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This table is really hard to read. Can someone rotate it 90 degrees? 171.67.73.10 22:02, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
Gotta agree that it's hard to read, it forces you to page up each time you want to try to figure out whether some software distribution has feature X.
My suggestion for layout and organization -Michael
68.51.39.136
08:32, 24 September 2006 (UTC) ...
Basic general information about the distributions: creator/company, license/price etc.
Requirements | Target audience | Software license [1] | Cost (USD) | Ease of installation | Operating System | Programming Language | Data backend | Web-server required | Other software required | Extensibility |
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Central Desktop Release: v?? |
Corporate; Intranet; Public; Private; Education | Commercial | ||||||||
Confluence Release: v2.2.7 |
Corporate; Public; Private; Education | Commercial | ||||||||
CorendalWiki Release: v2.0.10 |
Corporate | GPL | ||||||||
coWiki Release: v0.3.4 |
Corporate; Public; Private | GPL | ||||||||
DidiWiki Release: v0.5 |
Personal | GPL | ||||||||
DokuWiki Release: v2006.03.09 |
Corporate; Public; Private | GPL v2 | ||||||||
EditMe Release: v2006.06.03 |
Corporate; Intranet; Enterprise; Education; Public; Private | Commercial | ||||||||
FlexWiki Release: v?? |
Public; Private | FlexWiki Shared Source Licensing Program | ||||||||
Instiki Release: v0.11.0 |
Public; Private | Ruby License [2] | ||||||||
JotSpot Release: v2.0 |
Corporate; Public; Private | Commercial | ||||||||
JSPWiki Release: v2.2.33 |
Corporate; Public; Private | LGPL | ||||||||
MediaWiki Release: v1.7.1 |
Corporate; Public; Private | GPL v2 | ||||||||
Midgard Wiki Release: v1.7.4 |
Corporate; Public; Private | LGPL | ||||||||
MoinMoin Release: v1.5.4 |
Corporate; Public; Private | GPL | ||||||||
OpenWiki Release: v0.78 sp1 |
Corporate; Public; Private | ? | ||||||||
OpenLink Wiki Release: v?? |
Corporate; Public; Private | GPL and Commercial License | ||||||||
Perspective Release: v0.906 |
Corporate; Intranet; Public; Private | GPL | ||||||||
PhpWiki Release: v1.3.12p2 |
Public; Private | GPL | ||||||||
PmWiki Release: v2.1.26 |
Public; Private | GPL | ||||||||
Swiki Release: v1.5 |
Education; Public; Private | GPL | ||||||||
TikiWiki Release: v1.9.3.1 |
Corporation; Education; Public; Private | LGPL | ||||||||
TWiki Release: v4.0.4 Hotfix 3 |
Corporate; Intranet; Enterprise; Education; Public; Private | GPL | ||||||||
UseModWiki Release: v1.0 |
Corporate?; Education; Public; Private | GPL | ||||||||
WackoWiki Release: vR4.2 |
Corporate; Education; Public; Private | BSD | ||||||||
Wiclear Release: v0.10 |
Public; Private | GPL | ||||||||
WikkaWiki Release: v1.1.6.2 |
Corporate; Education; Public; Private | GPL | ||||||||
WikkiTikkiTavi Release: v0.26 |
Public | GPL | ||||||||
XWiki Release: v0.9.840 |
Corporate; Education; Public; Private | GPL/ LGPL |
Features 1 | Demo | Spam prevention | Page access control | Document renaming | User customizable interface | File uploading / attachments | Web feeds | WYSIWYG page editing | Inline HTMLInline HTML |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Central Desktop Release: v?? |
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Confluence Release: v2.2.7 |
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CorendalWiki Release: v2.0.10 |
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coWiki Release: v0.3.4 |
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DidiWiki Release: v0.5 |
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DokuWiki Release: v2006.03.09 |
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EditMe Release: v2006.06.03 |
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FlexWiki Release: v?? |
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Instiki Release: v0.11.0 |
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JotSpot Release: v2.0 |
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JSPWiki Release: v2.2.33 |
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MediaWiki Release: v1.7.1 |
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Midgard Wiki Release: v1.7.4 |
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MoinMoin Release: v1.5.4 |
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OpenWiki Release: v0.78 sp1 |
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OpenLink Wiki Release: v?? |
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Perspective Release: v0.906 |
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PhpWiki Release: v1.3.12p2 |
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PmWiki Release: v2.1.26 |
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Swiki Release: v1.5 |
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TikiWiki Release: v1.9.3.1 |
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TWiki Release: v4.0.4 Hotfix 3 |
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UseModWiki Release: v1.0 |
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WackoWiki Release: vR4.2 |
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Wiclear Release: v0.10 |
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WikkaWiki Release: v1.1.6.2 |
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WikkiTikkiTavi Release: v0.26 |
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XWiki Release: v0.9.840 |
-Michael 68.51.39.136 21:58, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
The article says: 'Basic general information about the distributions: creator/company, license/price etc. (Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice.org Calc does a great job rendering this table useful)'. So, how do you do this?
