Wiki on a Stick vs. Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware vs. Zim vs. GWiki

General Features Wiki on a Stick Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim GWiki
Version
0.12.0
26.2, 24.6 LTS, 21.9 LTS
0.56
2.4.0
Last Release Date
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2023-11-16 (2 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2018-06-15 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2024-04-01 (2 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
2018-10-16 (7 years ago)
Author
legolas558
Tiki Software Community Association
Jaap Karssenberg
Roger Rene Kommer
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv2
LGPL
GPL
Apache License, Version 2.0
Programming Language
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Java
Data Storage
Files
Database
Files, RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users
Needing not just a robust wiki, but a full-featured CMS/Groupware with a bug tracker, discussion forums, blogs, etc.
Private users, small teams
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
System Requirements Wiki on a Stick Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim GWiki
Operating System
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, MacOS X and probably others
Linux, Windows, OSX
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Works on standard shared hosting
None
All Java Servlet Container, included
Other Requirements
JavaScript-capable browser
None
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Java 1.8+
Datastorage Wiki on a Stick Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim GWiki
Text Files
No
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
Yes
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Other
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
MariaDB
Text Files with index in SQLite
Google Datastore
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki on a Stick Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim GWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Supports per-page AES encryption
SAML, OpenID Connect, Active Directory, LDAP, Shibboleth, CAS, IMAP, InterTiki, Vpopmail, Basic HTTP authentication
File permissions
Internal and external with adapter
Host Blocking
No
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
No
nofollow
No
Optional
No
Optional
Blacklist
No
Optional
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support Wiki on a Stick Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim GWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Common Features Wiki on a Stick Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim GWiki
Preview
No
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wiki on a Stick Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim GWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
2
English, Italian
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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
2
German, English
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Yes
Comments
No
Threaded
No
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Links Wiki on a Stick Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim GWiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
Yes
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
No
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Features Wiki on a Stick Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim GWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
None
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript
Dynamic Variables more info ===>>
None
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability Wiki on a Stick Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim GWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Optional
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Statistics Wiki on a Stick Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim GWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Output Wiki on a Stick Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim GWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
No
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
No
Optional
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Media and Files Wiki on a Stick Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim GWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
No
Contents
Extras Wiki on a Stick Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim GWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Blogs
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Yes
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Wiki on a Stick Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Zim GWiki
Internal Link
[[WoaS test page]]
((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 
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
External Link
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
[http://example.com]
or
[http://example.com|label]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
[http://example.com]
Headlines
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
-= Titlebar =-
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
=== Heading ===
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
Bold Format
*bold text*
__bold__
**bold**
*Bold Format*
Italics Format
/italics text/
''italic''
//italic//
_Italic format_
Underline Format
_underlined text_
===underline===
__underline__
+Unterlined+
Monospace Format
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
-+monospace+-
``monospace``
{{Monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
--strike--
~~strike~~
-StrikeThrough-
Superscript Format
{SUP()}text{SUP}
^{sup}
^Superscript^
Subscript Format
{SUB()}text{SUB}
_{sub}
~Subscript~
Images
[[Image::woas.png]]
{img src=http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}
{{./image.png}}
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
Aligning Text
::centered text::
not implemented
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
Text Indentation
leading spaces, if activated.
indent with tabs
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
Bulleted Lists
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
Numbered Lists
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
Definition Lists
;term:definition
not implemented
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
Horizontal Rule
----
---
not implemented
----
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