Ask HN: Recommend a Wiki that isn't MediaWiki?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=569189

by rms • 17 years ago

11 18 17 years ago

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Hey, I need to set up a random wiki. Featureset isn't particularly important, something simpler than MediaWiki is preferred. The main criteria is that it should look really snazzy. Rounded corners and such. What wiki are people using these days? Thanks.

mg1313• 17 years ago

Try Tikiwiki. Quite powerful. Reviewed on MyTestBox.com.

kineticac2• 17 years ago

are you just putting a wiki page together? pbwiki is pretty cool =)

noaharc• 17 years ago

Agreed. We use it in one of my classes this semester, and it's very handy.

kineticac2• 17 years ago

looks like they just changed their name a few days ago to PBWorks! Seems like they'll unleash more than just wiki functionality.

DenisM• 17 years ago

I'm using wikidot for my help & suport site:

http://help.memengo.com/

Loving it - simple to use and has built-in forums. Two birds with one stone.

lastkarrde• 17 years ago

Moin Moin. Python powered.

csomar• 17 years ago

I also vote for Wikidot, it's simpler than other Wikis

asjo• 17 years ago

I really like the simplicity and chosen featureset of Hatta - it is version control based (Mercurial) and works really well. The author is very responsive.

http://hatta.sheep.art.pl/

"Snazzy" is quite subjective - I like the default design not to scream "I am a wiki with a gazillion fancy features you'll never use", but your milage may vary :-)

known• 17 years ago

Original wiki http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UseModWiki/Download

bjclark• 17 years ago

Well, it's an implementation of the original wiki, but not the same exact implementation the original runs.

rufius• 17 years ago

I like DokuWiki and MoinMoin.

daniel71l• 17 years ago

I've used TikiWiki for an internal Wiki here in my company.

a small reason can be read here:

http://design-to-last.com/Technical/intranet-wiki-searching-...

Daniel

taylan• 17 years ago

Try http://www.wikimatrix.org/ if you'd like to compare available wiki engines side by side.

rms2• 17 years ago

I actually got started on that site. I went through their questionnaire and it told me 53 wikis met my needs and that made for a bit of a ridiculous looking comparison matrix.

garyrichardson• 17 years ago

I've become a fan of Confluence. It looks decent has a wysiwyg editor.

It loses points for being written in Java (requires a fat vm to run a small instance).

njrc• 17 years ago

Check out TiddlyWiki.

rms2• 17 years ago

Thanks for the recommendations everyone, we're going to go with Moin Moin.

CraigBuchek• 17 years ago

I love DokuWiki. It's really easy to set up, and doesn't even require a database. It uses flat files, which you can read even if the DokuWiki site is down. It's pretty easy to use as well.

Ask HN: Recommend a Wiki that isn't MediaWiki?

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