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What makes Foswiki the ideal collaboration tool?

Foswiki is...

Wiki		Structured Data		Programmable Pages
Share knowledge Edit pages collaboratively If needed, protect pages with flexible access controls Versioned documents and attachments with revision history Enterprise LDAP integration		Store data in pages Use advanced search to extract data Create applications: status boards, to-do lists, inventory systems, employee handbooks, bug trackers Read more about structured data in Foswiki		Users can create applications using Excel-like macros - built-in or from numerous extensions Extract and display data in different formats: tabular, graphical, XML Combine with Web APIs like Google Maps to create mashups

Foswiki is an open, programmable collaboration platform
See how Foswiki is used for enterprise »

Our pick of features

Runs on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows (even stand alone on a USB Stick), also available as easy-to-setup software appliance for VMware or VirtualBox
Localized interfaces in 20 languages
Best in class WYSIWYG text editor
Best in class security, including protection against Cross-Site Request Forgery
Modern architecture that supports fastcgi, modperl, httpd stand alone and load balancing
Powerful Plugin API enables a thriving community delivering hundreds of extensions
Enterprise LDAP support

Reasons for choosing Foswiki

Our top reasons to use Foswiki
How Foswiki is being used
Examples of sites running Foswiki
Foswiki security overview
Media FAQ - Q&A's on Foswiki
Why this fork? - a short history of Foswiki's origins
Foswiki is the work of an active community that commits updates on a daily base and is available on IRC for help and chatting
List of Foswiki consultants - Foswiki community members who can help installing and customizing your installation

Created by the community

Foswiki is supported by a large number of volunteers who enjoy creating the best and most versatile Enterprise collaboration platform for free. We are always looking for fresh blood!

How You Can Help
Community homepage
Foswiki is being developed by task teams for Release, Security, User Experience, Translation, WYSIWYG editor, Website facilitator, Documentation, Infrastructure, Marketing

How the project is progressing

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   * Runs on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows (even stand alone on a USB Stick), also available as easy-to-setup software appliance for VMware or !VirtualBox
   * Localized interfaces in 20 languages
   * [[System.TinyMCEPlugin][Best in class WYSIWYG text editor]]
   * [[Foswiki:About.Security][Best in class security]], including protection against Cross-Site Request Forgery
   * Modern architecture that supports fastcgi, modperl, httpd stand alone and load balancing
   * [[%SYSTEMWEB%.DevelopingPlugins][Powerful Plugin API]] enables a thriving community delivering [[Foswiki:Extensions][hundreds of extensions]]
   * Enterprise LDAP support
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   * [[Foswiki:About.ReasonsToUseFoswiki][Our top reasons to use Foswiki]]
   * [[Foswiki:About.UseFor][How Foswiki is being used]]
   * [[Foswiki:About.ExampleSites][Examples of sites running Foswiki]]
   * [[Foswiki:About.Security][Foswiki security overview]]
   * [[Foswiki:About.MediaFaq][Media FAQ]] - Q&A's on Foswiki
   * [[Foswiki:About.WhyThisFork][Why this fork?]] - a short history of Foswiki's origins
   * Foswiki is the work of an active community that commits updates on a daily base and [[Community.InternetRelayChat][is available on IRC]] for help and chatting
   * [[Foswiki:Support.WikiConsultants][List of Foswiki consultants]] - Foswiki community members who can help installing and customizing your installation
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Foswiki is supported by a large number of volunteers who enjoy creating the best and most versatile Enterprise collaboration platform for free. We are always looking for fresh blood!
   * [[Foswiki:Community.HowYouCanHelp][How You Can Help]]
   * [[Foswiki:Community.WebHome][Community homepage]]
   * Foswiki is being developed by task teams for [[Foswiki:Community.ReleaseTaskTeam][Release]], [[Foswiki:Community.SecurityTaskTeam][Security]], [[Foswiki:Community.UserExperienceTaskTeam][User Experience]], [[Foswiki:Community.TranslationTaskTeam][Translation]], [[Foswiki:Community.WysiwygTaskTeam][WYSIWYG editor]], [[Foswiki:Community.WebsiteFacilitatorTaskTeam][Website facilitator]], [[Foswiki:Community.DocumentationTaskTeam][Documentation]], [[Foswiki:Community.InfrastructureTaskTeam][Infrastructure]], [[Foswiki:Community.MarketingTaskTeam][Marketing]]
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   * [[Foswiki:About.ProjectUpdate][Project update]] 
   * [[https://blog.foswiki.org][Foswiki Blog]]
   * [[Foswiki:About.FoswikiInTheNews][Foswiki in the news]]  <!-- hide for now
   * [[Foswiki:System.SiteChanges][Site activity of the last 24 hours]]  -->
   * [[https://github.com/foswiki/distro][Overview of committed code changes]]
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