List of wiki software

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

This is a list of wiki software programs. They are grouped by use case: standard wiki programs, personal wiki programs, hosted-only wikis, wiki-based content management software, and wiki-based project management software. They are further subdivided by the language of implementation: JavaScript, Java, PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby, and so on.

Standard wiki programs, by programming language

JavaScript-based

Java-based

  • XWiki is a free wiki software platform written in Java with a design emphasis on extensibility.[2] XWiki is an enterprise wiki engine with a complete wiki feature set (version control, attachments, etc.) and a database engine and programming language which allows database driven applications to be created using the wiki interface.

Perl-based

PHP-based

  • MIT
    License. It uses the ideas of books to organize pages and store information.
  • organizations
    that need a simple way to manage information, build knowledge bases and collaborate. It uses plain text files and has a simple but powerful syntax which ensures the datafiles remain readable outside the wiki.
  • MediaWiki is a free and open-source wiki software package written in PHP. It serves as the platform for Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects. MediaWiki is used for projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia. It is also publicly available for use in other wikis, and has widespread popularity among smaller, non-Wikimedia wikis. MediaWiki is a free and open-source wiki software. It was developed for use on Wikipedia in 2002, and given the name "MediaWiki" in 2003.
    • Semantic MediaWiki lets you store and query data within the wiki's pages like a database. It is also designed to ease and combine collaborative authoring within a wiki with semantic technology.
    • BlueSpice extends MediaWiki in usability, quality management, process support, administration, editing and security.
  • C#
    back-end and a PHP front-end.
  • PhpWiki is a WikiWikiWeb clone in PHP.
  • PmWiki is a PHP-based wiki. Features include: GPL-licensed, easy installation/customization, designed for collaborative authoring and maintenance of web sites, and support for internationalization. Does not require a database.

Python-based

  • LocalWiki is a wiki engine based on Django, with mapping features and a WYSIWYG editor. The LocalWiki project was founded by DavisWiki creators Mike Ivanov and Philip Neustrom and is a 501 nonprofit organization based in San Francisco.
  • MoinMoin is a wiki engine written in Python.
  • Trac is an enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects.

Ruby-based

  • Gollum uses git as the backend storage mechanism. It is written mostly in Ruby and was originally used as GitHub
    's wiki system.

Other languages

Personal wiki software

Hosted-only software

  • Knowledge Plaza is a knowledge management tool that provides both wiki environments for collaborative topic/project work and an enterprise bookmarking
    tool.

Content management and social software with wiki functionality

Java-based

  • document management
    , ratings, reviews, online classified advertising, and project management modules. The wiki allows both wiki markup and WYSIWYG editing.
  • Confluence is a commercial J2EE application which combines wiki and some blog functionality. Its features include PDF page export and page refactoring, and it can be run on any application server using any RDBMS backend.
  • Enterprise Social Software made by IBM
    which combines Wikis, Blogs, Files, Forums, Microblogging, Social Analytics, and document management.
  • Jive (formerly known as Clearspace, Jive SBS and Jive Engage) is a commercial J2EE application, made by Jive Software, which combines wiki, blog and document management functionality. Jive uses WYSIWYG editing, and includes workflow management.
  • Liferay is an open source enterprise portal project with a built-in web content management and web application framework. Core portlets offer a great number of functionalities, including Wiki (both Creole and MediaWiki syntax).
  • Mindquarry creates a WYSIWYG wiki for each team. It is built using Apache Cocoon and thus based on Java (Mozilla Public License)
  • On-Line System
    (NLS) which aggregates multiple blog/wiki spaces using a sophisticated permission and inline comment model.
  • XWiki includes the standard wiki functionality as well as WYSIWYG editing, OpenDocument based document import/export, semantic annotations and tagging, and advanced permissions management.

Perl-based

  • weblog
    engine partially derived from open-source Kwiki. Socialtext is available as a hosted service, or a dedicated hardware appliance.

PHP-based

  • wiki markup
    .
  • groupware
    features (message forums, articles, etc.).

Other languages

Project management software with wiki functionality

  • Altova MetaTeam
    integrates a wiki and glossary with project management, collaborative decision-making and team performance management
  • distributed revision control
    system with wiki functionality.
  • Fossil is a distributed revision control system that integrates a distributed wiki capability, written in C.
  • Redmine is a project management web application.
  • Trac integrates simple issue tracking and an interface to Subversion.

References

  1. ^ "TiddlyWiki - a reusable non-linear personal web notebook". www.w3.org. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  2. ^ "Features (XWiki.org)". www.xwiki.org. Retrieved 2023-11-03.

See also