2 Examples of wiki software

2.1 Python-based

• MoinMoinMoinMoin is a Wiki engine implemented in Python. External links "Moin, Moin" is also a popular greeting in northern Germany, meaning "have a good day". Wiki software. [1] is a Wiki clone written in PythonPython is an interpreted, interactive programming language created by Guido van Rossum in 1990, originally as a scripting language for Amoeba OS capable of making system calls. Python is often compared to Tcl, Perl, Scheme, Java and Ruby. Python is develo. Offers good access control based on user groups.
• Piki [2] is a Python-based Wiki. It is fairly basic, quick and simple to install, and offers reasonable security.
• Pikie [3], another Python-based Wiki, offers more features than Piki. It produces a Wiki that resembles a typical website, and allows visitors to choose which "skin" to view the site with.
• Trac [4], is a Wiki clone that integrates simple issue tracking and and interface to Subversion.
• Wikinehesa [5] is a Python Wiki which also boasts more features than Piki. It is designed to address security issues found in some wiki engines, and is easy to install. It allows centering of images and text, and prevents image uploads overwriting existing filenames. It is Free Software released under the GPL.
• WyPy [6] is a Python Wiki with a very minimalist function set, implemented in a mere 11 lines of code.
• Zwiki [7] is a Zope-based Wiki clone. It integrates with the CMF content management framework and Plone, and has several input page syntaxes available.

2.2 Ruby-based

• Instiki [8] is a Wiki clone written in Ruby.

2.3 PHP-based

• CitiWiki [9] has been called the "Wiki of the next generation".
• CoTeia [10] -- XML-based Brazilian collaborative authoring tool with access control (optional), concurrency control (WebDAV), chat server, annotation server and site map. Runs on MySQL.
• coWiki [11] -- follows the tradition of loose wikis with easy and intuitional markup, adding Unixlike access management, a directory/document hierarchy, and a plugin API for your functionalities and enhancements. All documents are parsed to XML for further export and transformation. coWiki is modular, template-based and multilingual. Requires PHP5 and MySQL
• DokuWiki [12] is a simple-to-use Wiki aimed at the documentation needs of a small company. It uses plain texts files and has a simple but powerful syntax which ensures the datafiles remain readable outside the Wiki.
• ErfurtWiki [13] -- embeddable into existing sites, uses SQL or flat-file backend, single script, allows plugins.
• MediaWiki was custom-designed for the high-volume Wikipedia encyclopedia project. It is written in PHP and uses a MySQL database backend.
• PhpWiki [14] is a WikiWikiWeb clone in PHP.
• PukiWiki [15] [16] is a PHP-based wiki (japanese).
• PmWiki [17] is a PHP-based wiki. Features include: GPL-licensed, easy installation/customization, designed for collaborative authoring and maintenance of web sites, and support for Internationalization. Does not require a database.
• QwikiWiki [18] is a wiki designed for simplicity. It is easy to install, supports files and images, and stores pages in the file system.
• Text Wiki [19] is an object-oriented wiki parsing and rendering library. It does not implement page storage or other functions of a complete wiki application; it abstracts wiki markup elements into separate classes, then provides multiple output methods of the parsed source (XHTML and plain-text are currently supported, RTF, PDF, and LaTeX are on the way).
• TikiWiki [20] is one of the larger and more ambitious wiki development projects, including a variety of additional groupware features (message forums, articles, etc.).
• TipiWiki [21] is intended to be small, simple, and strictly XHTML standard-compliant; it uses plain text files.
• WakkaWiki [22] is a PHP/MySQL-based lightweight wiki engine. (not continued, please see forks like WackoWiki)
  • WackoWiki [23] is a fork of Wakka, with many new features. (multilingual)
  • UniWakka [24], another fork of Wakka, aims at providing a collaborative authoring tool for scientific web content. It supports WikiFarms installations, MathML, footnotes, tables of contents, bibtex import and export, latex export, latex-like citations, OpenOffice export and more.
  • WikkaWiki [25] a fork of Wakka with many improvments.
• WikiRootry [26] is a Wiki Project written in PHP. It stores data in plain files, so no database is needed. Though simple, it has a number of "pro" features, including admin control, user management, and automated backup.
• wikiX [27] -- PHP/MySQL-based wiki. It aims to allow users to redefine syntax by using wikiXmacros and various stages of PHP plugin.
• WikkiTikkiTavi [28] -- Written in PHP, uses MySQL

2.4 LISP-based

• CLiki [29] is a free collaborative hypertext authoring program written in Common Lisp. Modelled on Wiki, it is free software released under the MIT license. It presently runs in SBCL and requires Araneida which needs the SBCL socket library. Considered extremely powerful, it has been implemented at cliki.net, and metacircles.com.

