History: Tiki vs DokuWiki
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Similar
- Both are free and open source web applications with a powerful wiki.
- Both can run on standard, inexpensive hosting.
- Both support Wiki markup. Please see (if) Why Wiki Syntax Is Important to your project.
- Both are written in PHP
Different
- DokuWiki uses files for storage whereas Tiki uses a database, such as MySQL. Because of this, DokuWiki is easier/quicker to install.
- While people often compare them, Tiki is more comparable to Drupal and Joomla! as it's a full-featured CMS which happens to be Wiki-centric.
- DokuWiki is focused on being a great Wiki (which it is!), whereas Tiki is more of an out-of-the box Content Management System / general purpose wiki with all the features built-in. Because of these design choices, Tiki has more features out-of-the-box. DokuWiki doesn't offer forums, bug tracker, blogs, etc
- DokuWiki is GPL, Tiki is LGPL. The main difference between the GPL and the LGPL is that the latter can be linked to (in the case of a library, 'used by') a non-(L)GPLed program, which may be free software or proprietary software.
Wiki Matrix
Compare them at http://www.wikimatrix.org/compare/Tiki-Wiki-CMS-Groupware+DokuWiki
Active contributors
Number of contributors who made changes to the project source code each month.
Tiki is in red