- Don. 209.217.75.155 15:35, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
Inspired by Comparison of Linux distributions, this is meant to evolve into a sane replacement for the list found in Wiki software and should also absorb Wiki software using MySQL (why does that page exist?).
Some of these are content management systems. That will definitely need to be figured out.. what CMS' qualify as wikis? I would say that it's the internal markup language and link handling. I'll have to go through the List of content management systems to see what ought to be copied into this comparison list.
-- Suggestions
I am interested in hearing ideas on organizing this effectively. What categories of information would be good to display? Are there any other items of comparison which should be added? Comment freely.
I transposed the first table. It is now harder to edit, but much, much easier to read. This page is hopeless compared to the chart at splitbrain [3], but it is a start. I would suggest we put everthing in one big table to make comparison easier.
This page, in my opinion, is a very good idea, yet desperately needs more data. Showing 4 wikis and claiming that the table is "The Comparison" is also rather dangerous, as it suggests these are The Best Ones, and that there are nearly no other - while I doubt the first statement, and the latter is absolutely false. I wanted to move the 'stub' mark to the beginning of the page, only I saw that there were many edits recently, so I hope it quickly gets better.
My $.02 said -- Akavel 15:23, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I totally agree with you. It was meant to be very roughly stub-like, and a beginning tool to be added as I or others explored other wikis. Wikis tend to not present their information cleanly enough to allow for really easy comparison, so this table is really leaning on the research and experience of others. -- Sy / (talk) 22:14, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
What do you mean by that terms. I do not undrstand them. They need more explanation, please :) -- 213.140.17.106 13:10, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
WikiEngineComparison at MoinMoinWiki lists MediaWiki installation as easy, but it is listed as Difficult here. Which is it? -- Pmsyyz 15:54, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
MediaWiki can integrate with phpbb via a plugin, other wikis like DokuWiki require hacking source. Other wikis don't support integration at all. This is a make/break decision for some sites, it would be useful to have this info in the table.
Okay, am I blind (damn you, LASIK procedure!) or are there no entries for these two major types of wiki software here? I'm trying to figure out whether/how to improve this list w/o stepping on toes... nae'blis (talk) 16:33, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
Be bold, and add it yourself! It's the WikiWay!
I am not a computer programmer. All of these "easy" programs to install are almost impossible to install. That is why I added a footnote that the "ease of installation" is terribly misleading.
Wiki programs are obviously still in their infancy, because only computer programers can understand how to use them. Travb 00:40, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
I thought I'd add this as I'd like to see a simple link to a plain demo of each wiki software.
