DokuWiki is a standards compliant, simple to use Wiki, mainly aimed at creating documentation of any kind. It is targeted at developer teams, workgroups and small companies. It has a simple but powerful syntax which makes sure the datafiles remain readable outside the Wiki and eases the creation of structured texts.
Its syntax is similar to the one used by MediaWiki.
All data is stored in plain text files – no database is required.
Key Features
- Simple syntax.
- Unlimited page revisions.
- Recent changes.
- Colored side by side diff support.
- Uploading and embedding of images and other media.
- Customizable Interwiki links.
- Optional CamelCase support.
- Content can be categorized in namespaces, easily browsable through an automatic index.
- Section Editing allows editing of small parts of a page.
- Toolbar and access keys make editing easy for beginners and professionals.
- Easy navigation through breadcrumbs.
- Automatic table of contents generation.
- Locking to avoid edit conflicts.
- Simple support for read only pages.
- Extended Access Control Lists.
- Spam blacklist.
- Delayed Indexing.
- Mail encryption.
- Optional automatic plural linking for English wikis.
- Index-based fast fulltext search.
- Page caching for quicker rendering.
- Ajax-enhanced interface.
- Layout customizable through Template.
- Plugins (over 300 already available).
- No database required, uses plain text files.
- Syndication of recent changes as RSS or ATOM feeds.
- Authentication Backends for integrating with LDAP, MySQL,PostgresSQL and others.
- Support for over 30 languages.
- Full UTF-8.
- Romanization support for nicer URLs.
Website: www.dokuwiki.org
Support: Manual
Developer: Andreas Gohr
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
DokuWiki is written in PHP. Learn PHP with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| Wiki Engines | |
|---|---|
| Wiki.js | Wiki engine running on Node.js and written in JavaScript |
| MediaWiki | Collaborative editing software that runs Wikipedia |
| XWiki | Enterprise wiki written in Java |
| TiddlyWiki | Personal wiki and non-linear notebook |
| DokuWiki | Targeted at developer teams, workgroups and small companies |
| Docmost | Collaborative wiki and documentation software |
| Tiki Wiki | Wiki-based content management system |
| BookStack | Platform to create documentation/wiki content |
| Gollum | Simple wiki system built on top of Git |
| PmWiki | Offers a simple-to-install system |
| JSPWiki | Built around the standard J2EE components of Java, servlets and JSP |
| Foswiki | Supports the embedding of active and passive macros |
| WackoWiki | Small, lightweight, handy, expandable, multilingual written in PHP |
| PhpWiki | Wiki engine written in PHP |
| MoinMoin | Advanced, easy to use and extensible wiki engine implemented in Python |
| TWiki | Easy to use enterprise wiki and collaboration platform |
| Otter Wiki | Python-based wiki for collaborative content management |
| Wiki-Go | Flat-file wiki platform |
| LeafWiki | Lightweight self-hosted wiki |
| WikkaWiki | Flexible, lightweight, standards-compliant wiki engine |
Read our verdict in the software roundup.
 Explore our comprehensive directory of recommended free and open source software. Our carefully curated collection spans every major software category.This directory is part of our ongoing series of informative articles for Linux enthusiasts. It features hundreds of detailed reviews, along with open source alternatives to proprietary solutions from major corporations such as Google, Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, IBM, Cisco, Oracle, and Autodesk. You’ll also find interesting projects to try, hardware coverage, free programming books and tutorials, and much more. Discovered a useful open source Linux program that we haven’t covered yet? Let us know by completing this form. |