Mediawiki VS XWiki

Compare Mediawiki vs XWiki and see what are their differences.

Mediawiki

🌻 The collaborative editing software that runs Wikipedia. Mirror from https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/core. See https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_access for contributing. (by wikimedia)
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Mediawiki XWiki
25 -
3,947 922
1.8% 0.8%
10.0 10.0
1 day ago 2 days ago
PHP Java
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only
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Mediawiki

Posts with mentions or reviews of Mediawiki. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-15.
  • The most interesting Open Source web applications
    5 projects | dev.to | 15 Jun 2023
    Wikipedia that runs on MediaWiki which is written in PHP. source code
  • My collection of Ansible roles for self-hosting everything with Rocky Linux and FreeIPA
    17 projects | /r/selfhosted | 2 Jun 2023
    MediaWiki
  • Delete files after wiki creation
    1 project | /r/mediawiki | 3 Apr 2023
    "https://ibb.co/0F2rWbG/logo.png", 'icon' => "https://ibb.co/0F2rWbG/logo.png",];## UPO means: this is also a user preference option$wgEnableEmail = true;$wgEnableUserEmail = true; # UPO$wgEmergencyContact = "";$wgPasswordSender = "";$wgEnotifUserTalk = false; # UPO$wgEnotifWatchlist = false; # UPO$wgEmailAuthentication = true;## Database settings$wgDBtype = "mysql";$wgDBserver = "wiki";$wgDBname = "wikipapadeluxe";$wgDBuser = "root";$wgDBpassword = "";# MySQL specific settings$wgDBprefix = "";# MySQL table options to use during installation or update$wgDBTableOptions = "ENGINE=InnoDB, DEFAULT CHARSET=binary";# Shared database table# This has no effect unless $wgSharedDB is also set.$wgSharedTables[] = "actor";## Shared memory settings$wgMainCacheType = CACHE_NONE;$wgMemCachedServers = [];## To enable image uploads, make sure the 'images' directory## is writable, then set this to true:$wgEnableUploads = false;#$wgUseImageMagick = true;#$wgImageMagickConvertCommand = "/usr/bin/convert";# InstantCommons allows wiki to use images from https://commons.wikimedia.org$wgUseInstantCommons = false;# Periodically send a pingback to https://www.mediawiki.org/ with basic data# about this MediaWiki instance. The Wikimedia Foundation shares this data# with MediaWiki developers to help guide future development efforts.$wgPingback = true;# Site language code, should be one of the list in ./includes/languages/data/Names.php$wgLanguageCode = "en";# Time zone$wgLocaltimezone = "Europe/Berlin";## Set $wgCacheDirectory to a writable directory on the web server## to make your wiki go slightly faster. The directory should not## be publicly accessible from the web.#$wgCacheDirectory = "$IP/cache";$wgSecretKey = "b564d730428f48d0882f0ae67283fc844ba41347848b4868501bdb524ff86342";# Changing this will log out all existing sessions.$wgAuthenticationTokenVersion = "1";# Site upgrade key. Must be set to a string (default provided) to turn on the# web installer while LocalSettings.php is in place$wgUpgradeKey = "d8e35fccd5b424df";## For attaching licensing metadata to pages, and displaying an## appropriate copyright notice / icon. GNU Free Documentation## License and Creative Commons licenses are supported so far.$wgRightsPage = ""; # Set to the title of a wiki page that describes your license/copyright$wgRightsUrl = "";$wgRightsText = "";$wgRightsIcon = "";# Path to the GNU diff3 utility. Used for conflict resolution.$wgDiff3 = "";# The following permissions were set based on your choice in the installer$wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false;## Default skin: you can change the default skin. Use the internal symbolic## names, e.g. 'vector' or 'monobook':$wgDefaultSkin = "vector";# Enabled skins.# The following skins were automatically enabled:wfLoadSkin( 'MinervaNeue' );wfLoadSkin( 'MonoBook' );wfLoadSkin( 'Timeless' );wfLoadSkin( 'Vector' );# End of automatically generated settings.# Add more configuration options below.
  • Twitter's source code has been leaked on GitHub
    10 projects | /r/ProgrammerHumor | 27 Mar 2023
    Do you mean Fandom wiki? You would want some kind of open source wiki platform. MediaWiki (used for Wikipedia) is probably the most popular and full featured.
  • Phewww...😅
    1 project | /r/ProgrammerHumor | 15 Mar 2023
    It's all open source https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki
  • Crowdsourced Glossary for Survivalists: A User-Experience Based Resource for Brands, Products, Plants, and Techniques
    1 project | /r/Survival | 25 Feb 2023
    A little money, a little installation work, and this: https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki
  • This is the first time, or maybe the perfect opportunity for public mass adoption of a free software. What do you think of Mastodon Evangelism?
    1 project | /r/opensource | 2 Jan 2023
  • Even with the flaws I have added Chad to my toolbox
    1 project | /r/artificial | 7 Dec 2022
  • Portable Off Grid Wikipedia
    1 project | /r/preppers | 20 Nov 2022
    This is overkill. The entirety of Wikipedia is made available for free download by the Wikimedia foundation, the code is open-source, and anyone can set up their own copy of Wikipedia on a normal PC with a big hard disk. Power this off a portable battery and solar panel and you have off-grid Wikipedia without any hardware hacking.
  • Looking for a selfhosted solution for keeping track of ongoing conversations
    1 project | /r/selfhosted | 1 Nov 2022
    Last time I had occasion to use one - i used mediawiki

XWiki

Posts with mentions or reviews of XWiki. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

We haven't tracked posts mentioning XWiki yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Mediawiki and XWiki you can also consider the following projects:

Dokuwiki - The DokuWiki Open Source Wiki Engine

Wiki.js - Wiki.js | A modern and powerful wiki app built on Node.js

BookStack - A platform to create documentation/wiki content built with PHP & Laravel

django-wiki - A wiki system with complex functionality for simple integration and a superb interface. Store your knowledge with style: Use django models.

Outline - The fastest knowledge base for growing teams. Beautiful, realtime collaborative, feature packed, and markdown compatible.

Gollum - A simple, Git-powered wiki with a sweet API and local frontend.

Documize - Modern Confluence alternative designed for internal & external docs, built with Go + EmberJS

TiddlyWiki - A self-contained JavaScript wiki for the browser, Node.js, AWS Lambda etc.