Please add more direct links to a demo (preferably on the official site of the wiki software)
cheers Treelovinhippie 02:48, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
The Advice section mentions that a point of consideration might be wether pages are stored as (plain) text files, or in a database (ie MySQL), but this is not mentioned in the comparisson table! Jouke 12:31, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi. I think it would be useful to have link format discussed in the table. I personally find CamelCase rather yucky, so I wouldn't want to install a wiki that used that for its links. (In fact, since wikipedia is almost certainly by far the biggest wiki on the net, I imagine that many people would be expecting a format similar to mediawiki's - anything else could be confusing...) Jamse 17:50, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
I just noticed that page history isn't listed in the features table. This seems like a key feature. Also, I think the 'WikiMatrix' link [4] which includes a nice wizard for selecting a wiki should feature more prominatly. The table on this page is quite extensive and while helpful it can be hard to do direct comparisions. Antonrojo 21:31, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
I don't know if anybody is tending this page, but a big question I have about the software is whether there are any standards any of the groups are trying to work toward for page storage format. Also I would like to see whether the software has a corporation, foundation, partnership, or other stabilizing cooperative effort behind its future. Without asking anybody to immediately add this info to the article, could I discuss these issues with anybody knowledgeable here? Thanks. Tom Haws 18:41, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
Could someone please add how and ahow much these wiki's support writing of mathematical equations? This would be a valuable information to have. Thank you!
WikiEdit is not WYSIWYG - it is buttons that do the wiki edit markup. Benjaminhill 09:19, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
hopiakuta 01:58, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
DokuWiki isn't WYSIWYG either. It's listed as 'yes; quickbuttons', but the buttons just help you enter code - while you're editing, the page is displayed as markup, not as the final product. Overall, it looks like the info in the WYSIWYG column isn't entirely accurate - someone needs to check the entries, but that's a hell of a large job!-- 202.55.158.11 ( talk) 22:38, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I am trying to choose a wiki for a small user group. I am getting really confused reading all the artilces in discussions posted on different websites. Here are my basic requirements. It will be great if anyone could suggest one.
Usre group: -
Wiki Features: -
Thanks again -- Varij 18:41, 3 July 2006 (UTC) varij
I'm a little confused as to why Windows is singled out. I'm doing some research with a coworker (I use Mac and Windows and she is currently experimenting with Ubuntu) and found this comparison chart fairly helpful except for the "Runs on Windows" section. We need to know if these wikis will run on several different platforms as well as windows. Maybe the category should just be "Platform" and then list all the OS's that the wikis can operate under.
I think the data in "Platform" column is unsatisafactory. What does mean "No"? _Vi 22:39, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
This is comparison of wiki software (the software that you can install on your server), not comparison of hosted services - so why EditMe is in the list?
Web-server required: Apache or IIS with PHP 5.0+
that's just not true.. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Installing_MediaWiki_with_Lighttpd
I don't see why it would need any specific server; it just needs PHP and MySQL, right? rewriting URLs is not compulsory.
And, based on Wikipedia, it supports searches.
hopiakuta 01:59, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
GetWiki should be included on the list for comparison. -- 165.230.46.150 19:01, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
I often go to Wikipedia to see what software options I have to chose from. It would be very nice to be able to discern the most-used programs.
I usually want to chose a major program and not a "fly by night" program that will be gone in a few months.
Thanks for considering this! -- Calan 06:32, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
I'd like to know what's the most popular wiki engine running on Windows/IIS platform in terms of installation base? Mahanchian 12:27, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
The mis-capitalizing of ZWiki makes the link to Zwiki not work. Should there be a ZWiki topic that points to Zwiki or should only this topic be fixed?
as of December 13, 2006. Someone want to make the relevant change who knows more about the appropriate formatting for this page? [unsigned]
It was the reason I made this page in the first place, but I think it ought to be removed entirely, to help reduce the noise of this page. -- Sy / (talk) 11:09, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Is MediaWiki the best? [unsigned]
The wikipedia does not form opinions, and talk pages are for discussing the articles, not for forum-style chatting. -- Sy / (talk) 11:09, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Where can I find a free website host which uses Mediawiki? I've got a PBWiki, but I want one which uses Mediawiki. Long story. I don't want to do all the uploading and stuff. I just like the look and feel of Wikipedia in general, so I want to use this. Thanks! 77.98.109.114 10:28, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
Why does ZWiki say "Python (included with most Zope installs)". Isn't Zope written in Python? How is it possible to have Zope without Python?
