# Comparison of wiki software

The following tables compare general and technical information for many wiki software packages.

## General information

Systems listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.
| Wiki software | Creator | First public release date | Latest stable release | Stable release date | Predecessor | Software license | Open source | Multilingual | Programming language | Data backend |
| BlueSpice | Hallo Welt! GmbH | 31 March 2011 | 4.4.1 | 2024-02-15 | MediaWiki | GPLv3 | Yes | Yes | PHP | MariaDB, MySQL |
| BookStack | Dan Brown | 12 July 2015 | 24.12.14 | 2025-01-04; 2 months ago | | MIT | Yes | Yes | PHP | MariaDB, MySQL |
| Central Desktop | Central Desktop Inc. | 1 October 2005 | 2.0 | 2010-02-22 | | Proprietary | No | | PHP | PostgreSQL |
| CLiki2 | Andrey Moskvitin, Vladimir Sedach, Anastasiya Sterh | 30 November 2003 | | | CLiki | AGPL v3 | Yes | | Common Lisp | |
| Confluence | Atlassian | 25 March 2004 | 8.5.2 | 2023-10-04; 17 months ago | | Proprietary | No | Yes | Java, Java EE | MS SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, or PostgreSQL |
| ConnectedText | Eduardo Mauro | 2005 | 6.0.15 | 2015-06-26 | | Proprietary | No | Yes | C++ | SQL |
| DokuWiki | Andreas Gohr | July 2004 | 2024-02-06 | 2024-02-06; 13 months ago | | GPL v2 | Yes | Yes | PHP | File system |
| FlexWiki | David Ornstein | September 2004 | 2.1.0.274 | 2008-10-20 | | CPL | Yes | | ASP.NET, C# | File system, Microsoft SQL Server |
| Foswiki | Foswiki community | December 2008 | 2.1.8 | 2023-08-06 | TWiki | GPL | Yes | Yes | Perl | Flat-file database, RCS, or a variety of databases as plugins |
| Gollum | Tom Preston-Werner, Rick Olson, Dawa Ometto, Bart Kamphorst, and community | 16 February 2009 | 6.1.0 | 2024-12-23; 2 months ago | | MIT | Yes | Yes | Ruby | Git |
| IBM Connections | IBM | 27 June 2007 | 6 CR5 | 2019-05-30 | | Proprietary | No | Yes | Java, Java EE | IBM Db2, MS SQL Server, or Oracle |
| Ikiwiki | Joey Hess et al. | 29 April 2006 | 3.20200202.3 | 2020-02-02 | | GNU General Public License v2 + | Yes | Yes | Perl | standard version control system such as Git or Subversion or 6+ others |
| Jive | Jive Software | 7 January 2007 | 9.0.7.1 | 2019-03-20 | | Proprietary | No | Yes | Java EE, Java | SQL, LDAP |
| JotSpot | JotSpot (now Google Sites) | October 2004 | 2.0 | 24 July 2006 | | Proprietary | No | | Java | File system, XML |
| MediaWiki | Magnus Manske, then Lee Daniel Crocker | 25 January 2002 | 1.43.0 | 2024-12-21; 2 months ago | UseModWiki | GPL v2 | Yes | Yes | PHP | MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite |
| Midgard Wiki | Henri Bergius | 29 September 2004 | 10.05.6 | 2012-03-06 | | LGPL | Yes | | PHP | MySQL and RCS |
| MindTouch | MindTouch Inc. | 25 July 2006 | 10.1.4 | 2013-01-22 | MediaWiki | Proprietary | No | Yes | PHP, C# on Windows or Mono | MySQL |
| MoinMoin | Jürgen Hermann, Thomas Waldmann, others | 28 July 2000 | 1.9.11 | 2020-11-08; 4 years ago | PikiPiki | GPL | Yes | Yes | Python | Flat-file database |
| MojoMojo | Marcus Ramberg & community | 29 August 2007 | 1.12 | 2017-05-13 | | ? | Yes | Yes | Perl | PostgreSQL, SQLite, MySQL, others |
| MyInfo | Milenix Software Ltd. | October 1999 | 7.1 | 25 May 2021 | | Proprietary | No | Yes | C++ | |
| Notion | Notion Labs Inc. | | 2.0.41 | 2023-02-28 | | Proprietary | | | | |
| Obsidian | Dynalist Inc. | 30 March 2020 | 1.3.5 | 2023-06-01 | | Proprietary | No | Yes | JavaScript | Markdown, File system |
| PBworks | David Weekly | 30 May 2005 | | | TipiWiki | Proprietary | No | | PHP | MogileFS, Squid, MySQL, Pound, lighttpd |
| PhpWiki | Steve Wainstead, Reini Urban, Marc-Etienne Vargenau, others | December 1999 | 1.6.4 | 2024-03-13 | WikiWikiWeb | GPL | Yes | Yes | PHP | Flat-file database, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQLite |
| PmWiki | Patrick Michaud | 8 January 2002 | 2.4.2 | 2025-01-31 | | GPL | Yes | Yes | PHP | Flat-file database. SQLite (plug-in) |
