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Add to SafariWhen comparing MediaWiki vs Wiki.js, the Slant community recommends MediaWiki for most people. In the question“What are the best multi-user wikis?” MediaWiki is ranked 2nd while Wiki.js is ranked 6th. The most important reason people chose MediaWiki is:
Mediawiki is a widely used wiki engine. It is used to power Wikipedia and thus most people will be more comfortable/accustomed to using MediaWiki.
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Pros
Pro The de facto standard
Mediawiki is a widely used wiki engine. It is used to power Wikipedia and thus most people will be more comfortable/accustomed to using MediaWiki.
Pro It has a powerful templating system
Pro Free and open source
Licensed under GPL.
Pro Version control
MediaWiki allows viewing past revisions of pages.
Pro It has a usable WYSIWYG editor
Pro Thanks to Wikipedia it is thoroughly documented
Pro Runs on any PHP server
It requires a webserver running PHP 5.2 or later of any kind.
Pro Great multilingual support
MediaWiki has full support for over 65 languages and partial support for over 300.
Pro Multiple database support
MediaWiki can store data in MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle and SQLite databases.
Pro Modern UI
Modern and elegant UI.
Pro Search engine
Built in search engine.
Pro Built in access control
Restrict access to your Wiki to certain users or even just parts of your content.
Cons
Con Access control requires an extension
There is no built-in access control, but you can download an extension for ACL.
Con Full of UI bugs and missing features
Many bugs that detract from the user experience.