How do I go about adding in an entry for Jive Software's Clearspace product? Barrytallis 18:30, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi! PBwiki is the largest WikiFarm, with over 200,000 unique wikis registered. I was surprised to see that neither PBwiki nor WetPaint (the second largest) were represented in this list, but entries like JotSpot, a now semi-defunct WikiFarm (with broken links) and Central Desktop (a site with far fewer users than WetPaint or PBwiki according to Alexa and Compete.com) is featured prominently. (DISCLAIMER - I am the CEO of PBwiki.) Dweekly 20:54, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Per WP:EL and WP:NOT#LINK, the home page and demo columns should be removed. Looks like there are many more inappropriate external links in the Comparison Table which should be removed as well. -- Ronz 20:21, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
The new "Creator" column restored many of the links that I previously removed, and attracted many more. I've removed the links per above. Looks like there could be additional cleanup work on the linking here and there still. --
Ronz
18:54, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
I haven't looked at the JS code used to sort the table by column, but sorting by release date doesn't work. I wonder if this depends on dates being formatted as links. Any ideas how to fix this? -- DarTar 09:17, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Are there any programs that convert databases between any of the formats, or are you pretty much stuck copying and pasting stuff by hand if you decide to switch? -- 68.44.13.236 16:45, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
For example, in the Target Audience table, in the MediaWiki row, there is a blank cell in the Education column. Why wouldn't mediawiki be suitable for a wiki aimed at an audience in an education setting? 139.133.7.37 14:59, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
This really needs to be addressed. This is like a text-book definition of a POV and/or OR violation. Is there some kind of objective measure we can replace the coloum with? Or, can we find a reliable source to cite? --- J.S ( T/ C/ WRE) 23:09, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
I propose all entries that do not have their own article be removed per WP:LIST, at least until we come up with better list inclusion criteria. -- Ronz ( talk) 17:18, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
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This table is really hard to read. Can someone rotate it 90 degrees? 171.67.73.10 22:02, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
Gotta agree that it's hard to read, it forces you to page up each time you want to try to figure out whether some software distribution has feature X.
My suggestion for layout and organization -Michael
68.51.39.136
08:32, 24 September 2006 (UTC) ...
Basic general information about the distributions: creator/company, license/price etc.
Requirements | Target audience | Software license [1] | Cost (USD) | Ease of installation | Operating System | Programming Language | Data backend | Web-server required | Other software required | Extensibility |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Central Desktop Release: v?? |
Corporate; Intranet; Public; Private; Education | Commercial | ||||||||
Confluence Release: v2.2.7 |
Corporate; Public; Private; Education | Commercial | ||||||||
CorendalWiki Release: v2.0.10 |
Corporate | GPL | ||||||||
coWiki Release: v0.3.4 |
Corporate; Public; Private | GPL | ||||||||
DidiWiki Release: v0.5 |
Personal | GPL | ||||||||
DokuWiki Release: v2006.03.09 |
Corporate; Public; Private | GPL v2 | ||||||||
EditMe Release: v2006.06.03 |
Corporate; Intranet; Enterprise; Education; Public; Private | Commercial | ||||||||
FlexWiki Release: v?? |
Public; Private | FlexWiki Shared Source Licensing Program | ||||||||
Instiki Release: v0.11.0 |
Public; Private | Ruby License [2] | ||||||||
JotSpot Release: v2.0 |
Corporate; Public; Private | Commercial | ||||||||
JSPWiki Release: v2.2.33 |
Corporate; Public; Private | LGPL | ||||||||
MediaWiki Release: v1.7.1 |
Corporate; Public; Private | GPL v2 | ||||||||
Midgard Wiki Release: v1.7.4 |
Corporate; Public; Private | LGPL | ||||||||
MoinMoin Release: v1.5.4 |
Corporate; Public; Private | GPL | ||||||||
OpenWiki Release: v0.78 sp1 |
Corporate; Public; Private | ? | ||||||||
OpenLink Wiki Release: v?? |
Corporate; Public; Private | GPL and Commercial License | ||||||||
Perspective Release: v0.906 |
Corporate; Intranet; Public; Private | GPL | ||||||||
PhpWiki Release: v1.3.12p2 |