| PukiWiki | Yuji Oda, then Puki Development Team | 15 July 2002 | 1.5.4 | 2022-03-30; 2 years ago | YukiWiki [ja] | GPL v2 | Yes | Yes | PHP | Flat-file |
| SharePoint | Microsoft | March 2001 | 2019 | 2018-10-22 | | Proprietary | No | Yes | ASP.NET, C# | Microsoft SQL Server or Windows Internal Database |
| Semantic MediaWiki | Markus Krötzsch, Denny Vrandečić and others | 2005 | 4.2.0 | 2024-07-18; 7 months ago | | GPL v2 | Yes | Yes | PHP | MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite and several Triplestores |
| Socialtext | Socialtext | 2003 | 7.5 | 2015 | | Dual (CPAL) and Proprietary) | | | Perl | PostgreSQL |
| Swiki | Mark Guzdial; Jochen Rick | October 1999 | 1.5 | 2005-12-06 | | GPL | Yes | | Squeak | File system |
| TiddlyWiki | Jeremy Ruston | September 2004 | 5.3.6 | 2024-11-15; 3 months ago | | BSD | Yes | Yes | Wikitext, JavaScript | HTML file |
| Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Luis Argerich (200+ devs nowadays) | 9 October 2002 | 27.1 | 2024-11-23; 3 months ago | | LGPL | Yes | Yes | PHP | MariaDB, MySQL |
| Trac | Edgewall Software | 1 October 2006 | 1.4.3 | 9 May 2021 | | BSD | Yes | Yes | Python | MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite |
| Traction TeamPage | Traction Software | 1 December 1999 | 6.2 (76) | 2025-01-29 | | Proprietary | No | Supports multi-lingual content (and supports i18n) | Java SE, Java | Flat file and file system, Oracle 10G RDB option, WebDAV for attachments |
| TWiki | Peter Thoeny | October 1998 | 6.1.0 | 2018-07-16 | JosWiki | GPL | Yes | Yes | Perl | Flat-file database, RCS, pluggable storage backend |
| UseModWiki | Clifford Adams | 22 January 2000 | 1.2.1 | 2017-12-01 | AtisWiki | GPL | Yes | | Perl | Flat-file database |
| Whizfolders | AvniTech | 1999 | 7.1 | 2016-06-09 | | Proprietary | No | | Delphi | File system |
| Wiki.js | Nicolas Giard | 28 January 2017 | 2.5.306 | 2025-02-02; 39 days ago | | Affero GPL v3 | Yes | Yes | JavaScript | PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, or SQLite |
| Wiki Server | Apple Inc. | 26 October 2007 | 5.6.3 | 2018-09-18 | | Proprietary | No | Yes | Ruby on Rails | PostgreSQL |
| Wikispaces | Tangient LLC | 18 March 2005 | | | | Proprietary | No | Yes | PHP | MySQL, MogileFS |
| WikiWikiWeb | Ward Cunningham | 1995 | | | WikiWikiHyperCard | ? | | | Perl | File system |
| XWiki | Ludovic Dubost | February 2004 | 17.1.0 | 2025-02-25 | | LGPL | Yes | Yes | Java | HSQLDB, MariaDB, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL |
| Zim | Jaap Karssenberg | 10 January 2010 | 0.76.1 | 2025-01-31; 41 days ago | | GPL | Yes | Yes | Python | File system |
| Wiki software | Creator | First public release date | Latest stable release | Stable release date | Predecessor | Software license | Open source | Multilingual | Programming language | Data backend |

## Target audience

| Wiki software | Public | Private | Corporate, enterprise | Education | Intranet | Personal | Scientific, technical, mathematical |
| BlueSpice | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes support for LaTeX math; syntax highlighting. |
| BookStack | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial |
| Central Desktop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | |
| Confluence | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| ConnectedText | | Yes | | | | Yes | Yes Mathematical formulas rendered using LaTeX, directed acyclic graphs rendered with GraphViz |
| DokuWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes support for LaTeX math; syntax highlighting via plugins. |
| FlexWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | | | | |
| Foswiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes LaTeX & math plugins; full HTML, JavaScript support |
| Gitit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Built-in support for LaTeX math; syntax highlighting for code blocks. |
