Zim vs. PodWiki vs. Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware

General Features Zim PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Version
0.56
0.9.1
26.2, 24.6 LTS, 21.9 LTS
Last Release Date
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2023-11-16 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2024-04-01 (2 years ago)
Author
Jaap Karssenberg
Thomas Linden
Tiki Software Community Association
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
LGPL
Programming Language
Python
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
GPL / none
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private users, small teams
average to advanced users
Needing not just a robust wiki, but a full-featured CMS/Groupware with a bug tracker, discussion forums, blogs, etc.
System Requirements Zim PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OSX
Unix
Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, MacOS X and probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
None
apache
Works on standard shared hosting
Other Requirements
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
mod_rewrite optional
None
Datastorage Zim PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
Yes
No
Other
Text Files with index in SQLite
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Zim PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
File permissions
builtin
SAML, OpenID Connect, Active Directory, LDAP, Shibboleth, CAS, IMAP, InterTiki, Vpopmail, Basic HTTP authentication
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Yes
nofollow
No
No
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Zim PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Zim PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
No
Yes
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features Zim PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
Interface Languages
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
1
English
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
No
Threaded
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
No
Unknown
Yes
Links Zim PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features Zim PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
HTML Tags
None
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
none
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Yes
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Scripting
None
Perl
Dynamic Variables more info ===>>
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
Usability Zim PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Optional
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Statistics Zim PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
Yes
Output Zim PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Optional
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Yes
Auto-TOC
Optional
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
No
Optional
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files Zim PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras Zim PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Calendar
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Unknown
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Forums
No
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Examples Zim PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Internal Link
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
((Name of page))
or
((Name of page|link to a page))
or
(semantic(link to a page))
or, if activated:
CamelCase WikiWords
External Link
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
L<http://www.daemon.de>
[http://example.com]
or
[http://example.com|label]
Headlines
=== Heading ===
=head1 The Weather
-= Titlebar =-
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
**bold**
B<bold>
__bold__
Italics Format
//italic//
I<italics>
''italic''
Underline Format
__underline__
via html only
===underline===
Monospace Format
``monospace``
put a space in front of monospaced text
-+monospace+-
Strikethrough Format
~~strike~~
via html only
--strike--
Superscript Format
^{sup}
via html only
{SUP()}text{SUP}
Subscript Format
_{sub}
via html only
{SUB()}text{SUB}
Images
{{./image.png}}
G<logo.png>
{img src=http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}
Aligning Text
not implemented
via stylesheet only
::centered text::
Text Indentation
indent with tabs
via stylesheet only
leading spaces, if activated.
Bulleted Lists
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
=over

=item* listitem

=back
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
not implemented
via html only
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
not implemented
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