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XWiki

Score8.2 out of 10

4 Reviews and Ratings

What is XWiki?

XWiki is an open-source collaborative platform designed to enhance business collaboration and streamline knowledge management for companies of all sizes. As a an alternative to proprietary knowledge bases, XWiki offers a structured second-generation wiki with over 900 pre-made extensions, enabling businesses to add features and customize their XWiki instance to meet specific needs.

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Screenshot of an XWiki homepage
Screenshot of knowledge management, in XWiki.
Screenshot of the granular rights access feature, that helps users to manage big teams.
Screenshot of some of the customizations available in every aspect of an instance, from theme to templates and page structure.
Screenshot of an example of migration from Confluence using the dedicated migrator.

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Screenshot of an XWiki homepage

Who Buys & Uses XWiki

XWiki is the ultimate solution for collective intelligence over the Web

Pros

  • XWiki makes it easy to manage semi-structured information, which is at the heart of every knowledge nexus of organizations. It makes it easy to manage in a single system both structured data (such as memberships, projects), and unstructured data.
  • XWiki offers a very rich API for creating enterprise applications quickly that are easy to maintain and evolve collaboratively.
  • XWiki templating and skinning system is extremely flexible and powerful.

Cons

  • While the basic pieces are available for turning XWiki into an advanced semantic system, some features could be made available more prominently to the user for easing the use of faceted and typed links, paving the way for a new era of collaborative knowledge sharing.

Return on Investment

  • XWiki has a positive impact on the OW2 communication and collaborations strategies. It saves time when developing applications.

Other Software Used

ownCloud, JIRA Software