| Gollum | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes: Built-in support for MathML and LaTeX math; syntax highlighting for code blocks; citations; annotations |
| IBM Connections | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Jive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| JotSpot | Yes | Yes | Yes | | | | |
| MediaWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Built-in support for LaTeX math; syntax highlighting for code blocks; full HTML, JavaScript support |
| Midgard Wiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | | | | |
| MindTouch | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | |
| MoinMoin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes LaTeX math input via plugin in ParserMarket |
| MojoMojo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| MyInfo | | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Yes | |
| Notion | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Yes | |
| Obsidian | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, support for LaTeX, code blocks, plugins |
| PBworks | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | |
| PhpWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Yes, support for LaTeX through a plugin. |
| PmWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, LaTeX–MathML formulas (addons), Mind maps (addon), HTML (addon), syntax highlighting (addons), embed videos/maps (addons). |
| SamePage | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | |
| SharePoint Foundation | | | Yes | Yes | | | |
| SharePoint Server | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Semantic MediaWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Built-in support for RDF, Semantic Web standards and LaTeX math; syntax highlighting for code blocks; full HTML, JavaScript support |
| Socialtext | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | |
| Swiki | Yes | Yes | | Yes | | | |
| TiddlyWiki | | Yes | | | | Yes | Yes support for syntax highlighting, embedding images and videos, native JavaScript, LaTeX (using KaTeX plugin) and other plugins. |
| Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes support for LaTeX math; syntax highlighting. |
| Trac | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes many plugins available for formulas, graphs, etc. |
| Traction TeamPage | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | |
| TWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes LaTeX & math plugins; full HTML, JavaScript support |
| UseModWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | |
| Whizfolders | | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Yes: through pictures and Windows RTF features |
| Wiki.js | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes: syntax highlighting for code blocks; GitHub-flavored Markdown syntax; full HTML; images, videos, documents |
| Wikispaces | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| XWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Zim | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | |
| Wiki software | Public | Private | Corporate, enterprise | Education | Intranet | Personal | Scientific, technical, mathematical |

## Features 1

| Wiki software | File uploading, attachments | Spam prevention | Page access control | Inline HTML | User-customizable interface | Document renaming |
| BlueSpice | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, templates and themes, html and css | Yes |
| BookStack | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial, CSS | Yes |
| Central Desktop | Yes | Yes, CAPTCHA | No | Yes | Yes, templates and themes, html and css | No |
| ConnectedText | No | No | No | Yes | Yes, templates and themes + CSS | Yes, links to renamed document are also renamed |
| Confluence | Yes | Yes, CAPTCHA | Yes | optional | Yes, templates and themes + CSS | Yes, links are updated |
| DokuWiki | Yes | Yes, blacklist | Yes, optional | Yes, optional | Yes, templates, CSS, PHP; heavily documented PHP API | Yes, plugin |
