Foswiki vs Miraheze

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.

Miraheze provides free wiki hosting on the web using MediaWiki. Hosted wikis do not feature ads, and administrators can configure almost every aspect through a self-service interface. Users can choose and configure more than 300 extensions and skins, add a custom domain at no charge, and use VisualEditor without a separate fee. Miraheze offers help from a team of MediaWiki experts. Its stated use cases include technology, games, entertainment, science, and education wikis. The service supports role permissions, revision history, media uploads, and API access. Miraheze describes its code as open source and links to its GitHub organization, whose profile identifies the WikiTide Foundation as operator. The Free wiki hosting plan costs nothing and includes hosting, 300+ extensions and skins, custom domains, and VisualEditor. Its privacy policy says registration and usage details may be collected.