Wiki software is a type of collaborative software that runs a wiki system. This typically allows web pages to be created and edited using a common web browser. It is usually implemented as a server-side script that runs on one or more web servers, with the content generally stored in a relational database management system, although some implementations use the server's file system instead. Collaborative software is software designed to help people involved in a common task achieve their goals. ... Look up Wiki in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... An example of a web browser (Internet Explorer), displaying the English Wikipedia main page. ... In computer networking, the term server-side refers to operations that are performed by the server in a client-server relationship. ... The inside/front of a Dell PowerEdge web server The term Web server can mean one of two things: A computer that is responsible for accepting HTTP requests from clients, which are known as Web browsers, and serving them HTTP responses along with optional data contents, which usually are Web... A relational database management system (RDBMS) is a database management system (DBMS) that is based on the relational model as introduced by E. F. Codd. ... In computing, a file system (often also written as filesystem) is a method for storing and organizing computer files and the data they contain to make it easy to find and access them. ...

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Web-based wiki

The first such system was created by Ward Cunningham in 1995, but given the relative simplicity of the wiki concept, a large number of implementations now exist, ranging from very simple "hacks" implementing only core functionality to highly sophisticated content management systems. The primary difference between wikis and more complex types of content management systems is that wiki software tends to focus on the content, at the expense of the more powerful control over layout seen in CMS software like Drupal, WebGUI, or at the expense of non-wiki features (articles, blogs,..) like in TikiWiki. Oh Yes, Hes Ward Cunningham! Howard Cunningham redirects here. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... A hack in progress in Lobby 7 at MIT. Hack is a term in the slang of the technology culture which has come into existence over the past few decades. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Drupal is a free modular content management framework, content management system, framework and blogging engine which was originally written by Dries Buytaert as a bulletin board system. ... WebGUI is an open source content management system written in Perl and released under the GNU General Public License. ... Tiki CMS/Groupware, originally and more commonly known as TikiWiki, is an open source (LGPL) Content Management System (CMS) / Geospatial Content Management System (GeoCMS) / Groupware web application enabling websites and portals on the internet and on intranets and extranets. ...

"Wiki software" could be interpreted as comprising all of the software required to run a wiki, which might include a web server such as Apache, in addition to the Wiki engine itself, which implements the wiki technology. In some cases, such as ProjectForum, or some WikiServers, the web server and wiki engine are bundled together as one self-contained system, which can often make them easier to install. The inside/front of a Dell PowerEdge web server The term Web server can mean one of two things: A computer that is responsible for accepting HTTP requests from clients, which are known as Web browsers, and serving them HTTP responses along with optional data contents, which usually are Web... The Apache HTTP Server is a web server for Unix-like systems, Microsoft Windows, Novell NetWare, Mac OS X and other operating systems. ... In computer science, a software engine refers to the core of a computer program. ... WikiServer is a WikiEngine that is completely self-contained - it includes its own HTTP server, and so does not require CGI support, Perl, or even a separate Web server such as Apache or IIS. As such, it is one of the easiest ways to install and run a wiki; even...

The majority of engines are open source, often available under the GNU General Public License (GPL); large projects such as TWiki and the Wikipedia engine, MediaWiki, are developed collaboratively. Many wikis are highly modular, providing APIs which allow programmers to develop new features without requiring them to be familiar with the entire codebase. Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... TWiki is a Wiki program which runs (serves as a platform for) certain wikis which are called TWikiSites. ... MediaWiki is a web-based wiki software application used by all projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, all wikis hosted by Wikia, and many other wikis, including some of the largest and most popular ones. ... An application programming interface (API) is a source code interface that a computer system or program library provides to support requests for services to be made of it by a Length. ... Codebase is a term used in software development to refer to the aggregate of all source code used to build a particular application or component. ...

It is hard to determine which wiki engines are the most popular, although a list of lead candidates might include TWiki, MoinMoin, PmWiki, DokuWiki and MediaWiki (Google trend history comparison). A list of some of those available is included below, and another can be found at Wiki:WikiEngines. TWiki is a Wiki program which runs (serves as a platform for) certain wikis which are called TWikiSites. ... MoinMoin is a wiki engine implemented in Python. ... PmWiki is free wiki software written by Patrick Michaud in the PHP programming language. ... DokuWiki is a simple to use wiki software aimed at small companies’ documentation needs written in PHP by Andreas Gohr. ... MediaWiki is a web-based wiki software application used by all projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, all wikis hosted by Wikia, and many other wikis, including some of the largest and most popular ones. ...

Personal wiki

Main article: Personal wiki

Some wiki software is not intended for collaborative work, but for either content management or for personal information organizing. This is sometimes called a Desktop Wiki or a Personal Wiki. Personal wikis allow people to richly link information on their desktop or mobile computing devices the same way a community wiki links information across the internet. ...

Peer-to-Peer wiki

A wiki can also be shared between peers using a P2P version control software.

See also

• List of wiki software
• Comparison of wiki software - feature-table comparison of common wiki software
• List of collaborative software
• Comparison of wiki farms - servers that provide hosting for wiki websites
• List of wikis - websites using wiki software, organized by topic

This is a list of notable wiki software applications. ... The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of wiki software packages. ... This is a list of collaborative software (or list of groupware) applications. ... A wiki farm is a server or a collection of servers that provides wiki hosting, or a group of wikis hosted on such servers. ... // This is an incomplete list of wikis (sites based on the wiki model) of comparative notability. ...

External links

Wikibooks Wiki Science has more about this subject:

How to start a Wiki

• WikiMatrix: Comparing Multiple Wiki Engines Side-by-Side
• Comparison of different wiki software (Article, November 2004)
• Free Wiki
• How to choose a Wiki
• Extensive list of wiki software
• Wikitext standard — Meta discussion on a proposed standard wikitext format