| FlexWiki | Yes | Yes, blacklist, CAPTCHA, nofollow | Yes | Yes, plugin | Partial: CSS, templates, WikiTalk | Yes, old page becomes a redirect |
| Foswiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | templates, skins, user CSS | Yes, fixing backlinks |
| Gitit | Yes | Yes, reCAPTCHA | Yes | Yes | Yes: templates, CSS | Yes, old page becomes a redirect |
| Gollum | Yes | No | Partial: can disable editing, further control customizable via Rack | Yes | Yes, templates and themes, html and css | Yes, old page becomes a redirect |
| IBM Connections | Yes | Yes, only in private modus | No, not default | Yes | Yes: templates, CSS, and/or product modification | Yes |
| Jive | Yes | optional | Yes, extensive permissions API | Yes | Yes | No, scheduled for 3.0 |
| JotSpot | Yes | No | Yes | Yes, optional | Partial: CSS | Yes |
| MediaWiki | Yes | Yes, URL blacklist, word blacklist, IP address blocking, CAPTCHAs | Partial: very limited read access control | Yes | Partial: many features are user-customizable, templates | Yes, old page becomes a redirect |
| Midgard Wiki | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Partial: templates, CSS | No |
| MindTouch | Yes | Yes | Yes | optional | Yes | Yes |
| MoinMoin | Yes | Yes, BadContent filtering via Regular Expressions, Textchas | Yes, very flexible ACLs, wiki-editable groups | Yes: safe | Yes: themes, templates, CSS, XSLT, user editable navigation | Yes, old page can be a redirect |
| MojoMojo | Yes | Yes, CAPTCHA | Yes, cascading ACL control allowing stewardship of topics | Yes: safe | Yes: themes, CSS | Yes, current: page redirect, soon: Node moving |
| MyInfo | Yes | N/A | No | Yes | Yes, web site export customization | Yes, links to renamed document are also renamed |
| Notion | | | | | | |
| Obsidian | Yes | N/A | N/A | Yes | Yes, templates and themes, HTML, CSS | Yes |
| PBworks | Yes | Yes: passwords, SSO-capable integration, ACLs, IP address white–black listing | Yes | Yes, and plugins | Partial: CSS | No |
| PhpWiki | Yes | Yes, CPAN Blog::SpamAssassin | Yes | plugin | themes; undocumented | Yes |
| PmWiki | Yes | Yes, multiple | Yes, per page, per namespace, per action, per user groups (option) | Yes, module | Yes, themes, per page or group CSS, more | Yes, page with redirect (module), uploads (module) |
| SamePage | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Semantic MediaWiki | Yes | Yes, URL blacklist, word blacklist, IP address blocking, CAPTCHAs | Partial: very limited read access control | Yes | Yes: Yes, templates and themes, html and css | Yes, old page becomes a redirect |
| SharePoint Foundation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SharePoint Server | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Socialtext | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Swiki | Yes | Yes, block IP addresses, words, UserIDs | Yes | Yes | For AniAniWebs, CSS | Yes, updating all backlinks |
| TiddlyWiki | Yes, plugin | No, intended for personal use only | No, intended for personal use only | Yes | Yes, themes, user CSS, modules | Yes |
| Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Yes | Yes, CAPTCHA for registration and anonymous edits or comments, encrypted email addresses. | Yes | Yes | themes, user CSS, modules | Yes |
| Trac | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, templates and themes, html and css | Yes |
| Traction TeamPage | Yes, with WebDAV versioning | Yes, CAPTCHA for registration, block lists | Yes | Yes safe | Yes, workspace templates, color templates, and developer tools | Yes, links are updated automatically and name history maintained |
| TWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | templates, skins, user CSS | Yes, fixing backlinks |
| UseModWiki | Yes | Yes, IP address blacklist | No | Yes | Partial, CSS | Yes, admins only |
| Wiki.js | Yes | Yes, ACL | Yes | Yes | Yes, layouts, HTML, CSS | Yes |
