List of wiki software

This is a list of notable wiki software applications. For a comparative table of such software, see Comparison of wiki software. For a list of wikis, or websites using wiki software, see List of wikis.

Standard wiki software

JavaScript-based

• TiddlyWiki is a HTML/JavaScript-based server-less wiki in which the entire site/wiki is contained in a single file.
• Lively Wiki is based on Lively Kernel and combines features of wikis and development environments. Users can create and edit application behavior as well as other content.

Perl-based

• WikiWikiWeb, the first wiki and its associated software
• Foswiki is a structured wiki, which enables users to create "wiki applications".
• ikiwiki, a "wiki compiler" - can use Subversion or git as the back end storage mechanism.
• TWiki is a structured wiki, typically used to run a project development space, a document management system, a knowledge base, or any other groupware tool. Also available as a VMware appliance.
• UseModWiki (created by Clifford Adams in 2000) is a clone of AtisWiki.

PHP-based

• DokuWiki is aimed at the documentation needs of a small company. It uses plain text files and has a simple but powerful syntax which ensures the datafiles remain readable outside the wiki.
• MediaWiki was custom-designed for the high-volume Wikipedia encyclopedia website; it is also used for all other 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.
  • SMW+ is a package of MediaWiki with semantics-oriented extensions (most notably Semantic MediaWiki and the Halo Extension). SMW+ is designed to ease and combine collaborative authoring within a wiki with semantic technology.
• 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.
• WakkaWiki is a now-defunct PHP/MySQL-based lightweight wiki engine, that notably spawned a large number of forks, including WackoWiki and WikkaWiki.
• MindTouch is an open-source application that began as a fork of MediaWiki; it has a C# back-end and a PHP front-end.

Python-based

• LocalWiki is a wiki engine based on Django, built for city wikis with mapping features and a WYSIWYG editor.
• MoinMoin is a wiki engine written in Python. Offers good access control based on user groups.
• Zwiki is a Zope-based GPL wiki engine. It can integrate with the content management framework Plone, and supports several kinds of markup as well as WYSIWYG HTML editing.

Other languages

• Cliki is written in Common Lisp.
• FlexWiki was written in C#, uses the .NET Framework, and stores data in files or Microsoft SQL Server. The development stopped in 2009.
• Gitit is a Happstack-based wiki server employing git or Darcs to manage wiki history, and the Pandoc document conversion system to manage markup - among other things permitting the inclusion of LaTeX mathematical markup.
• Smallest Federated Wiki is a federated wiki written in Ruby, authored by Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki.
• Swiki is written in Squeak. It runs on common platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, as well as others.
• Wagn is a Ruby on Rails application that can be used as a simple wiki, a database, a content management system, or a development platform.
• Wiki Server is proprietary software distributed with Mac OS X Server.
• XWiki is a Java-based 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.
• Roadkill .NET is a Ms-PL licenced, lightweight but powerful Wiki engine.

Personal wiki software

Further information: Personal wiki

• WikidPad is a free, open source personal use (single-machine) wiki with native support of international characters (Unicode).
• ConnectedText is a commercial Windows-based personal wiki system with features including full text searches, visual link tree, customizable interface, image and file control, CSS-based page display, exports to HTML and HTML Help, and plug-ins.
• Zim is a free, open-source standalone wiki based on Python and GTK with a WYSIWYG editor.

Hosted-only software

Further information: Wiki hosting service

• EditMe is a proprietary J2EE application with WYSIWYG editing and a focus on allowing non-technical users to quickly and easily build editable web sites
• Knowledge Plaza is a knowledge management tool that provides both wiki environments for collaborative topic/project work and an Enterprise bookmarking tool.

Content management/social software with wiki functionality

Further information: Content management system

Further information: Enterprise social software

Java-based

• IBM Connections is an 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.
• ConcourseConnect is a freely available J2EE application made by Concursive which brings together Corporate Social Networking, Online Community, Business directory, and Customer relationship management capabilities. Features include wiki, blog, 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.
• SamePage is a commercial J2EE application that combines wiki and blog functionalities in an enterprise collaboration solution. It is a SaaS application or software download that utilizes WYSIWYG editing.
• Mindquarry creates a WYSIWYG wiki for each team. It is built using Apache Cocoon and thus based on Java (Mozilla Public License)
• Traction TeamPage is a commercial enterprise wiki, blog, document management, discussion and tagging application based on the principles of Douglas Engelbart's On-Line System (NLS) which aggregates multiple blog/wiki spaces using a sophisticated permission and inline comment model.

Perl-based

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

PHP-based

• Drupal installations can be configured as wikis with MediaWiki-style wiki markup.
• Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware is one of the larger and more ambitious wiki development projects, including a variety of additional groupware features (message forums, articles, etc.).

Other languages

• Microsoft SharePoint has built-in wiki support. It is built on ASP.Net, C# and Microsoft SQL Server.
• Telligent is a social platform, based entirely on Microsoft .NET and SQL Server, that includes wiki functionality.

Project management software with wiki functionality

Further information: Project management software

• Altova MetaTeam integrates a wiki and glossary with project management, collaborative decision-making and team performance management
• codeBeamer is a J2EE application available either with free community support or with commercial support. It combines wiki, document management, issue tracking, revision control and forum functionality.
• Code Co-op is a 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.

See also

• Comparison of wiki software
• History of wikis

External links

• List of wiki engines at WikiWikiWeb
• Open Source Wiki Engines in Java
• Python Wiki Engines
• List of Open Source enterprise wiki software
• WikiEngine Category at WikiIndex
• WikiMatrix: Feature-based comparison of wiki software
• Roadkill .NET is a lightweight but powerful Wiki engine