Comparison with other wikis softwares

This article compares the docJGenerator features with other wikis softwares.

Features overview

The main features of docJGenerator are:

• the result is a Web site which needs no dependencies to work correctly (such as a Database, a Web server, etc...)
• editing articles for docJGenerator must currently be performed through the source of the articles. Web-based edition is not possible for the moment
• it accepts an XML-based syntax and the Mediawiki markup or Markdown markup
• it can also generate the content as a PDF document, DOCX document, or Epub document
• it does not handle talk pages
• it does not handle articles history
• it has the concept of roots (packages) allowing to configure the result with the same articles definition^[1]
  It can be useful for example if you want to publish several different documentations using the same source. For example if a part of your documentation deals with OpenSource elements which you want ot publish on the Web, but other deals with closed elements which you only want to publish internally

Comparison

Note that the following table do not imply that docJGenerator is better than X / Y / Z wiwki software, but rather to know if it can be useful to your use case, depending on the wiki software you already know.

Wiki software	Features comparison
Mediawiki	docJGenerator: does not handle talk pages does not handle articles history the result is usable without any Web Server nor any specific software (generated Web site) docJGenerator articles must be modified in source (not modifiable through a Web page) docJGenerator can also generate the content as a PDF document, DOCX document, or Epub document has the concept of roots (packages) to define only one set of articles, but generates various resulting wikis depending on the generation configuration
TiddlyWiki	docJGenerator: does not handle articles history docJGenerator articles must be modified in source (not modifiable through a Web page) docJGenerator result is not one Web page but interlinked pages, allowing to modify each page separately docJGenerator can also generate the content as a PDF document, DOCX document, or Epub document has the concept of roots (packages) to define only one set of articles, but generates various resulting wikis depending on the generation configuration
DokuWiki	docJGenerator: does not handle articles history the result is usable without any Web Server nor any specific software (generated Web site) docJGenerator articles must be modified in source (not modifiable through a Web page) docJGenerator can also generate the content as a PDF document, DOCX document, or Epub document has the concept of roots (packages) to define only one set of articles, but generates various resulting wikis depending on the generation configuration