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| General Features | XWiki  |
|---|---|
 Version |
 1.3.2, 1.4RC1 |
| Last Release Date |
2008-05-09 |
| Author |
XWiki Development Team |
| URL |
www.xwiki.org |
| Free and Open Source |
 Yes |
| License |
LGPL |
| Programming Language |
Java |
| Data Storage |
Database |
| License Cost/ Fee |
0 |
| Development status |
Mature |
| Intended Audience |
Enterprise, Workgroups, Developers |
| System Requirements | XWiki |
| Operating System |
Any platform supporting JDK 1.5 or greater |
| Root Access |
 No |
| Webserver |
Any Servlet 2.3+ container |
| Other Requirements |
Java 1.4 (XWiki 1.0) and Java 1.5 (XWiki 1.1+), MySQL/HSQLDB/etc (JDBC Driver required) |
| Datastorage | XWiki |
| Text Files |
No |
| MySQL |
Yes |
| PostgreSQL |
Yes |
| Oracle |
Yes |
| SQLite |
 Optional |
| BerkeleyDB |
Optional |
| RCS |
No |
| Other |
JDBC Databases and in general any database supported by Hibernate |
| Security/Anti-Spam | XWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes |
| ACL |
Yes |
| Authentication Backends |
XWiki, LDAP, eXo Platform, custom (Open API) |
| Host Blocking |
No |
| Mail Encryption |
No |
| nofollow |
No |
| Blacklist |
No |
| CAPTCHA |
Yes |
| Delayed Indexing |
Yes |
| Development/Support | XWiki |
| Commercial Support |
Yes, 1 listed |
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes |
| Code Repository |
svn.xwiki.org |
| Issue Tracker |
jira.xwiki.org |
| Mailing List |
dev.xwiki.org |
| Support Forum |
Through the mailing list/JIRA/IRC/Nabble |
| IRC Channel |
irc.freenode.net, channel #xwiki |
| Common Features | XWiki |
| Preview |
Yes |
| Minor Changes |
Yes |
| Change Summary |
Yes |
| Page History |
Yes |
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited |
| Revision Diffs |
Between all |
| Page Index |
Yes |
| Plugin System |
Yes |
| Special Features | XWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes |
| Right-to-Left Support |
No |
| Interface Languages |
English, French, German, Portugese, Italian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish (Catalan and Galician), Polish |
| Email notification |
Yes |
| Comments |
Flat |
| Categories |
Yes |
| Namespaces |
Yes |
| Page Redirection |
Yes |
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking |
| Search |
Full Text |
| Links | XWiki |
| CamelCase |
Optional |
| Freelinks |
Yes |
| Backlinks |
Yes |
| InterWiki |
Yes |
| SisterWiki |
Yes |
| Image Links |
Yes |
| Windows Shares |
No |
| Syntax Features | XWiki |
| HTML Tags |
All |
| Math formulas |
No |
| Tables |
simple + complex |
| CREOLE support |
No |
| Markdown Support |
No |
| Textile Support |
No |
| BBCode Support |
No |
| Emoticon Images |
No |
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes |
| Footnotes |
Yes |
| Quoting |
Yes |
| Internal Comments |
Yes |
| Custom styles |
Yes |
| FAQ Tags |
 Plugin |
| Scripting |
velocity & groovy & very powerful API |
| Content Includes |
Yes |
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes |
| Usability | XWiki |
| Section Editing |
Yes |
| Double-Click Edit |
No |
| Toolbar |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Yes |
| Access Keys |
No |
| Auto Signature |
No |
| Statistics | XWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes |
| Wanted Pages |
Optional |
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes |
| Most/Least Popular |
Optional |
| Recent Visitors |
Optional |
| Analysis |
Yes |
| Output | XWiki |
| HTML |
XHTML 1.0 Strict |
| CSS Stylesheets |
Yes |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View |
| Themes & Skins |
Yes |
| RSS Feeds |
Yes |
| ATOM Feeds |
No |
| Abbreviations |
Plugin |
| Auto-TOC |
Optional |
| Raw Export |
Yes |
| HTML Export |
Yes |
| XML export |
Yes |
| PDF Export |
Yes |
| Media and Files | XWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes |
| Media Revisions |
Yes |
| Embedded Flash |
Yes |
| Embedded Video |
Yes |
| Image Editing |
No |
| SVG Editing |
No |
| MindMap Editing |
Optional |
| Media Search |
Contents |
| Syntax Examples | XWiki |
| Internal Link |
[text>Space.Page] [text|Space.Page] [Space.Page] (Space is optional and is the current space if not specified) |
| External Link |
[text>http://www.xwiki.com] [text|http://www.xwiki.coml] http://www.xwiki.com |
| Headlines |
1 Headline 1.1 Subheadline 1.1.1 Sub-subheadline 1.1.1.1 etc.. |
| Bold Format |
*bold* |
| Italics Format |
~~Italics~~ |
| Underline Format |
__underline__ |
| Monospace Format |
<tt>monospace</tt> |
| Strikethrough Format |
--Strike-- |
| Superscript Format |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
| Subscript Format |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
| Images |
{image:file.gif} |
| Aligning Text |
<div align="right|center|justify">Text</div> |
| Text Indentation |
<blockquote> multi line text </blockquote> or using CSS styles |
| Bulleted Lists |
* List ** list *** list |
| Numbered Lists |
1. Item 1 11. Item 2 111. Item 3 1. Item 4 1. Item 1 1*. Item 2 1*. Item 3 1. Item 4 a. Alphabetical enumerated list a. Alphabetical enumerated list A. Uppercase alphabetical enumerated list A. Uppercase alphabetical enumerated list i. |
| Definition Lists |
<dl> <dt>Term</dt> <dd>Definition</dd> </dl> |
| Horizontal Rule |
--- |
» XWiki DocumentationXWiki Details
XWiki is a second generation Wiki engine, features professional features like Wiki, Blog, Comments, User Rights, LDAP Authentication, PDF Export.
XWiki also includes an advance form and scripting engine making it a development environment for data-based intranet applications. It has powerfull extensibility features, using scripting a plugin and highly module architecture. The scripting engines allows to access a powerfull API allowing to access the XWiki repository in read and write mode.
XWiki is used by major companies around the world and XPertNet provides support and services for professional usage of XWiki.
XWiki is also provided as a hosting service on http://www.xwiki.com
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- Record added:
- 2005-11-30
- Last updated:
- 2008-05-09
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Discussion
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Screenshots
These screenshots should give you a first impression how XWiki looks like. Remember: The look of many Wikis can be changed by stylesheets or templates so these are only examples.
XWiki.org
XWiki.org (http://xwiki.org) web site (when it was in construciton) using the default XWiki skin.
See all references on http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/References/
Curriki
E-learning and collaborative web site built 100% on XWiki (http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/References/Curriki)
Bonita
Bonita Web site using XWiki (http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/References/Bonita)
Security Advisories
The following security advisories for XWiki are listed at Secunia.
You should always make sure to run an up-to-date version of the software and
apply security related patches as soon as possible.