Public; Private | GPL | ||||||||
PmWiki Release: v2.1.26 |
Public; Private | GPL | ||||||||
Swiki Release: v1.5 |
Education; Public; Private | GPL | ||||||||
TikiWiki Release: v1.9.3.1 |
Corporation; Education; Public; Private | LGPL | ||||||||
TWiki Release: v4.0.4 Hotfix 3 |
Corporate; Intranet; Enterprise; Education; Public; Private | GPL | ||||||||
UseModWiki Release: v1.0 |
Corporate?; Education; Public; Private | GPL | ||||||||
WackoWiki Release: vR4.2 |
Corporate; Education; Public; Private | BSD | ||||||||
Wiclear Release: v0.10 |
Public; Private | GPL | ||||||||
WikkaWiki Release: v1.1.6.2 |
Corporate; Education; Public; Private | GPL | ||||||||
WikkiTikkiTavi Release: v0.26 |
Public | GPL | ||||||||
XWiki Release: v0.9.840 |
Corporate; Education; Public; Private | GPL/ LGPL |
Features 1 | Demo | Spam prevention | Page access control | Document renaming | User customizable interface | File uploading / attachments | Web feeds | WYSIWYG page editing | Inline HTMLInline HTML |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Central Desktop Release: v?? |
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Confluence Release: v2.2.7 |
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CorendalWiki Release: v2.0.10 |
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coWiki Release: v0.3.4 |
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DidiWiki Release: v0.5 |
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DokuWiki Release: v2006.03.09 |
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EditMe Release: v2006.06.03 |
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FlexWiki Release: v?? |
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Instiki Release: v0.11.0 |
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JotSpot Release: v2.0 |
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JSPWiki Release: v2.2.33 |
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MediaWiki Release: v1.7.1 |
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Midgard Wiki Release: v1.7.4 |
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MoinMoin Release: v1.5.4 |
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OpenWiki Release: v0.78 sp1 |
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OpenLink Wiki Release: v?? |
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Perspective Release: v0.906 |
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PhpWiki Release: v1.3.12p2 |
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PmWiki Release: v2.1.26 |
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Swiki Release: v1.5 |
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TikiWiki Release: v1.9.3.1 |
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TWiki Release: v4.0.4 Hotfix 3 |
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UseModWiki Release: v1.0 |
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WackoWiki Release: vR4.2 |
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Wiclear Release: v0.10 |
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WikkaWiki Release: v1.1.6.2 |
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WikkiTikkiTavi Release: v0.26 |
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XWiki Release: v0.9.840 |
-Michael 68.51.39.136 21:58, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
The article says: 'Basic general information about the distributions: creator/company, license/price etc. (Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice.org Calc does a great job rendering this table useful)'. So, how do you do this?
- Don. 209.217.75.155 15:35, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
Inspired by Comparison of Linux distributions, this is meant to evolve into a sane replacement for the list found in Wiki software and should also absorb Wiki software using MySQL (why does that page exist?).
Some of these are content management systems. That will definitely need to be figured out.. what CMS' qualify as wikis? I would say that it's the internal markup language and link handling. I'll have to go through the List of content management systems to see what ought to be copied into this comparison list.
-- Suggestions
I am interested in hearing ideas on organizing this effectively. What categories of information would be good to display? Are there any other items of comparison which should be added? Comment freely.
I transposed the first table. It is now harder to edit, but much, much easier to read. This page is hopeless compared to the chart at splitbrain [3], but it is a start. I would suggest we put everthing in one big table to make comparison easier.
