XWikiWiki Collaboration as an alternative to

Confluence or Sharepoint

Vincent Massol, December 2017

Main differentiators

• XWiki:

• Open source and community-based development

• Highly configurable (can be done in the wiki directly)

• Structured data as a built-in feature

• Ability for non-developers to create small applications

XWIKI

Open Source

Reduced lock-in

XWiki: Community-based dev (own Governance)

Lots of add-ons

Community Support

Ability to make modifications

(and fix issues)

No license cost but must contribute in exchange

(code, finance)

Configurability - UI

Configurability - Themes

Configurability - Skin

Can be done on filesystem or in wiki pages!

Configurability - UIXP

Allow to augment the UI without

touching the skin

(21 so far)

Configurability - UIXP

Configurability - Architect.Component-based development

Any part of XWiki can be modified

Attachments saved in S3

In-house permission

system

Custom Search Server

Example

Configurability - Extensions• Forum

• Meeting Manager

• Calendar

• Publication Workflow

• FAQ

Structured DataStructure

defined in a wiki page!

And view and edit

displayers too!

Structured Data

Act on the data, e.g.

Filtered live table

Creating your AppsEasily create

small applications

Wizard to get started

Non-developers can use it for simple apps

Creating your AppsFor more complex apps, benefit from all the APIs

If there’s only one thing to remember

XWiki is the perfect wiki whenever you need a collaborative web site fitting your custom needs.

Standard wiki

Custom collab. site

Start Evolve to, when needed

FeedbacksI looked at a number of wiki projects to use at work (we are replacing mediawiki) and XWiki was easily ahead of the others. It also won out over Confluence which I guess many people would see as the class-leading "enterprise wiki".

10+ years of experience w/ @confluence & I must say, I'm hard pressed to find anything that I need there, that @XWiki does not provide.

Overall  * Comparable in functionality to Confluence * Vast set of extensions  * Flexible and mature extension APIs  * Active and responsive community  * Written in most popular programming language: Java  * Healthy project architecture and development process  * Focus on quality  We have used several opensource wiki systems, but in terms of ease of configuration, support and functionality - XWiki is the ultimate winner 

 I've been looking for an open source wiki with rich text editing. In some ways it's the OpenOffice replacement for Sharepoint.

Q&A

Me

Vincent Massolvincent@xwiki.comskype: vmassolhttp://about.me/vmassol

http://xwiki.orghttp://xwiki.com