Ask HN: Which Wiki to use?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=371133

by eisokant • 18 years ago

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I am looking to setup a Wiki for my startup´s API similar to: http://apiwiki.twitter.com/. However PBWiki is far out of our price range (4$-8$ per user) which free opensource (preferably PHP) or other lowcost solution would you recommend?

yan• 18 years ago

php? MediaWiki.

bjclark• 18 years ago

MediaWiki is a ghetto, FYI.

Once you go MediaWiki, you will never be able to leave. Why? As far as I know, no one has ever been able to duplicate the parser in any other language.

ErrantX• 18 years ago

docuwiki is also

http://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki

mrjbq7• 18 years ago

If you want to host source code also, you might consider something like Trac (http://trac.edgewall.org) or Redmine (http://redmine.org).

cabalamat• 18 years ago

I use MediaWiki because I'm familiar with it and it's feature-rich. Really, you should use one that you know, understand, and like.

dawie• 18 years ago

Jotspot, now Google Wiki http://sites.google.com/?hl=en&tab=w3&pli=1

abl• 18 years ago

I second Google Sites, because it is very easy to use and has a good WYSIWYG. However, it has its limitations and google tech support is not very good through their forums. The premium version is costly and does not appear to provide any significant benefits on top of the free version.

Anyone know of any google sites worth looking at for their design?

izak30• 18 years ago

If you're a startup (2 people or less) Fogbugz is free and comes with wiki software. If there's more than two of you, then if PBwiki is expensive..fogbugz is much more so.

eisokant2• 18 years ago

Thank you - we want to let the users be allowed to edit the Wiki - hence we're looking for no limit on users. MediaWiki is starting to look more and more attractive but it's just so visually cluttered for my liking.

anhhung• 18 years ago

we use dokuwiki for #barcampsaigon website http://www.barcampsaigon.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=2008_org_h...

yaj• 18 years ago

MoinMoin http://moinmo.in/

anand• 18 years ago

We just recently looked at a few options and pbwiki beats them all. WYSIWYG and elegant.

It seems ultra expensive but you can negotiate a pretty dope rate. We got $100/year for unlimited users and stuff. Call that 1-888 number and work that magic!

http://bumptop.pbwiki.com/ is ours

eisokant2• 18 years ago

Thank you! I am going to do that!

bluelu• 18 years ago

Twiki looks really nice. I could however not get it to work with the beta of lighttpd (script hang at setup screen).

jwilliams• 18 years ago

There are lots of options.

If you want to get going quickly, get a Virtual Machine (Virtual Appliance) that is already configured for the Wiki. There are good TWiki and MediaWiki images available that will get you going in no time flat. http://www.vmware.com/appliances/ - http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/53 - http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/839 - etc - etc

Long term - only advice I can give is to stick with the technology set you know. I've seen MediaWiki go into lots of corporates and fail as it's impossible (for them) to integrate and maintain. Confluence (Java+Oracle) is usually a better option in that case... For you it would seem MediaWiki is the best shot.

lowkey• 18 years ago

Simple, easy, fun, open-source, php, double-click to edit Try Wikka Wiki

while• 18 years ago

I find PmWiki to be simple and straight to the point.

http://pmwiki.com/

kenton• 18 years ago

OS X Server's wiki is fairly impressive with no recurring costs

taylan• 18 years ago

If you'd like to compare all wiki engines and services available try

http://www.wikimatrix.org/

sdp• 18 years ago

I find TiddlyWiki to be rather elegant.

http://www.tiddlywiki.com/

dweekly• 18 years ago

Note that for publicly editable wikis (like BarCamp, for instance), PBwiki does not charge for folks outside your organization. (Otherwise BarCamp would owe us tens of thousands of dollars a month they don't have!) You'll only have to pay for as many people are using the wiki at your startup.

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