
---
not implemented
---
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