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==General information== Systems listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development. {{sort under}} {| class="wikitable sortable sort-under" style="text-align: center; font-size: 85%; width: auto; table-layout: fixed;" |- ! style="width: 12em" | Wiki software ! Creator ! First public release date ! Latest stable release ! Stable release date ! Predecessor ! Software license<ref name="license">Licenses here are a summary, and are not taken to be complete statements of the licenses. Some packages may use libraries under different licenses.</ref> ! Open source ! Multilingual ! Programming language ! [[Data management|Data backend]] |- | {{rh}} | [[BlueSpice]] | Hallo Welt! GmbH | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2011|March|31}} | {{BlueSpice version}} | {{BlueSpice version|releasedate}} | [[MediaWiki]] | [[GNU General Public License|GPLv3]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | [[PHP]] | [[MariaDB]], [[MySQL]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Setup:System requirements |website=BlueSpice Wiki |url=https://en.wiki.bluespice.com/wiki/Setup:System_requirements |access-date=2023-07-16}}</ref> |- | {{rh}} | [[BookStack]] | Dan Brown | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2015|July|12}} | {{BookStack version}} | {{BookStack version|releasedate}} | | [[MIT License|MIT]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | [[PHP]] | [[MariaDB]], [[MySQL]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-01-01 |title=Installation · BookStack |url=https://www.bookstackapp.com/docs/admin/installation/ |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=BookStack |language=en-gb}}</ref> |- | {{rh}} | [[Central Desktop]] | Central Desktop Inc. | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2005|October|1}} | 2.0 | 2010-02-22 | | {{proprietary}} | {{No}} | | [[PHP]] | [[PostgreSQL]] |- | {{rh2}} |[[CLiki|CLiki2]] |Andrey Moskvitin, Vladimir Sedach, Anastasiya Sterh | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2003|November|30}} | | |CLiki |[[GNU Affero General Public License|AGPL]] v3 |{{Yes}}<ref name=cliki2>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/vsedach/cliki2|title=GitHub: cliki2: The wiki software behind cliki.net|website=[[GitHub]]}}</ref> | |[[Common Lisp]] | |- | {{rh}} | [[Confluence (software)|Confluence]] | [[Atlassian]] | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2004|March|25}} | {{Confluence (software) version}} | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|Q1125400|P348|P577}}; {{Time ago|{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|Q1125400|P348|P577}}}} | | {{proprietary}} | {{No}}<ref name=CNFSRC>Atlassian Confluence Licensing FAQs({{Cite web|url=http://www.atlassian.com/licensing/purchase-licensing#source-1|title=Do I get access to the source code?}})</ref> | {{Yes}} | [[Java (programming language)|Java]], [[Java EE]] | [[MS SQL Server]], [[MySQL]], [[Oracle database|Oracle]], or [[PostgreSQL]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Supported Platforms - Confluence Data Center and Server 8.6 - Atlassian Documentation |url=https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/supported-platforms-207488198.html |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=confluence.atlassian.com}}</ref> |- | {{rh2}} | [[ConnectedText]] | Eduardo Mauro | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2005}} | 6.0.15 | 2015-06-26 | | {{proprietary}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | [[C++]] | [[SQL]] |- | {{rh}} | [[DokuWiki]] | Andreas Gohr | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2004|July|}} | {{Dokuwiki version}} | {{Dokuwiki version|releasedate}} | | [[GNU General Public License#Version 2|GPL v2]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | [[PHP]] | [[File system]] |- | {{rh2}} | [[FlexWiki]] | David Ornstein | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2004|September}} | 2.1.0.274 | 2008-10-20 | | [[Common Public License|CPL]] | {{Yes}} | | [[ASP.NET]], [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]] | [[File system]], [[Microsoft SQL Server]] |- | {{rh}} | [[Foswiki]] | Foswiki community | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2008|December|}} | {{Foswiki version}} | {{Foswiki version|releasedate}} | TWiki | [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | [[Perl]] | [[Flat-file database]], [[Revision Control System|RCS]], or a variety of databases as plugins<ref name="foswiki">{{Cite web|url=http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry41|title=Foswiki is getting SQL RDBMS support!|website=WikiRing Blog|date=1 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301124910/http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry41|archive-date=1 March 2012}}</ref> |- | {{rh}} | [[Gollum (software)|Gollum]] | Tom Preston-Werner, Rick Olson, Dawa Ometto, Bart Kamphorst, and community | | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2009|February|16}} | {{Gollum Wiki version}} | {{Gollum Wiki version|releasedate}} | | [[MIT License|MIT]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]] | [[Git (software)|Git]] |- | {{rh}} | [[IBM Connections]] | [[IBM]] | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2007|June|27}} | {{IBM Connections version}} | {{IBM Connections version|releasedate}} | | {{proprietary}} | {{No}} | {{yes}} | [[Java (programming language)|Java]], [[Java EE]] | [[IBM Db2]], [[MS SQL Server]], or [[Oracle database|Oracle]] |- | {{rh}} | [[Ikiwiki]] | Joey Hess et al.