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Foswiki

Structured wiki and enterprise collaboration platform

Wikis & Documentation ★ 118 stars Hard setup GPL-3.0

Foswiki is an open-source structured wiki, typically used as an enterprise collaboration and knowledge management platform. It supports forms, queries, and applications built directly inside wiki pages.

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Key features

  • Structured forms and queries
  • Wiki applications
  • Plugin and extension system
  • Granular access control

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Powerful structured wiki features
  • Good for enterprise use

Trade-offs

  • Perl stack less common
  • Complex configuration

Is Foswiki secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Foswiki's latest release (FoswikiRelease02x01x11). OSV.dev lists 1 past advisory for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-2861, published 2026-02-21 (235 days ago)

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

Foswiki replaces

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