14 of the Best Free Linux Wiki Engines
A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable
anyone who accesses it to contribute
or modify content, using a simplified markup language. A Wiki
engine is a type of collaborative software that runs a
wiki system. This facilitates web pages being created and edited
using a web browser. This type of software is usually implemented as an
application server that runs on one or more web servers.
The content is stored in a file system, and changes to the
content are typically stored in a
relational database management system (such as MySQL),
although some simple wiki
engines use text files instead.
Wikis try to make it as simple as possible to write and share
useful content, using intuitive page naming and text formatting
conventions. Wikis are usually (but not always) wide open and assume a
cooperating community. However, with spam bots prevalent, most wiki
engines have lots of anti-spam measures such as page permissions,
Access Control Lists, host blocking, blacklists, and CAPTCHAs in place.
TikiWiki is a very powerful content management system, which
just missed out on being included in our 21
of the Best Free Web Content Management Systems. However, it
merits a mention in this feature, as it is a very popular
wiki engine.
To provide an insight into the quality of software that is
available, we have compiled a list of 14 high quality free Linux wiki
engines. Hopefully, there will be something of interest for anyone who
wishes to
share information with others.
Now, let's explore the 14 wiki engines at hand. For each
title we have compiled its own portal page, a full description with an
in-depth analysis of its features, together with links to relevant
resources and reviews.
| Wiki Software |
| MediaWiki |
Collaborative
editing software that runs Wikipedia |
| DokuWiki |
Targeted at developer teams, workgroups and small
companies |
| MoinMoin
|
Advanced,
easy to use and extensible wiki engine implemented in Python |
| PmWiki |
Offers a simple-to-install system |
| PhpWiki |
Wiki
engine written in
PHP |
| Zwiki |
Powerful, innovative engine based on the Zope
web application server |
| XWiki |
Enterprise
wiki written in Java |
| MindTouch
Deki |
Web-based enterprise collaboration, wiki
software and mashup platform |
| Foswiki |
Supports
the embedding of active and passive
macros |
| JSPWiki |
Built around the
standard J2EE components of Java,
servlets and JSP |
| WackoWiki |
Small,
lightweight, handy, expandable,
multilingual written in PHP |
| Triki-Wiki |
Simple, robust, flat-file XHTML-Wiki in PHP |
| WikkaWiki |
Flexible,
lightweight,
standards-compliant wiki engine |
| TWiki |
Easy to use enterprise wiki and collaboration platform |
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Last Updated Sunday, February 05 2012 @ 01:41 PM EST
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