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Fact Sheet
Facts and figures about the Tiki project at a glance
Project Information
| Official name | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware |
| Short name | Tiki |
| Alternate names (if space or slash is a problem) |
Tiki-Wiki-CMS-Groupware Tiki_Wiki_CMS_Groupware TikiWikiCmsGroupware TikiWiki |
| Started | October 9, 2002 |
| Project type | Community-managed open development, with an official Tiki Software Community Association While Consultants are available for hire, Tiki is "Community Open Source" vs "Commercial open source". See Business Models for more information. |
| Development model | Wiki way, All-in-one model |
| URL |
tiki.org (the old domain tiki.org also works) |
Descriptions
| One liner | Software made the wiki way |
| Very short | A powerful multilingual CMS+groupware+Wiki. |
| Short | The Free / Libre / Open Source Web Application with the most built-in features. |
| Short | A full-featured, Free / Libre / Open Source, multilingual, all-in-one Wiki+CMS+Groupware written in PHP. |
| Short-ish | A full-featured, Free / Libre / Open Source, multilingual (40+ languages), all-in-one Wiki+CMS+Groupware. PHP, MySQL, Zend Framework, jQuery and Smarty. |
| 160 characters | The Free / Libre / Open Source Web Application with the most built-in features. Web Publishing / Collaboration / Shopping Cart / Social Networking / CRM / E-learning |
| Medium (Use case focus) |
The Free / Libre / Open Source Web Application with the most built-in features. Use cases: Web Publishing/Collaboration/Project Management/Office Suite/Knowledge base/Shopping Cart/Social Networking/Application Framework/CRM/Membership/E-learning |
| Medium (Feature focus) |
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware is a full-featured, tightly integrated, Free / Libre / Open Source, multilingual (40+ languages), all-in-one Wiki+CMS+Groupware, written in PHP and actively developed by a very large international community. Major features include articles, forums, newsletters, blogs, file and image galleries, wiki, bug and issue trackers (form generator), calendar, RSS feeds, category system, tags, advanced permission system for users and groups, and more. |
| Medium (General) |
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware is a full-featured, web-based, multilingual (40+ languages), tightly integrated, all-in-one Wiki+CMS+Groupware, Free Source Software (GNU/LGPL), using PHP, MySQL, Zend Framework, jQuery and Smarty. Actively developed by a very large international community, Tiki can be used to create all kinds of Web applications, sites, portals, knowledge bases, intranets, and extranets. |
| Long |
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware is a full-featured, web-based, multilingual (40+ languages), tightly integrated, all-in-one Wiki+CMS+Groupware, Free / Libre / Open Source Software (GNU/LGPL), using PHP, MySQL, Zend Framework, jQuery and Smarty. Tiki can be used to create all kinds of Web applications, sites, portals, knowledge base, intranets, and extranets. It is actively developed by a very large international community. Tiki is the FLOSS Web Application with the most built-in features. Highly configurable and modular, all features are optional and administered via a web-based interface. Major features include a robust wiki engine, news articles, discussion forums, newsletters, blogs, file and image galleries, bug and issue trackers (form generator), a links directory, polls/surveys and quizzes, banner management system, calendar, maps, mobile, RSS feeds, category system, tags, an advanced themeing engine (Smarty), spreadsheet, slideshow, drawing, live support, shoutbox, inter-user messaging, menu generator, advanced permission system for users and groups, internal search engine, external authentication support, and much, much more. It integrates with the web conferencing BigBlueBlueButton.org for audio/video/chat/screensharing and whiteboard support. |
Categorization
| Software Categories |
Content management system (CMS) / Web portal / Enterprise content management Wiki engine / Enterprise wiki / Semantic wiki / Application Wiki Online office suite Groupware Web application (browser based) Internet forum (message board) Issue tracking system / Bug Tracker / Form generator Help desk Knowledge base / Knowledge management software Geospatial Content Management System (GeoCMS) Social Software / Enterprise social software Blog Personal information manager End user programming / Situational application Document management system (DMS) Spreadsheet |
| Tags | TikiWiki, tikiwiki (Instead of Tiki to avoid confusion with other uses of the word Tiki.) |
| Tags about Tiki | See TikiWiki tags on Ohloh.net |
| Other Listings | Listings |
Software Stats
| Current versions | Stable: In development: |
| Total number of releases | More than 100, to-date. Tiki releases, 0.9 to present.
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| Release schedule | Major releases every 6 months. See Roadmap. |
| Changelog | https://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/changelog.txt (More than 100,000 lines!) |
| Number of contributors to the code | 340 |
| Number of contributors in general | Several hundred |
| Number of Lines of Code (LOCs) | Over 1 million |
| Number of downloads |
Over 1 million |
Details
| Runs on shared hosting | Yes. Tiki runs on everything ranging from shared hosting to scalable high-performance clusters. Can be installed with FTP access or via control panel applications. Root access is not required. Please see Hosting. |
| Underlying technologies |
PHP scripting language MySQL database Smarty template engine jQuery JavaScript library Zend Framework Bootstrap (since Tiki13) |
| License | Free / Libre / Open Source Software: LGPL 2.1 (free speech and free beer) |
| RSS | http://tiki.org/tiki-articles_rss.php Official news |
| Demo | http://tiki.org/demo |
| Download | http://tiki.org/Download |
| Mailing Lists | http://tiki.org/Mailing+Lists |
| Official documentation | http://doc.tiki.org/ |
| Beginner's guide | http://tikiforsmarties.com/ |
| Developer's site | http://dev.tiki.org/ Bug reports and feature request |
| Forums | http://tiki.org/tiki-forums.php |
| Profiles | http://profiles.tiki.org/ Out-of-the-box solutions |
| Security | http://security.tiki.org/ |
| Number of languages | More than 40 Ongoing development: Translation |
Media
| Promo Sheet | English French |
| Favicon | |
| Buttons | 
More buttons... |
| Current Logo | See branding site |
| Screenshot |
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| Awards | Awards |
| Social networking sites | Networks |
| Events | A tradition in the Tiki community, a TikiFest is when there is a meeting between contributors that don't usually meet. Over 50 so far... |
Fun Facts
| Backronym | Tightly Integrated Knowledge Infrastructure |