This page, in my opinion, is a very good idea, yet desperately needs more data. Showing 4 wikis and claiming that the table is "The Comparison" is also rather dangerous, as it suggests these are The Best Ones, and that there are nearly no other - while I doubt the first statement, and the latter is absolutely false. I wanted to move the 'stub' mark to the beginning of the page, only I saw that there were many edits recently, so I hope it quickly gets better.
My $.02 said -- Akavel 15:23, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I totally agree with you. It was meant to be very roughly stub-like, and a beginning tool to be added as I or others explored other wikis. Wikis tend to not present their information cleanly enough to allow for really easy comparison, so this table is really leaning on the research and experience of others. -- Sy / (talk) 22:14, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
What do you mean by that terms. I do not undrstand them. They need more explanation, please :) -- 213.140.17.106 13:10, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
WikiEngineComparison at MoinMoinWiki lists MediaWiki installation as easy, but it is listed as Difficult here. Which is it? -- Pmsyyz 15:54, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
MediaWiki can integrate with phpbb via a plugin, other wikis like DokuWiki require hacking source. Other wikis don't support integration at all. This is a make/break decision for some sites, it would be useful to have this info in the table.
Okay, am I blind (damn you, LASIK procedure!) or are there no entries for these two major types of wiki software here? I'm trying to figure out whether/how to improve this list w/o stepping on toes... nae'blis (talk) 16:33, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
Be bold, and add it yourself! It's the WikiWay!
I am not a computer programmer. All of these "easy" programs to install are almost impossible to install. That is why I added a footnote that the "ease of installation" is terribly misleading.
Wiki programs are obviously still in their infancy, because only computer programers can understand how to use them. Travb 00:40, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
I thought I'd add this as I'd like to see a simple link to a plain demo of each wiki software.
Please add more direct links to a demo (preferably on the official site of the wiki software)
cheers Treelovinhippie 02:48, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
The Advice section mentions that a point of consideration might be wether pages are stored as (plain) text files, or in a database (ie MySQL), but this is not mentioned in the comparisson table! Jouke 12:31, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi. I think it would be useful to have link format discussed in the table. I personally find CamelCase rather yucky, so I wouldn't want to install a wiki that used that for its links. (In fact, since wikipedia is almost certainly by far the biggest wiki on the net, I imagine that many people would be expecting a format similar to mediawiki's - anything else could be confusing...) Jamse 17:50, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
I just noticed that page history isn't listed in the features table. This seems like a key feature. Also, I think the 'WikiMatrix' link [4] which includes a nice wizard for selecting a wiki should feature more prominatly. The table on this page is quite extensive and while helpful it can be hard to do direct comparisions. Antonrojo 21:31, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
I don't know if anybody is tending this page, but a big question I have about the software is whether there are any standards any of the groups are trying to work toward for page storage format. Also I would like to see whether the software has a corporation, foundation, partnership, or other stabilizing cooperative effort behind its future. Without asking anybody to immediately add this info to the article, could I discuss these issues with anybody knowledgeable here? Thanks. Tom Haws 18:41, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
Could someone please add how and ahow much these wiki's support writing of mathematical equations? This would be a valuable information to have. Thank you!
WikiEdit is not WYSIWYG - it is buttons that do the wiki edit markup. Benjaminhill 09:19, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
hopiakuta 01:58, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
DokuWiki isn't WYSIWYG either. It's listed as 'yes; quickbuttons', but the buttons just help you enter code - while you're editing, the page is displayed as markup, not as the final product. Overall, it looks like the info in the WYSIWYG column isn't entirely accurate - someone needs to check the entries, but that's a hell of a large job!-- 202.55.158.11 ( talk) 22:38, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I am trying to choose a wiki for a small user group. I am getting really confused reading all the artilces in discussions posted on different websites. Here are my basic requirements. It will be great if anyone could suggest one.
Usre group: -
Wiki Features: -
Thanks again -- Varij 18:41, 3 July 2006 (UTC) varij
I'm a little confused as to why Windows is singled out. I'm doing some research with a coworker (I use Mac and Windows and she is currently experimenting with Ubuntu) and found this comparison chart fairly helpful except for the "Runs on Windows" section. We need to know if these wikis will run on several different platforms as well as windows. Maybe the category should just be "Platform" and then list all the OS's that the wikis can operate under.