| XWiki | Yes | Yes, CAPTCHA, ACL | Yes | Yes | Yes, style-sheets, templates, themes, skin extensions | Yes |
| Wiki software | File uploading, attachments | Spam prevention | Page access control | Inline HTML | User-customizable interface | Document renaming |

## Features 2

| Wiki software | WYSIWYG editing | Web feeds | Export, import | Extensibility | Selectable wiki syntax | Wiki farms | Outliner mechanism | Automatic TOC | Other features |
| BlueSpice | Yes | Yes, RSS | Yes, see MediaWiki | Yes | | Yes | | Yes | |
| BookStack | Yes | No | No | Partial | Partial, Markdown | | No | Yes | |
| Central Desktop | Yes | Yes, RSS | No | | | | | | |
| Confluence | Yes | Yes, RSS | Partial, web UI | Yes, Java plug-ins, user macros in Apache Velocity | No | | | Yes | Marketplace Apps, Encryption in Cloud version |
| ConnectedText | No | Yes, RSS | Yes, many options for export, fewer options for import | Yes, scripting of pages using Python and other programming languages | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| DokuWiki | Yes, plugin available | Yes, RSS/Atom | Yes, to xml, text, html pages, LaTeX, Open doc format, pdf with plugins | Yes, plugin API | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Section Editing, XHTML-Compliant, tables, side-by-side diff, namespaces, Interwiki |
| FlexWiki | No | Yes, RSS | No | ASP, WikiTalk, .NET Reflection plugins | | | | | Forms, scripting, integrated weblog, threaded message forum |
| Foswiki | Yes, pre-installed plugin | Yes, RSS/Atom, with search string | No | 400+ extensions; Plugin API for developers; Foswiki markup/scripting for users to create wiki applications | Yes, user selectable wiki syntax with EditSyntaxPlugin | | | Yes | |
| Gitit | Yes | No Markdown and other lightweight markup languages | Yes via pandoc | Yes Custom Macros | Yes Custom Macros | Yes | Yes | | |
| Gollum | No: Uses ACE editor with a preview pane | Yes, RSS | Yes: uses text-based markup languages | Yes | Yes | Yes: with third-party software | | Yes | Section Editing, Multiple Markup Languages, RTL Languages, UML Diagrams, YAML frontmatter |
| IBM Connections | Yes | Yes, RSS, Atom | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Tagging, Discussions, Notifications (mail or in product), Reports, CMS, Templating |
| Jive | Yes | Yes | No | Yes, both functionality and theme via plugins | No | | | | |
| JotSpot | Yes | Yes, RSS, per page | No | plugins, server-side Javascript | | | | | |
| MediaWiki | Yes, bundled extension (VisualEditor) | Yes, RSS/Atom | Yes (web UI, web API, shell) | actions, handlers | MediaWiki syntax | Yes | | Yes | Visual editor, extensions via PHP modules, collaboration |
| Midgard Wiki | No | Yes, RSS, all changes | No | PHP component architecture | | | | | CMS integration |
| MindTouch | Yes | Yes, RSS, XML, JSON | No | API, Service Oriented Architecture | | | | | |
| MoinMoin | Yes, v1.5+ | Yes, RSS, last changes | No | different plugin types | Yes, selectable parsers | | | | |
| MojoMojo | Yes, With live preview | Yes, RSS | No | Yes, plugins and custom additions types | Yes, Multiple markup parsers available | | | | |
| MyInfo | Yes | N/A | Yes, to html, rtf, txt, web site, PDF via print driver | Yes, import and export plugins API | No | No | Yes | Yes | Tagging, metadata, attachments |
| Obsidian | Yes | N/A | Yes, to Markdown, PDF, and Pandoc | Yes, plugin API, 1000+ plugins and themes | No | Yes, via Obsidian Publish | Yes, via plugins | Yes | Graph, Infinite canvas, tagging, metadata, attachments |
| PBworks | Yes | Yes, RSS/Atom | No | API, AuthAPI, plugins, wikilets | | | | | |
| PhpWiki | Yes, module | Yes RSS/Atom/RDF: global, per page or per user | No | plugins | Creole | | | | support all databases |
| PmWiki | Yes, Addon | Yes, RSS/Atom/RDF (option): global, per namespace, per page or per watchlist; feed readers (plugins) | Yes, modules | Yes, very, 500+ plugins and configuration recipes | Yes, Creole (option), Markdown (plugin) | Yes | Section editing, section toggle (modules) | Yes, Modules | PageVariables and PageLists, blogs (addons), picture galleries (addons), embed maps/videos (addons). Highly flexible ACLs. |
