Rui CarmoThis page lists a number of resources for wiki engines that I compiled before and after moving to my current custom engine.
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Catalog
| Language | Date | Link | Notes |
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| Awk | 2024-03-14 | awki | Another version of awkiawki |
| C | 2009-11-17 | Fossil | DVCS with integrated wiki |
| DidiWiki | Lightweight C implementation |
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| Editors | Pepys | Desktop personal wiki (Windows) |
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| WikidPad | Desktop personal wiki / outliner |
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| VoodooPad | Desktop personal wiki (macOS) |
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| JavaScript | 2025-01-24 | DocMost | Open-source alternative to Confluence and Notion |
| 2022-01-01 | Feather Wiki | Single-file wiki (TiddlyWiki reimagined) |
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| 2018-08-31 | MDWiki | Markdown-centric; active fork exists |
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| 2009-11-17 | TiddlyWikiRemote | PHP 5 backend + RSS storage |
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| GTDTiddlyWiki | GTD oriented variant |
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| TiddlyTagWiki | Tag oriented |
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| HailiWiki | |||
| TiddlyWiki | Seminal single-file micro wiki |
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| Misc | awkiawki | 225 lines of awk |
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| WikEd | Vim oriented |
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| Wiky | Bidirectional JavaScript markup converter |
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| OpenWiki | Lotus Domino package |
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| PBwiki | Hosted service |
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| WikiServer | HTTP server + wiki |
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| PHP | Wiki! | ||
| ErfurtWiki | Obsoleted |
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| Tiki | |||
| MediaWiki | The classic |
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| Wikka | Fork of WakkaWiki; macOS install guide |
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| coWiki | Clean PHP5 codebase |
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| PmWiki | Flat-file |
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| DokuWiki | Flat-file; TOCs; recommended |
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| WakkaWiki | |||
| WysiwygWiki | Tavi + htmlArea WYSIWYG |
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| Perl | Kwiki | ||
| MojoMojo | |||
| TWiki | |||
| OddMuse | |||
| Python | 2024-03-14 | MiniWiki | Minimal Flask + Markdown wiki |
| 2009-11-17 | Markdoc | Similar to Sashimi concept |
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| WikiLite | WyPy + BaseHTTPServer |
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| Pyle | CVS backend |
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| pwyky | |||
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| Leonardo | Weblog / wiki blend |
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| MoinMoin | Feature heavy |
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| HeyHeyWickie | Minimalist |
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| WebWare Wiki | Part of WebWare |
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| Zwiki | Has Cocoa front-end (PersonalWiki) |
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| Ruby | 2011-02-20 | SoyWiki | Vim-friendly minimal wiki |
| 2009-11-17 | TeePee | Example Camping app |
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| Pandora | Document-oriented CMS style wiki |
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| Pimki | Bliki / PIM extensions |
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| Riki | Embeddable in Rails app |
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| Instiki | Supports Textile and Markdown |
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| Shell | 2022-04-19 | Minisleep | Pure shell / CGI wiki |