2.5 Microsoft

• DotWiki a Wiki clone using VB.NET and SQL Server.
• Elrey's Wiki Server - [30] or [31] - is a wiki variant written in C++ and Winsocks. It has built-in http 1.0 server and very useful features for easy installation and best for personal as well as internet or intranet use.
• ErfurtWiki [32], a single script with lots of plugins, uses SQL or a flat-file backend.
• FlexWiki [33] is a .NET enabled Wiki tool, available in binary or source form. Very easy to use, work with, and modify.
• OpenWiki [34] is an XML-based wiki written in ASP. It combines the best features of several Wikis, particularly UseMod and MoinMoin.
• Perspective [35] Perspective is a Wiki engine targeted for use by project teams to help them collect and share knowledge. Provides WYSIWYG editing in IE and Mozilla with versioned pages and attachments. Supports searching over pages and attachments (including searching of MS Office documents). Open Source and released under the GPL.
• WikiAsp [36] is powerful Active Server Pages engine which runs on Microsoft IIS and Windows. It packs features like RSS and automatic DB creation.

2.6 Java-based

• JSP Wiki [37] is based on JavaServer Pages and available under the GNU Lesser General Public License.
• SnipSnap [38] is a Java-based package that combines Wiki and blog concepts. It includes its own web server, but can be built as a war file for use in other servlet engines. Released under the GNU General Public License
• Very Quick Wiki [39] is a WikiWiki web clone written using JavaServer Pages and servlets and designed to be installed and run with minimum effort on Jakarta Tomcat or some other Java application servers. Very Quick Wiki also supports use of MySQL.
• XWiki [40] is a Java wiki engine with a complete wiki feature set (version control, attachments, etc.) and a database engine and programming language which allows database driven applications to be created using the wiki interface.
• HMath [41] is a Java-based MathML weblog Wiki. It is based on SnipSnap and contains a TeX-subset to MathML converter.
• Confluence [42] is a commercial J2EE application which combines Wiki and blog functionality. Its features include PDF page export and page refactoring, and it can be run on any application server using any RDBMS backend.
• JWiki [43] A pure Java Wiki. Is very simple and is not based on a servlets. The goal is to have a Wiki that is easy to get up and running. Written by Richard Keene, now supported by Joseph Bergin at Pace University. (One of the 'very simple hacks' mentioned above.)

2.7 Perl-based

• Kwiki [44] is perhaps the simplest, most modular and easy-to-extend Wiki.
  • Socialtext [45] is an enterprise wiki and weblog based on Kwiki. It is available as a hosted service or a hardware appliance.
• Lexi [46] is a cross between Wiki and a lexicon. It obviates the need for CamelCase links.
• TWiki [47] is a JOS Wiki development for business intranets. It has good access control for pages. No database is needed. Some content is dynamically generated.
• UseModWiki [48] is a reimplementation/clone of Ward Cunningham's original Wiki concept.
  • OddMuse [49] is a fork of UseModWiki.
  • PurpleWiki [50] is major rewrite of UseModWiki that implements Purple Numbers and Transclusion.

While not strictly Wiki software, weblog-engine Blosxom [51] mostly meets the definition when used with its wikieditish and wikiwordish plugins. There are also plugins available that enable Blosxom to use the text parsers from Kwiki, Twiki, or PurpleWiki.

2.8 Smalltalk-based

• Swiki [52] is written in Squeak, and considered to be "super-portable and easy to set up and use".

2.9 Unknown

• MyWiki [53] is a server-less wiki for the GNUstep and Cocoa environment.
• ProjectForum [54] is a non-free cross-platform (Windows, Unix, Mac OS X) Wiki application. Freeware and commercial versions are available.
• Tomboy [55] is billed as a desktop notetaking application, but is actually a kind of serverless wiki (and is acknowledged as such by its author).
• Jotspot [56] is non-free wiki software with groupware and database features.
• VoodooPad [57] is a non-free, server-less wiki for the Mac OS X desktop.

3 Examples of wiki hosting services

• EditMe.com [58] is a subscription-based wiki hosting service, based on a custom wiki engine written in Java.
• Riters.com [59] is a free online document collaboration service and Wiki farm
• Socialtext [60] offers a paid hosting service with their wiki software
• Wikicities [61] is a free MediaWiki hosting service provided by Wikimedia
• XWiki.com [62] is a free wiki hosting service based on the XWiki software.

4 See also

• Wiki software using MySQL

5 External links

• Wiki engines
• How to start a Wiki (on Wikibooks)
• How to choose a Wiki
• Top ten wiki engines

Wiki software

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