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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
Backronym Tightly Integrated Knowledge Infrastructure
Alternate names
(if space or slash is a problem)
Tiki-Wiki-CMS-Groupware
Tiki_Wiki_CMS_Groupware
TikiWikiCmsGroupware
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 tikiwiki.org also works)
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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.
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Categorization

Software Stats

Current versions Stable: In development:
Total number of releases More than 100, to-date.
Tiki release timeline
Tiki releases, 0.9 to present.
Release schedule Major releases every 6 months. See Roadmap.
Changelog http://dev.tiki.org/changelog.txt (More than 50,000 lines!)
Number of contributors to the code 240+
Number of contributors in general Several hundred
Number of Lines of Code (LOCs) Over 1 million
Number of downloads
Over 1 million
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Details

Runs on shared hosting Yes.
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
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: i18n
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Media

Promo Sheet English
French
Favicon Image
Buttons Image Image Image
More buttons...
Current Logo See branding site
Screenshot
Tiki Home 14x
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...
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History

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Marc Laporte Name change 26
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Victor Emanouilov attachment conversion 25
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Gary Cunningham-Lee Revised the long description (subject to further checking, etc.). 24
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Marc Laporte More descriptive 23
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Marc Laporte Nicer to read 22
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Marc Laporte Everything will be multilingual nowadays 21
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Marc Laporte Nicer to read 20
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Marc Laporte It has been 8 months for a while now 19
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Jean-Marc Libs 18
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drsassafras Mass search and replace 17
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drsassafras Mass search and replace 16
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Gary Cunningham-Lee Fixed favicon file path. 15
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Gary Cunningham-Lee Fixed favicon file path. 14
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Marc Laporte 13
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Marc Laporte Yet still, I find myself correcting links from the botched site merge. Really guys: you need to be responsible and finish what you started. 12
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luciash d' being 🧙 added TikiWiki and moved the backronym to fun facts 11
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Marc Laporte Bootstrap 10
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drsassafras updated changelog link 9
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drsassafras removed dead & also blank images. 8
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Nelson Ko 7
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Nelson Ko 5
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gezza 4
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