Foswiki vs Wikibase
Foswiki
foswiki.orgWikibase
mediawiki.orgSide by side
| Figure | Foswiki | Wikibase |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 2 |
| Spec score · Wiki Software | 8.9 (#4) | 7.5 (#25) |
| Purpose | Foswiki is an open, programmable collaboration platform for sharing knowledge and editing pages collaboratively. | Wikibase is a collaborative toolbox for pooling, editing, and curating structured information for people and computers. |
| Security | The feature page identifies protection against Cross-Site Request Forgery as a security feature. | The Suite deployment includes Traefik, which handles TLS termination and SSL certificate renewal through ACME. |
| Support | The feature page points users to IRC for help and lists community consultants who can help install and customize Foswiki. | The Wikibase project points users to its community and FAQ, while Wikibase Suite directs support questions to troubleshooting and an engineering-team bug report form. |
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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.