I think the data in "Platform" column is unsatisafactory. What does mean "No"? _Vi 22:39, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
This is comparison of wiki software (the software that you can install on your server), not comparison of hosted services - so why EditMe is in the list?
Web-server required: Apache or IIS with PHP 5.0+
that's just not true.. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Installing_MediaWiki_with_Lighttpd
I don't see why it would need any specific server; it just needs PHP and MySQL, right? rewriting URLs is not compulsory.
And, based on Wikipedia, it supports searches.
hopiakuta 01:59, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
GetWiki should be included on the list for comparison. -- 165.230.46.150 19:01, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
I often go to Wikipedia to see what software options I have to chose from. It would be very nice to be able to discern the most-used programs.
I usually want to chose a major program and not a "fly by night" program that will be gone in a few months.
Thanks for considering this! -- Calan 06:32, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
I'd like to know what's the most popular wiki engine running on Windows/IIS platform in terms of installation base? Mahanchian 12:27, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
The mis-capitalizing of ZWiki makes the link to Zwiki not work. Should there be a ZWiki topic that points to Zwiki or should only this topic be fixed?
as of December 13, 2006. Someone want to make the relevant change who knows more about the appropriate formatting for this page? [unsigned]
It was the reason I made this page in the first place, but I think it ought to be removed entirely, to help reduce the noise of this page. -- Sy / (talk) 11:09, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Is MediaWiki the best? [unsigned]
The wikipedia does not form opinions, and talk pages are for discussing the articles, not for forum-style chatting. -- Sy / (talk) 11:09, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Where can I find a free website host which uses Mediawiki? I've got a PBWiki, but I want one which uses Mediawiki. Long story. I don't want to do all the uploading and stuff. I just like the look and feel of Wikipedia in general, so I want to use this. Thanks! 77.98.109.114 10:28, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
Why does ZWiki say "Python (included with most Zope installs)". Isn't Zope written in Python? How is it possible to have Zope without Python?
How do I go about adding in an entry for Jive Software's Clearspace product? Barrytallis 18:30, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi! PBwiki is the largest WikiFarm, with over 200,000 unique wikis registered. I was surprised to see that neither PBwiki nor WetPaint (the second largest) were represented in this list, but entries like JotSpot, a now semi-defunct WikiFarm (with broken links) and Central Desktop (a site with far fewer users than WetPaint or PBwiki according to Alexa and Compete.com) is featured prominently. (DISCLAIMER - I am the CEO of PBwiki.) Dweekly 20:54, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Per WP:EL and WP:NOT#LINK, the home page and demo columns should be removed. Looks like there are many more inappropriate external links in the Comparison Table which should be removed as well. -- Ronz 20:21, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
The new "Creator" column restored many of the links that I previously removed, and attracted many more. I've removed the links per above. Looks like there could be additional cleanup work on the linking here and there still. --
Ronz
18:54, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
I haven't looked at the JS code used to sort the table by column, but sorting by release date doesn't work. I wonder if this depends on dates being formatted as links. Any ideas how to fix this? -- DarTar 09:17, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Are there any programs that convert databases between any of the formats, or are you pretty much stuck copying and pasting stuff by hand if you decide to switch? -- 68.44.13.236 16:45, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
For example, in the Target Audience table, in the MediaWiki row, there is a blank cell in the Education column. Why wouldn't mediawiki be suitable for a wiki aimed at an audience in an education setting? 139.133.7.37 14:59, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
This really needs to be addressed. This is like a text-book definition of a POV and/or OR violation. Is there some kind of objective measure we can replace the coloum with? Or, can we find a reliable source to cite? --- J.S ( T/ C/ WRE) 23:09, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
I propose all entries that do not have their own article be removed per WP:LIST, at least until we come up with better list inclusion criteria. -- Ronz ( talk) 17:18, 7 January 2008 (UTC)