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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Awk | 2024-03-14 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | awki | Another version of awkiawki |
| C | 2009-11-17 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Fossil | DVCS with integrated wiki |
| DidiWiki | Lightweight C implementation | ||
| Editors | 2009-11-17 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Pepys | Desktop personal wiki (Windows) |
| WikidPad | Desktop personal wiki / outliner | ||
| VoodooPad | Desktop personal wiki (macOS) | ||
| JavaScript | 2025-01-24 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | DocMost | Open-source alternative to Confluence and Notion |
| 2022-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Feather Wiki | Single-file wiki (TiddlyWiki reimagined) | |
| 2018-08-31 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | MDWiki | Markdown-centric; active fork exists | |
| 2009-11-17 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | TiddlyWikiRemote | PHP 5 backend + RSS storage | |
| GTDTiddlyWiki | GTD oriented variant | ||
| TiddlyTagWiki | Tag oriented | ||
| HailiWiki | |||
| TiddlyWiki | Seminal single-file micro wiki | ||
| Misc | 2009-11-17 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | awkiawki | 225 lines of awk |
| WikEd | Vim oriented | ||
| Wiky | Bidirectional JavaScript markup converter | ||
| OpenWiki | Lotus Domino package | ||
| PBwiki | Hosted service | ||
| WikiServer | HTTP server + wiki | ||
| PHP | 2009-11-17 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Wiki! | |
| ErfurtWiki | Obsoleted | ||
| Tiki | |||
| MediaWiki | The classic | ||
| Wikka | Fork of WakkaWiki; macOS install guide | ||
| coWiki | Clean PHP5 codebase | ||
| PmWiki | Flat-file | ||
| DokuWiki | Flat-file; TOCs; recommended | ||
| WakkaWiki | |||
| WysiwygWiki | Tavi + htmlArea WYSIWYG | ||
| Perl | 2009-11-17 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Kwiki | |
| MojoMojo | |||
| TWiki | |||
| OddMuse | |||
| Python | 2024-03-14 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | MiniWiki | Minimal Flask + Markdown wiki |
| 2009-11-17 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Markdoc | Similar to Sashimi concept | |
| WikiLite | WyPy + BaseHTTPServer | ||
| Pyle | CVS backend | ||
| pwyky | |||
| Jot | |||
| Leonardo | Weblog / wiki blend | ||
| MoinMoin | Feature heavy | ||
| HeyHeyWickie | Minimalist | ||
| WebWare Wiki | Part of WebWare | ||
| Zwiki | Has Cocoa front-end (PersonalWiki) | ||
| Ruby | 2011-02-20 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | SoyWiki | Vim-friendly minimal wiki |
| 2009-11-17 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | TeePee | Example Camping app | |
| Pandora | Document-oriented CMS style wiki | ||
| Pimki | Bliki / PIM extensions | ||
| Riki | Embeddable in Rails app | ||
| Instiki | Supports Textile and Markdown | ||
| Shell | 2022-04-19 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Minisleep | Pure shell / CGI wiki |