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WikiEngines

Some of the many Wiki Engines I tried or examined

• Choosing a Wiki http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ChoosingaWiki
• TikiWiki http://tikiwiki.sourceforge.net/ -- A has-everything content management system with a powerful Wiki. -- Lots of complaints about instability. Tiki relies on three major external applications to run.
  • PHP (scripting language)
  • Apache (web server)
  • MySQL (database)
• PmWiki http://www.pmwiki.org/ -- A popular PhpLanguage Wiki, easy installation, simple design, nice feature list. One of the nicest features of PmWiki is its low system requirements. PmWiki requires a web server that is capable of running PHP 4.1 or later.Uses flat files. PmWiki does not require:
  • a SQL or other database
  • CGI access or the ability to run CGI scripts
• MoinMoin http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/ -- A Python Language wiki engine, features flexibility and modular design. -- Can use built in Python http server.
• MediaWiki:/ -- Used by the Wikipedia:/ project, which is one of the most popular wikis. To install MediaWiki:/ you need four components:
  • MySQL - an SQL database to store the Wiki text, user list etc.
  • Apache - a web server to serve the HTML web pages
  • PHP - the programming language that MediaWiki is written in
  • MediaWiki itself, which is a suite of programs written in PHP
• PhpWiki http://phpwiki.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/HomePage -- A very popular PhpLanguage Wiki based on UseModWiki, with many features added. Looks reasonable, can use flat files or DB, may have admine issues
• OddMuseWiki http://www.oddmuse.org/cgi-bin/wiki -- Really popular descendant of UseModWiki. One script, easy to install. -- crappy markup in my opinion. Perl http://www.perl.com/download.csp , always available. (DOWNLOAD Win32 Binaries from ActiveState http://www.activestate.com/) Page database is a bunch of files, neither a database nor a versioning system is required.
• UseModWiki -- A PerlLanguage wiki, based on Ward's original WikiWiki.
• TwikiClone http://twiki.org/ -- A powerful, complicated PerlLanguage wiki, aimed at large corporate Intra-nets. -- this looks like the 600 pound gorilla of PERL Wikis. It is a nightmare to install under Widnows as shown here: http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/WindowsInstallCookbook because it is trying to fake looking like UNIX and it really wants Apache
• DokuWiki http://www.splitbrain.org/dokuwiki/ --- Looks like a lot of work to run. System Requirements:
  • Webserver (Apache is preferred)
  • PHP 4.x
    • Short open tags have to be enabled
  • A decent web browser (See compatibility list)
• Instiki -- What is Instiki? Admitted, it’s YetAnotherWikiClone, but with a strong focus on simplicity of installation and running:
  • Step 1. Download
  • Step 2. Run "instiki"
  • Step 3. Chuckle… "There’s no step three!" (TM)