Foswiki vs Gollum
Foswiki
foswiki.orgGollum
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| Figure | Foswiki | Gollum |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Wiki Software | 8.9 (#4) | 7.9 (#18) |
| Spec score · Knowledge base software | 8.5 (#38) | 7.3 (#123) |
| Deployment | The feature page says Foswiki is available as a software appliance for VMware or VirtualBox. | Gollum can be installed as a Ruby gem, run through Docker or Rack, or launched from a Java WAR file. |
| Integrations | Foswiki supports enterprise LDAP and can combine with web APIs such as Google Maps. | Gollum can run with a CAS single sign-on server and with any Rack-compatible web server. |
| Purpose | Foswiki is an open, programmable collaboration platform for sharing knowledge and editing pages collaboratively. | Gollum is a simple, Git-powered wiki with a local frontend. |
| Security | The feature page identifies protection against Cross-Site Request Forgery as a security feature. | The security documentation says Gollum uses Loofah’s default whitelist to filter potentially insecure HTML, and that its behavior can be changed in the configuration file. |
| SSO support | Yes | Yes |
| Version history | Yes | Yes |
Plans
In their own words
Foswiki
Foswiki is a free, open-source collaboration platform for teams to share knowledge and edit pages in a browser. It can serve as a document repository, authoring space, content or project management tool, blog, or tracking system. Teams can build applications such as status boards, to-do lists, inventory systems, employee handbooks, and bug trackers. Pages can hold structured data for advanced search, and users can edit them with a WYSIWYG editor, topic markup, or HTML. Foswiki keeps revision history for pages and attachments, with flexible access controls to protect pages. It supports enterprise LDAP and can connect to web APIs such as Google Maps. Its plugin architecture offers hundreds of extensions for added features and third-party application integration. The feature list identifies Cross-Site Request Forgery protection and localized interfaces in 20 languages. It runs on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows, and can also run from a USB stick or as a VMware or VirtualBox appliance. Installation is manual, assumes basic server administration knowledge, and requires Perl and required Perl modules; external extension dependencies may need manual installation.