WikiSuite is a Free / Libre / Open Source software (FLOSS) enterprise suite.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software
The enterprise suite category is for solutions for organizations that cover more than 10 traditional software categories in an integrated fashion (ex.: logins work throughout all features, etc.). Software categories differ depending on the source and evolve over time, but here is a typical example.
To succeed in any major project, you need efficient collaboration of a number of minds. Once you have sufficient diversity and quantity of minds working together, you can do just about anything.
So I wanted the best possible tool to empower collaboration. All the other solutions I saw had at least one major flaw. Ex.:
Wikipedia didn't invent the concept of an encyclopedia. It just re-did one using the wiki way (open source, open knowledge, web collaboration, convergent collaboration, etc.) Similarly, with WikiSuite, my goal was to make available all the possible tools teams could need. Thus, an enterprise suite. WikiSuite didn't invent the enterprise suite concept, but it's the most successful project doing it in a wiki way. Now that we have a fantastic tool for Unified Collaboration, we can empower countless teams and communities.
WikiSuite is the most comprehensive and integrated Free / Libre / Open Source enterprise software suite ever developed.
comprehensive: WikiSuite offers most (over 80 percent) of the data and information management features that all organizations need.
integrated: The end goal is that all parts of WikiSuite look and act consistently. One login for everything, one search box for everything, etc. We are not 100% there yet, but we are closer than the other FLOSS offerings, and have a realistic roadmap to get there. Also see the answer about Bootstrap below.
Please see: The most comprehensive and integrated Free Libre Open Source enterprise software suite ever developed.
They are the individual software applications that comprise WikiSuite. Please see: Software Components.
All options were extensively analyzed and compared according to this component criteria.
WikiSuite is much more than just a list of software. Our end goal is to have one integrated suite that covers essentially all the software needs for a typical organization. The policy is to work closely with each upstream project. See also: "Upstream First". And thus, it is a community project doing the following:
If you compare to the alternatives to WikiSuite, you will see that some of them are mostly focused on making it easy to install diverse software, but they don't focus on making everything work together as one. WikiSuite has massively contributed to Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware, Openfire and ClearOS.
All the common cases. Take a hundred organizations of a certain size (ex.: 50 team members). They all need a website, email, accounting, etc. All these are in WikiSuite. If something is missing, we extend one of the existing components, or we add a new component. See in Why Openfire how we plan for the use cases.
There are a few options:
Ask 10 people what feature X should do. If you have quite similar answers, it should be a feature. Blogs, forums, wikis, etc. are clear concepts with clear expectations. But what about CRM, ERP, Project Management? Here, the solution will be quite different depending on the nature and size of the organization. For a freelancer, a CRM can be done in wiki pages. For organizations with large support teams, it requires a structured approach which aggregates and presents various data types:
And the needs will evolve. So we need a flexible system which evolves with the organization.
A way to package these is called Configuration Profiles: https://profiles.tiki.org.
We plan to extend this concept throughout WikiSuite.
No. Don't install / activate what you don't need. And the day you need it, you'll be pleased that it's ready for you, and working with all the rest of WikiSuite.
Yes, it's all Free / Libre / Open Source (FLOSS). You can use different components that better suit you (legacy data, better features, etc.). Please do share why / how you did this so others can learn and make better choices for their projects.
Software and documentation are released under appropriate "wiki way" community-friendly licensing. Please see: License.
As of 2019, WikiSuite's cost to develop is well over US$50 million. Please see: Constructive Cost Model COCOMO.
We are working to move all components to Bootstrap (front-end web framework).
No. The main use case is to set up a server (virtual or physical) for each project. But several domains can be supported as aliases, so you could have both example.org and example.com but only one user john.smith.
An alternative: Orchestrator
Let's take both words (according to Wiktionary):
So it's collection of software working well together that facilitates teams working well together. Wikis are historically about collaboration on textual content in web pages (which was a limitation of the technology of the day). However, for WikiSuite, it's to facilitate collaboration through any type of content: web pages for unstructured content (wiki/web pages) and structured content (spreadsheets, databases, business applications), files, emails, real time communication (XMPP and WebRTC), virtual machines, videos, diagrams, passwords, etc. (anything really).
It's mostly through a web browser but some non-browser software is supported. Ex.: the IMAP protocol to manage email via a desktop or mobile client. And we are working on JMAP.
Each component has a different support period. For now, the supported versions are the latest stable versions of each component. In the future, we will add a Long Term Support (LTS) for the reasons explained at https://tiki.org/Versions. See also: Version Lifecycle.
See Performance.
Please see: Alternatives.
There are multiple different possibilities. It really depends on your specific use case and preferences. Do you prefer fewer servers running multiple services? Or do you prefer segmenting?
Here are a few:
Please see: Mission Vision Values, Projects, Roadmap and To do.
Just register and start participating! This is a wiki community, and thus, inherently collaborative.
Please note that you do not need to register at wikisuite.org to use WikiSuite.
Please see: Contribute.
If it's a bug or feature request of a component, use the mechanism of that component. See also: Source.
For a bug related to one of the ClearOS apps, please report to the relevant app on Github: https://github.com/wikisuite.
If you are not sure, or for a general task, or feature request for WikiSuite: To do.
Please see: Support.
Please see: Contact.
Some older content is still at https://suite.tiki.org/Tiki-Suite-FAQ.