| SamePage | Yes | Yes, RSS feeds, | No | plugins | | | | | |
| Semantic MediaWiki | Yes, bundled extension (VisualEditor) | Yes, RSS/Atom | Yes (RDF, JSON, CSV and other "result formats". Web UI, web API, shell) | actions, handlers | MediaWiki syntax | Yes | | Yes | Internal query language, visual editor, extensions via PHP modules, collaboration |
| SharePoint Foundation | Yes | Yes, RSS feeds | No | Yes: themes, WebParts, API | Yes (limited) | Yes | Yes | No | Lists, CMS, weblog, tagging, discussion notifications, reports, workflow, enterprise level security |
| SharePoint Server | Yes | Yes, RSS feeds | No | Yes: themes, WebParts, API | Yes (limited) | Yes | Yes | No | Forms(InfoPath), Lists, CMS, Weblog, Tagging, Discussions, Notifications, Reports, Enterprise level security, Workflow, Enterprise Search |
| Socialtext | Yes | Yes, RSS feeds, Google/Technorati search results | No | using REST/SOAP APIs | | | | | |
| Swiki | No | | Some | | | | | | |
| TiddlyWiki | Yes, with FCKeditor or other plugin | Yes, RSS | Yes | Yes plugins, macros, themes, css | Creole | | | Yes | |
| Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Yes, with FCKeditor or via Quicktag insertion | Yes, RSS/Atom/RDF | No | Hundreds of features, plugins, modules & mods | No | Yes (e.g. Siteground) | | Yes | |
| Trac | Yes with plugin | Yes, RSS | Yes with plugins | Yes limited | | | | | ticket system, access source code repositories (git, mercurial, more), other features via plugins |
| Traction TeamPage | Yes | Yes, Dynamic RSS inbound, outbound | No | Plug-in architecture for widgets, forms, interface and function modifications | | | | | |
| TWiki | Yes, pre-installed plugin | Yes, RSS/Atom, with search string | No | 400+ extensions; Plugin API for developers; TWiki markup/scripting for users to create wiki applications | Yes, user selectable wiki syntax with EditSyntaxPlugin | | | Yes, if "%TOC%" shortcut added to page | |
| UseModWiki | No | Yes, RSS | No | No, unofficial patches only | No | No | No | Partial, if <toc> is added with # added to headings | |
| Whizfolders | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes, markup | No | Yes | Yes | Rich Text, RTF export, clipboard collect, Print with TOC |
| Wiki.js | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Markdown | | Yes | Yes | Built-in search |
| Wikispaces | Yes | Yes, RSS/Atom | No | API, widgets, single sign-on (SSO) | | | | | |
| XWiki | Yes, using CKEditor and various plugins developed for it | Yes, RSS | Yes, XAR (zipped XWiki ARchive) files | Yes, component, plugins, macros, scripts, applications | Yes, based on WikiModel, support syntaxes from other wikis | Yes | No | Yes, using the {{toc}} macro | |
| Wiki software | WYSIWYG editing | Web feeds | Export, import | Extensibility | Selectable wiki syntax | Wiki farms | Outliner mechanism | Automatic TOC | Other features |

## Installation

| Wiki software | Platform | Typical installation size (MB) | Web server needed | Other software needed | Installable to USB stick |
| BlueSpice | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | | IIS–Apache, Tomcat | MySQL, Oracle | No |
| BookStack | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | | PHP-compatible webserver | PHP 8.0.2+, MySQL or MariaDB, Git, Composer | No |
| Central Desktop | N/A: hosted | | None | None | |
| Confluence | Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Oracle Solaris | | Tomcat included, or use your own servlet container. | Java 1.8, database such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, etc. | |
| ConnectedText | Microsoft Windows | | None | Python optional | Yes |
| DokuWiki | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | 17 | Should work on any web server with PHP | PHP | Yes |
