| General Features | Friki | Confluence | GWiki |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
2.1.1
|
5.2
|
2.4.0
|
| Last Release Date |
2004-05-13 (19 years ago)
|
2013-08-12 (10 years ago)
|
2018-06-14 (5 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2006-02-14 (18 years ago)
|
2013-08-22 (10 years ago)
|
2018-10-16 (5 years ago)
|
| Author |
Frank Carver
|
Atlassian
|
Roger Rene Kommer
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| License |
ASL or LGPL
|
Commercial + Free personal/open source project/community use
|
Apache License, Version 2.0
|
| Programming Language |
Java
|
Java
|
Java
|
| Data Storage |
Files
|
Database
|
Database, Files
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
starting at US $10 installed (unlimited wikis)
|
Free
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
private users and small teams
|
Enterprise + Technical Teams
|
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
|
| Hosting Features | Friki | Confluence | GWiki |
| Storage Quota |
N/A
|
Unlimited
|
N/A
|
| Bandwidth Quota |
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
| Other Limits |
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
|
| Topic Restrictions |
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
|
| Corporate Branding |
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
| Own Domain |
N/A
|
Optional
|
N/A
|
| Ads allowed |
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
|
| System Requirements | Friki | Confluence | GWiki |
| Operating System |
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
|
Windows, Linux and Unix variants
|
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Any that can run or call Java
|
Apache Tomcat
|
All Java Servlet Container, included
|
| Other Requirements |
Java 1.3 or later
|
Oracle JDK 1.6.0_4+
|
Java 1.8+
|
| Datastorage | Friki | Confluence | GWiki |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Oracle |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| SQLite |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Other |
Google Datastore
|
||
| Security/Anti-Spam | Friki | Confluence | GWiki |
| Page Permissions |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
LDAP, NTLM, Siteminder, CAS and more
|
Internal and external with adapter
|
|
| Host Blocking |
Patch
|
No
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
| nofollow |
Optional
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Development/Support | Friki | Confluence | GWiki |
| # of Consultants | |||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Code Repository | |||
| Issue Tracker | |||
| Mailing List | |||
| Support Forum | |||
| Chat Channel | |||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
4 ⭐
|
| Common Features | Friki | Confluence | GWiki |
| Preview |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | Friki | Confluence | GWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Interface Languages |
0
|
15
Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
2
German, English |
| Email notification |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
No
|
Threaded
|
Threaded
|
| Categories |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
None
|
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Resolution
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Structured Data |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Links | Friki | Confluence | GWiki |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Page Redirects |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Features | Friki | Confluence | GWiki |
| HTML Tags |
None
|
Optional
|
All
|
| Math formulas |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Tables |
complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| BBCode Support |
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Footnotes |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Quoting |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Scripting |
Macros, plugins, widgets, JavaScript and more
|
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
|
|
| Content Includes |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Usability | Friki | Confluence | GWiki |
| Section Editing |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Access Keys |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Statistics | Friki | Confluence | GWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Output | Friki | Confluence | GWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
No
|
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
| Themes & Skins |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Auto-TOC |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Media and Files | Friki | Confluence | GWiki |
| File Attachments |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Video |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Media Search |
No
|
Contents
|
Contents
|
| Extras | Friki | Confluence | GWiki |
| Calendar |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Image Galleries |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Forums |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Blogs |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Ticket System |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Syntax Examples | Friki | Confluence | GWiki |
| Internal Link |
|
[Page Title] [Link Title|Page Title#anchor] [~username] [^attachment.doc] |
[path/Page] [My Title|path/Page] |
| External Link |
|
[http://www.example.com] [Link Title|http://www.example.com] [Shortcut Link|PageName@otherwiki] |
[http://example.com] |
| Headlines |
|
h1. Top Level Heading h2. Smaller Heading h6. Smallest Heading |
h1. Heading 1 h2. Heading 2 |
| Bold Format |
'''bold'' |
*bold* |
*Bold Format* |
| Italics Format |
''italic'' |
_italics_ |
_Italic format_ |
| Underline Format |
|
+underline+ |
+Unterlined+ |
| Monospace Format |
monospace |
{{monospace}} |
{{Monospace}} |
| Strikethrough Format |
|
-strikethrough- |
-StrikeThrough- |
| Superscript Format |
|
^superscript^ |
^Superscript^ |
| Subscript Format |
|
~subscript~ |
~Subscript~ |
| Images |
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif |
|
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png! |
| Aligning Text |
|
|
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div} |
| Text Indentation |
: indented |
|
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div} |
| Bulleted Lists |
* first * second |
* one ** one-two * two * three |
- Item 1 - Item 2 -- Sub Item |
| Numbered Lists |
1. first 1. second |
# one ## one-two # two # three |
# Item 1 # Item 2 ## Sub Item |
| Definition Lists |
title: description |
|
* Item 1 * Item 2 ** Sub Item |
| Horizontal Rule |
|
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