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History: WikiSuite vs OpenPaaS

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OpenPaaS and WikiSuite have some similarities. This page is to explain the differences and rationale of choices. You likely will be interested in the other alternatives to WikiSuite.

Similarities

  • Both are designed for the enterprise
  • Both are reusing existing components with a goal to produce a unified user experience
  • Both are upstreaming all fixes and enhancements
  • The teams behind each project have a long experience of producing FLOSS apps (OBM and Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware)

Differences

  • OpenSaaS is the next generation of OBM. It's a rewrite in a different programming language while taking advantage of their extensive experience in the field. This has the "green field advantage"
  • WikiSuite was born out Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware to address the need to expand out and add new functionality by partnering up with complementary components. This has the advantage of a more mature code base and the disadvantage of some feature overlap. Some glueware between the components is required. In some cases, it's seamless and clean because (ex.: it's using an open standard so it's a desired extension point anyway). In some other case, it's not so clean because it's to compensate for overlap between applications.
  • OpenPaaS does not support XMPP (but there are plans for a gateway) while WikiSuite picked Openfire to fully support XMPP and to participate to improving XMPP over the long term.

Questions

Is OpenPaas multi-tenant? (highly likely yes). WikiSuite is not.

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