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Hi! I work on XWiki [1]. Nice to see fellows building open source alternatives, we can't have enough of this. I hope you succeed. It takes a lot and lot of wo

by jraph 2y ago

Hi! I work on XWiki [1]. Nice to see fellows building open source alternatives, we can't have enough of this. I hope you succeed. It takes a lot and lot of work to build something comparable to Confluence. XWiki has been there since the beginning. How do you position yourself compared to XWiki? What made you decide not to join the forces? [1] https://xwiki.org https://xwiki.org

Scramblejams 2y ago
I would love to migrate off Confluence to something open. I tried XWiki but the user experience seemed comparatively rough. Do you have a set of extensions you’d recommend to make it more palatable to those who want a Confluence-like experience?
- jraph 2y ago
  Both Confluence and XWiki are huge and your experience is subjective, so it really depends on which parts you'd want to see improved. General improvement should not be made through extensions, it should really be done directly in the product. Quite some customers have pushed for improvements over the last months, for instance we now have page ordering in the navigation panel as a core feature thanks to their valuable feedback. So don't hesitate to share your feedback on the project [1] (generic feedback is interesting to read but specific stuff is more easily addressed), read previous feedback [2], ask questions on the forum [3], chat with us on our community chat [4] or even report bugs [5]. See also the roadmap to see if something important to you is already scheduled [6]. If you have money to spend, also know that XWiki SAS [7] offers consulting and support and we address customer concerns. We also sell "Pro" extensions (with free trial) that cover some features that are expected by Confluence users, among other things [8] (while we sell these features, it's not open core. It's still (truly) open source: you can get the code under LGPL and all). [1] https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Survey/ProductFeedback https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Survey/ProductFeedback [2] https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Feedback/DownloadFormFeedback/ https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Feedback/DownloadF... [3] https://forum.xwiki.org/ https://forum.xwiki.org/ [4] https://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/Chat https://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/Chat [5] https://jira.xwiki.org/ https://jira.xwiki.org/ [6] https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Roadmaps/ https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Roadmaps/ [7] https://xwiki.org/ https://xwiki.org/ [8] https://store.xwiki.com/ https://store.xwiki.com/

by jraph 2y ago

Scramblejams 2y ago

I would love to migrate off Confluence to something open. I tried XWiki but the user experience seemed comparatively rough. Do you have a set of extensions you’d recommend to make it more palatable to those who want a Confluence-like experience?

jraph 2y ago
Both Confluence and XWiki are huge and your experience is subjective, so it really depends on which parts you'd want to see improved. General improvement should not be made through extensions, it should really be done directly in the product. Quite some customers have pushed for improvements over the last months, for instance we now have page ordering in the navigation panel as a core feature thanks to their valuable feedback. So don't hesitate to share your feedback on the project [1] (generic feedback is interesting to read but specific stuff is more easily addressed), read previous feedback [2], ask questions on the forum [3], chat with us on our community chat [4] or even report bugs [5]. See also the roadmap to see if something important to you is already scheduled [6]. If you have money to spend, also know that XWiki SAS [7] offers consulting and support and we address customer concerns. We also sell "Pro" extensions (with free trial) that cover some features that are expected by Confluence users, among other things [8] (while we sell these features, it's not open core. It's still (truly) open source: you can get the code under LGPL and all). [1] https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Survey/ProductFeedback https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Survey/ProductFeedback [2] https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Feedback/DownloadFormFeedback/ https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Feedback/DownloadF... [3] https://forum.xwiki.org/ https://forum.xwiki.org/ [4] https://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/Chat https://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/Chat [5] https://jira.xwiki.org/ https://jira.xwiki.org/ [6] https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Roadmaps/ https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Roadmaps/ [7] https://xwiki.org/ https://xwiki.org/ [8] https://store.xwiki.com/ https://store.xwiki.com/