| FlexWiki | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | | IIS–Apache | ASP.NET, Mono | |
| Foswiki | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | | Any Web server with cgi support. | Perl, RCS | Yes |
| Gitit | Cross platform | | Yes. Happstack; can also be used locally. | LaTeX; Versioning system like Git, Darcs, or Mercurial | No |
| Gollum | Cross platform | | No (built in), but possible (Apache, Nginx, Puma, etc.) | None | Yes |
| IBM Connections | Linux (RHEL & SLES), Unix (AIX), Windows | | IBM HTTP Server (Apache clone with specific IBM Tuning possibilities) or any other WebServer which can couple with WebSphere. | All software needed is delivered as one package | No |
| Jive | Java 1.5 + one of: Windows Server 2003 SP2, Linux (2.6 Kernel), Solaris 10 | | Tomcat, WebLogic, WebSphere | MS SQL, Postgres, MySQL or Oracle | |
| JotSpot | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | | None (built-in) | VMware Player | |
| MediaWiki | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | | Any web server that supports PHP 7.4.3+ | PHP; one of MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite | Yes |
| Midgard Wiki | Linux, Unix & others | | Apache with PHP | MySQL, PHP | |
| MindTouch | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | | Apache, IIS6, IIS7, IIS8 | Mono, MySQl, PHP | |
| MoinMoin | Linux, Macs, Unix, Windows, others | | None for Desktop version | Python | Yes |
| MojoMojo | Linux, Macs, Unix, Windows, others | | None: builtin server suitable for desktop or production use | SQL database (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sqlite) | |
| MyInfo | Microsoft Windows | | None | None | Yes |
| Obsidian | macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android | | None | None | |
| PhpWiki | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | | Any Web server with PHP | PHP | |
| PmWiki | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | 8 | Any Web server with PHP, can run without a web server. | PHP | Yes |
| Semantic MediaWiki | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | | Any web server that supports PHP 7.4.3+ | PHP; one of MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite | Yes |
| SharePoint Foundation | Windows Server | | IIS | Optional SQL Server | |
| SharePoint Server | Windows Server or SaaS | | IIS or SaaS | Optional SQL Server | |
| Socialtext | N/A: hosted | | no, all needed components included | no, all needed components included | |
| Swiki | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | | None: installs own server; can coexist with IIS and Apache by running on alternate port | None | |
| TiddlyWiki | Any (that runs common browsers) | | None | Runs in regular browser | Yes |
| Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | | Any Web server with PHP | PHP | Yes |
| Trac | Linux, Windows | | Recommended (fcgi or wsgi), builtin available | SQL database (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sqlite) | |
| Traction TeamPage | Any OS capable of running Java 2 Virtual Machine | | Jetty (included with installer) | None | |
| TWiki | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | | Any Web server with cgi support. Web server included in VMware appliance and TWiki for MS-Windows Personal | Perl, RCS | |
| UseModWiki | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | | Any web server with cgi support | Perl | |
| Whizfolders | Microsoft Windows | | None | None | No |
| Wiki.js | Linux, Unix, Windows, others | | None (built-in): Can coexist with Apache, Nginx, IIS via alternate port | PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MSSQL or SQLite3 | Yes |
| Wikispaces | SaaS: hosted | | None | None | |
| XWiki | Java Platform | | Any Java EE webserver | Java | Yes on Jetty/HSQL |
| Wiki software | Platform | Typical installation size (MB) | Web server needed | Other software needed | Installable to USB stick |