Otter Wiki is a Python-based wiki for collaborative content management.
It stores wiki content in a Git repository so changes are tracked over time, uses Markdown for page markup, and is built with Flask, Halfmoon, CodeMirror, and Font Awesome Free.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Minimalistic interface with dark mode support.
- Editor with Markdown highlighting, table support, and CodeMirror integration.
- Customizable sidebar with menu and page index options.
- Full changelog and page history for tracking edits.
- User authentication with an admin account created from the first registered user.
- Page attachments for adding files to wiki content.
- Extended Markdown support including tables, footnotes, fancy blocks, alerts, and Mermaid diagrams.
- Experimental Git HTTP server for cloning, pulling, and pushing wiki content.
- Docker Compose based quick start deployment option.
Website: github.com/redimp/otterwiki
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Developer: Ralph Thesen
License: MIT License
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