| General Features | Wiki.js | XWiki | BookStack | PmWiki |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
2.5.299
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16.3.1
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v21.12.1
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2.3.33
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| Last Release Date |
2023-06-02 (11 months ago)
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2024-05-09 (9 days ago)
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2022-01-05 (2 years ago)
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2024-04-20 (28 days ago)
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| Last Update here |
2023-07-30 (9 months ago)
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2024-05-13 (5 days ago)
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2022-01-08 (2 years ago)
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2024-04-21 (27 days ago)
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| Author |
Nicolas Giard
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XWiki Development Team
|
Dan Brown
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Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
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| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| License |
AGPL-v3
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LGPL + Free hosting on https://myxwiki.org for individuals/non profit
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MIT
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GPL2+
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| Programming Language |
Javascript
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Java
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PHP
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PHP
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| Data Storage |
Database, Files, other, RCS
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Database, RCS
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Database
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Files
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| License Cost/ Fee |
0
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0
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0
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0
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| Development status |
Mature
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Mature
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Mature
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Mature
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| Intended Audience |
Everyone
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Enterprise, Workgroups, Developers
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Small to mid-size groups and businesses
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All
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| Hosting Features | Wiki.js | XWiki | BookStack | PmWiki |
| Storage Quota |
N/A
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N/A
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N/A
|
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| Bandwidth Quota |
N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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| Other Limits |
N/A
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N/A
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N/A
|
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| Topic Restrictions |
N/A
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N/A
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N/A
|
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| Corporate Branding |
N/A
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Yes
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N/A
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N/A
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| Own Domain |
N/A
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Yes
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N/A
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N/A
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| Ads allowed |
N/A
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No
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N/A
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N/A
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| System Requirements | Wiki.js | XWiki | BookStack | PmWiki |
| Operating System |
All
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Any platform supporting Java 11 or greater
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Linux, Windows and Unix variants
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Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
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| Root Access |
No
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No
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No
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No
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| Webserver |
All
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Servlet 3.1+
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Apache, Nginx or others with PHP support
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Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run w/o a webserver.
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| Other Requirements |
Node.js
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Java 11, MySQL/MariaDB/PostgreSQL/HSQLDB/etc (JDBC Driver required)
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Command-line access, PHP7.3+
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none
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| Datastorage | Wiki.js | XWiki | BookStack | PmWiki |
| Text Files |
Yes
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No
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No
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Yes
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| MySQL |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
|
Plugin
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| PostgreSQL |
Yes
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Yes
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No
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No
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| Oracle |
No
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Yes
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No
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No
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| SQLite |
Yes
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No
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No
|
Plugin
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| BerkeleyDB |
No
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No
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No
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No
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| RCS |
Optional
|
Plugin
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No
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Plugin
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| Other |
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
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JDBC Databases and in general any database supported by Hibernate; any custom implementation, as the storage is pluggable. Attachments can be saved on the filesystem
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MariaDB
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Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
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| Security/Anti-Spam | Wiki.js | XWiki | BookStack | PmWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| ACL |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Authentication Backends |
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
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XWiki, LDAP, custom (Open API), Kerberos, NTLM, Headers, PUMA, SAML, Trusted LDAP, Sun SSO
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SAML2, LDAP, OIDC, ActiveDirectory, Google, GitHub, GitLab, AzureAD, Slack and more
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Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
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| Host Blocking |
No
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No
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No
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Optional
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| Mail Encryption |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Optional
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| nofollow |
Yes
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No
|
No
|
Yes
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| Blacklist |
No
|
Plugin
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No
|
Optional
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| CAPTCHA |
No
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Yes
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No
|
Plugin
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| Delayed Indexing |
Optional
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Yes
|
No
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Optional
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| Development/Support | Wiki.js | XWiki | BookStack | PmWiki |
| # of Consultants | ||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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| Code Repository | ||||
| Issue Tracker | ||||
| Mailing List | ||||
| Support Forum | ||||
| Chat Channel | ||||
| Stars on GitHub |
19117 ⭐
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N/A
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10374 ⭐
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N/A
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| Common Features | Wiki.js | XWiki | BookStack | PmWiki |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Minor Changes |
No