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ikiwiki.info/ |title=ikiwiki |publisher=ikiwiki.info |access-date=2012-02-01}}</ref> | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2006|April|29}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ikiwiki.info/roadmap/ |title=roadmap |publisher=ikiwiki.info |access-date=2012-02-01 |quote=Released 29 April 2006.}}</ref> | {{ikiwiki version}} | {{ikiwiki version|releasedate}} | | [[GNU General Public License]] v2 +<ref name="ikiwikifree">{{cite web |url=http://ikiwiki.info/freesoftware/ |title=Free Software |publisher=ikiwiki.info |access-date=2012-02-01}}</ref> | {{Yes}}<ref name="ikiwikifree"/> | {{Yes}} | [[Perl]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ikiwiki.info/install/ |title=install |publisher=ikiwiki.info |access-date=2012-02-01}}</ref> | standard [[version control system]]<ref name="features">{{Cite web|url=http://ikiwiki.info/features/#index1h2 |title=ikiwiki feature "Use a Real RCS" |publisher=Ikiwiki.info |access-date=2010-01-29}}</ref> such as [[Git (software)|Git]] or [[Subversion (software)|Subversion]] or 6+ others<ref name="rcs_support">{{Cite web|url=http://ikiwiki.info/rcs |title=ikiwiki Revision Control Systems |publisher=Ikiwiki.info |access-date=2010-01-29}}</ref> |- | {{rh}} | [[Jive (software)|Jive]] | [[Jive Software]] | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2007|January|7}} | {{Jive (software) version}} | {{Jive (software) version|releasedate}} | | {{proprietary}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | [[Java EE]], [[Java (programming language)|Java]] | [[SQL]], [[LDAP]]<ref>including: [[MySQL]], [[Oracle database|Oracle]], [[PostgreSQL]], [[IBM Db2]] and [[Microsoft SQL Server]]</ref> |- | {{rh}} | [[JotSpot]] | JotSpot (now Google Sites) | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2004|October|}} | 2.0 | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2006|July|24}} | | {{proprietary}} | {{No}} | | [[Java (programming language)|Java]] | [[File system]], [[XML]] |- | {{rh}} | [[MediaWiki]] | [[Magnus Manske]], then [[Lee Daniel Crocker]] | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2002|January|25}} | {{wikidata|property|edit|reference|Q83|P348|P548=Q2804309}} | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|Q83|P348|P577|P548=Q2804309}}; {{Time ago|{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|Q83|P348|P577|P548=Q2804309}}}} | [[UseModWiki]] | [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] v2 | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | [[PHP]] | [[MySQL]], [[MariaDB]], [[PostgreSQL]], [[SQLite]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installation_requirements#Database_server|title=Manual:Installation requirements|website=MediaWiki.org}}</ref> |- | {{rh2}} | [[Midgard (software)|Midgard Wiki]] | Henri Bergius | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2004|September|29}} | 10.05.6<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.midgard-project.org/updates/midgard_10-05-6_ratatoskr_lts_released/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508002059/http://www.midgard-project.org/updates/midgard_10-05-6_ratatoskr_lts_released/|title=Midgard-Project.org|date=6 March 2012 |archive-date=8 May 2012}}</ref> | 2012-03-06 | | [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]] | {{Yes}} | | [[PHP]] | [[MySQL]] and [[Revision Control System|RCS]] |- | {{rh2}} | [[MindTouch]] | MindTouch Inc. | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2006|July|25}} | 10.1.4 | 2013-01-22 | [[MediaWiki]] | {{proprietary}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | [[PHP]], [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]] on Windows or [[Mono (software)|Mono]] | [[MySQL]] |- | {{rh}} | [[MoinMoin]] | Jürgen Hermann, Thomas Waldmann, others | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2000|July|28}} | {{wikidata|property|edit|reference|Q1141771|P348}} | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|Q1141771|P348|P577}}; {{Time ago|{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|Q1141771|P348|P577}}}} | PikiPiki | [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | [[Python (programming language)|Python]] | [[Flat-file database]] |- | {{rh2}} | [[MojoMojo]] | Marcus Ramberg & community | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2007|August|29}} | 1.12 | 2017-05-13<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://github.com/mojomojo/mojomojo |title=GitHub: mojomojo/mojomojo: A Catalyst & DBIx::Class powered Wiki |website=[[GitHub]] |date=2019-04-27 |access-date=2019-07-02}}</ref> | | {{dunno}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | [[Perl]] | [[PostgreSQL]], [[SQLite]], [[MySQL]], others |- | {{rh}} | [[MyInfo]] | Milenix Software Ltd. | {{Date table sorting|format=my|nowrap=off|1999|October}} | 7.1 | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2021|May|25}} | | {{proprietary}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | [[C++]] | |- | {{rh}} | [[Notion (productivity software)|Notion]] |Notion Labs Inc. |{{Date table sorting|2016}} |2.0.41<ref>{{Cite web |title=Notion 2.0.41 |url=https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/notion |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=Chocolatey Software |language=en}}</ref> |2023-02-28 | | {{proprietary}} | | | | |- | {{rh}} | [[Obsidian (software)|Obsidian]] | Dynalist Inc. | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2020|March|30}} |1.3.5<ref>{{Cite web |title=Obsidian 1.3.5 |url=https://obsidian.md/changelog/ |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Obsidian |language=en}}</ref> |2023-06-01 | | {{proprietary}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | [[JavaScript]] | [[Markdown]], [[File system]] |- | {{rh}} | [[PBworks]] | David Weekly | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2005|May|30}} | | | [[TipiWiki]] | {{proprietary}} | {{No}} | | [[PHP]] | MogileFS, [[Squid (software)|Squid]], [[MySQL]], [[Pound (networking)|Pound]], [[lighttpd]] |- | {{rh}} | [[PhpWiki]] | Steve Wainstead, Reini Urban, Marc-Etienne Vargenau, others | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|1999|December|}} | 1.6.6<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/phpwiki/|title=PhpWiki|website=SourceForge|date=6 May 2025}}</ref> | 2025-05-05 | [[WikiWikiWeb]] | [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | [[PHP]] | [[Flat-file database]], [[MySQL]], [[PostgreSQL]], [[Oracle Database|Oracle]], [[SQLite]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=PhpWiki: Code: [r11057] /trunk |url=https://sourceforge.net/p/phpwiki/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/ |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=sourceforge.net}}</ref> |- | {{rh}} | [[PmWiki]] | Patrick Michaud | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2002|January|8}}<ref>[http://www.pmwiki.org/pub/pmwiki/older-releases/ PmWiki version 0.1 (tgz archive)] has its most recent file from 8 Jan 2002. The [http://www.pmichaud.com/pipermail/pmwiki-users/ PmWiki-Users Mailing list] exist since August 2002.</ref> | {{PmWiki version}} | {{PmWiki version|releasedate}} | | [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | [[PHP]] | [[Flat-file database]]. SQLite (plug-in) |- | {{rh}} | [[PukiWiki]] | Yuji Oda, then Puki Development Team | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2002|July|15}} | {{wikidata|property|edit|reference|Q10852203|P348}} | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|Q10852203|P348|P577}}; {{Time ago|{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|Q10852203|P348|P577}}}} | {{Interlanguage link|YukiWiki|ja}} | [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] v2 | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | [[PHP]] | [[Flat-file database|Flat-file]] |- | {{rh}} | [[SharePoint]] | [[Microsoft]] | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2001|March}} | {{SharePoint version}} | {{SharePoint version|releasedate}} | | {{proprietary}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | [[ASP.NET]], [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]] | [[Microsoft SQL Server]] or [[Windows Internal Database]] |- | {{rh}} | [[Semantic MediaWiki]] | Markus Krötzsch, [[Denny Vrandečić]] and others | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2005|}} | {{wikidata|property|edit|reference|Q20728|P348|P548=Q2804309}} | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|Q20728|P348|P577|P548=Q2804309}}; {{Time ago|{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|Q20728|P348|P577|P548=Q2804309}}}} | | [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] v2 | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | [[PHP]] | [[MySQL]], [[MariaDB]], [[PostgreSQL]], [[SQLite]] and several [[Triplestore]]s<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Compatibility|website=semantic-mediaWiki.org}}</ref> |- | {{rh2}} | [[Socialtext]] | Socialtext | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2003}} | 7.5 | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2015||}} | | Dual ([[CPAL]]) and [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]) | | | [[Perl]] | [[PostgreSQL]] |- | {{rh2}} | [[Swiki]] | [[Mark Guzdial]]; Jochen Rick | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|1999|October|}} | 1.5 | 2005-12-06 | | [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] | {{Yes}} | | [[Squeak]] | [[File system]] |- | {{rh}} | [[TiddlyWiki]] | Jeremy Ruston | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2004|September|}} | {{TiddlyWiki version}} | {{TiddlyWiki version|releasedate}} | | [[BSD licenses|BSD]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | [[Wikitext]], [[JavaScript]] | HTML file |- | {{rh}} | [[Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware]] | Luis Argerich (200+ devs nowadays) | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2002|October|9}} | {{Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware version}} | {{Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware version|releasedate}} | | [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | [[PHP]] | [[MariaDB]], [[MySQL]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Community |first=Tiki |title=Requirements |url=https://doc.tiki.org/Requirements |access-date=2021-09-04 |website=Documentation for Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware |language=en}}</ref> |- | {{rh}} | [[Trac]] | Edgewall Software | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2006|October|1}} | 1.4.3<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracChangeLog|title=TracChangeLog: The Trac Project|website=trac.edgewall.org}}</ref> | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2021|May|9}} | | [[BSD license|BSD]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | [[Python (programming language)|Python]] | [[MariaDB]], [[MySQL]], [[PostgreSQL]], [[SQLite]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=TracInstall: The Trac Project |url=https://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracInstall#Dependencies |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=trac.edgewall.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MySqlDb: The Trac Project |url=https://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/MySqlDb |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=trac.edgewall.org}}</ref> |- | {{rh}} | [[Traction TeamPage]] | Traction Software | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|1999|December|1}} | {{Traction TeamPage version}} | {{Traction TeamPage version|releasedate}} | | {{proprietary}} | {{No}} | Supports multi-lingual content (and supports [[i18n]]) | [[Java SE]], [[Java (programming language)|Java]] | Flat file and file system, Oracle 10G RDB option, WebDAV for attachments |- | {{rh}} | [[TWiki]] | Peter Thoeny | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|1998|October|}} | {{TWiki version}} | {{TWiki version|releasedate}} | [[JosWiki]] | [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | [[Perl]] | [[Flat-file database]], [[Revision Control System|RCS]], pluggable storage backend |- | {{rh2}} | [[UseModWiki]] | Clifford Adams | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2000|January|22}} | 1.2.1 | 2017-12-01 | AtisWiki | [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] | {{Yes}} | | [[Perl]] | [[Flat-file database]] |- | {{rh2}} | [[Whizfolders]] | AvniTech | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|1999}} | 7.1 | 2016-06-09 | | {{proprietary}} | {{No}} | | [[Delphi (software)|Delphi]] | [[File system]] |- | {{rh}} | [[Wiki.js]] |Nicolas Giard |{{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2017|January|28}} |{{Wiki.js version}} |{{Wiki.js version|releasedate}} | | [[GNU Affero General Public License|Affero GPL v3]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | [[JavaScript]] | [[PostgreSQL]], [[MySQL]], [[MariaDB]], [[Microsoft SQL Server]], or [[SQLite]] |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Wiki Server]] | [[Apple Inc.]] |{{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2007|October|26}} |5.6.3 |2018-09-18 | | {{proprietary}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | [[Ruby on Rails]] | [[PostgreSQL]] |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Wikispaces]] | Tangient LLC | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2005|March|18}} | | | | {{proprietary}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | [[PHP]] | [[MySQL]], MogileFS |- ! {{rh2}} | [[WikiWikiWeb]] | [[Ward Cunningham]] | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|1995}} | | | WikiWikiHyperCard<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cunningham|first1=Ward|title=WikiHistory|url=http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiHistory|access-date=25 August 2014|quote="An early page, WikiWikiHyperCard, traces wiki ideas back to a HyperCard stack I wrote in the late 80's. This same stack, by the way, spawned CrcCards. I've reconstructed the WikiDesignPrinciples I applied at the time."}}</ref> | {{dunno}} | | | [[Perl]] | [[File system]] |- | {{rh}} | [[XWiki]] | Ludovic Dubost | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2004|February|}} | {{XWiki version}} | {{XWiki version|releasedate}} | | [[GNU Library General Public License|LGPL]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | [[Java (programming language)|Java]] | HSQLDB, [[MariaDB]], [[MySQL]], Oracle, [[PostgreSQL]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Database Support Strategy (Community.SupportStrategy.DatabaseSupportStrategy): XWiki |url=https://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/SupportStrategy/DatabaseSupportStrategy |access-date=2021-09-04 |website=dev.xwiki.org}}</ref> |- | {{rh}} | [[zim (software)|Zim]] | Jaap Karssenberg | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|nowrap=off|2010|January|10}} | {{Zim Desktop Wiki version}} | {{Zim Desktop Wiki version|releasedate}} | | [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | [[Python (programming language)|Python]] | [[File system]] |- |-class="sortbottom" ! style="width: 12em" | Wiki software ! Creator ! First public release date ! Latest stable release ! Stable release date ! Predecessor ! Software license<ref name="license"/> ! Open source ! Multilingual ! Programming language ! [[Data management|Data backend]] |}
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