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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| Change Summary |
No
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Yes
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Yes
|
Yes
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| Page History |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
|
Yes
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| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
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Unlimited
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Restricted by Number
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Unlimited
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| Revision Diffs |
Between all
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Between all
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Between all
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Between all
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| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
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| Special Features | Wiki.js | XWiki | BookStack | PmWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
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Yes
|
Yes
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Yes
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| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes
|
No
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Yes
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Optional
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| 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 |
40
Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Persian, French, Galician, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Marathi, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
29
Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, German, English, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lettish, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
No
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Yes
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No
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Optional
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| Comments |
Flat
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Threaded
|
Flat
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Discussion Pages
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| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Detection
|
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Detection
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Conflict Resolution
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| Concurrent Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
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| Search |
Full Text
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Full Text
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Full Text
|
Full Text
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| Wiki Farming |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
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| Structured Data |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
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| Links | Wiki.js | XWiki | BookStack | PmWiki |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Backlinks |
No
|
Yes
|
No
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Yes
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| InterWiki |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
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| SisterWiki |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
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| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Windows Shares |
Yes
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Yes
|
No
|
Yes
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| Page Redirects |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
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| Syntax Features | Wiki.js | XWiki | BookStack | PmWiki |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
All
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Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Math formulas |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
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| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple
|
simple + complex
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| CREOLE support |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Markdown Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Plugin
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| Textile Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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| BBCode Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
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| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
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| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
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| FAQ Tags |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
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Yes
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| Scripting |
JS, CSS
|
velocity, groovy, ruby, jython, generic JSR223 & very powerful API
|
None
|
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
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| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Feed Aggregation |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Usability | Wiki.js | XWiki | BookStack | PmWiki |
| Section Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Statistics | Wiki.js | XWiki | BookStack | PmWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Orphaned Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
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| Analysis |
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Output | Wiki.js | XWiki | BookStack | PmWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
Print View
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| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Abbreviations |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| XML export |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| PDF Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Office Export |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Media and Files | Wiki.js | XWiki | BookStack | PmWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Embedded Flash |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Image Editing |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Media Search |
No
|
Contents
|
Filenames only
|
Filenames only
|
| Extras | Wiki.js | XWiki | BookStack | PmWiki |
| Calendar |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Image Galleries |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Presentations |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Forums |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Blogs |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Chat |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Syntax Examples | Wiki.js | XWiki | BookStack | PmWiki |
| Internal Link |
[Link Title](/link/to/page) |
XWiki supports 16+ input syntaxes (e.g. confluence, twiki, docbook, mediawiki, xwiki, markdown, etc), see http://rendering.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome#HSupportedSyntaxes for details. The syntax documented below is XWiki Syntax 2.1 (http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/XWikiSyntax). [[wiki syntax here>>Space.Page]] [[Space.Page]] (Space is optional and is the current space if not specified) |
|
[[page name]] [[page name | link text]] [[link text -> page name]] [[#anchor]] [[#anchor|link to anchor]] [[page name #anchor]] |
| External Link |
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org) |
[[wiki syntax here>>http://www.xwiki.com]] http://www.xwiki.com |
|
http://.... [[http://... | link text]] [[link text -> http://...]] |
| Headlines |
# Header 1 ## Header 2 ### Header 3 |
= Headline == Subheadline === Sub-subheadline ==== etc.. |
|
! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 |
| Bold Format |
**Bold Text** |
**bold** |
|
'''bold''' |
| Italics Format |
*Italic Text* |
//Italics// |
|
''italic'' |
| Underline Format |
<u>Underline Text</u> |
__underline__ |
|
{+underlined+} |
| Monospace Format |
`Monospace Code` |
##monospace## |
|
@@monospace@@ |
| Strikethrough Format |
~~Strikethrough Text~~ |
--Strike-- |
|
{-strikethrough-} |
| Superscript Format |
^Superscript Text^ |
^^superscript^^ |
|
'^superscript^' |
| Subscript Format |
~Subscript Text~ |
,,subscript,, |
|
'_subscript_' |
| Images |
 |
image:img.png image:Space.Page@img.png [[image:img.png||width="25" height="25"]] image:http://some/url/img.png Starting with the xwiki/2.1 syntax, also: image:icon:cancel |
|
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg Attach:foo.jpg Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption |
| Aligning Text |
|
(% style="... css here..." %)Text |
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%center% centered text %right% right aligned %lfloat% left floating text %rfloat% right floating text %rframe% right floating frame %lframe% left floating frame |
| Text Indentation |
|
Non-semantic text indentation through styling: (% style="... css here..." %)multi line text Quotes: > This is a quoted text |
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-> indented text --> more indentation -< hanging text --< more indentation |
| Bulleted Lists |
- Item 1 - Item 2 - Item 3 |
* List ** list *** list |
|
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 alternatively, indented: * item 1 * item 1.1 * item 2 |
| Numbered Lists |
1. Item 1 2. Item 2 3. Item 3 |
1. Item 1 11. Item 2 111. Item 3 1. Item 4 |
|
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 alternatively, indented: # Item 1 # Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
| Definition Lists |
|
; term : definition |
|
: term : definition |
| Horizontal Rule |
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| remove Wiki.js | remove XWiki | remove BookStack | remove PmWiki |