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Ask HN: Which Wiki to use?
I am looking to setup a Wiki for my startup´s API similar to: http://apiwiki.twitter.com/. However PBWiki is far out of our price range (4$-8$ per user) which free opensource (preferably PHP) or other lowcost solution would you recommend?
- yan 18y agophp? MediaWiki.
- bjclark 18y agoMediaWiki is a ghetto, FYI. Once you go MediaWiki, you will never be able to leave. Why? As far as I know, no one has ever been able to duplicate the parser in any other language.
- ErrantX 18y agodocuwiki is also http://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki http://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki
- mrjbq7 18y agoIf you want to host source code also, you might consider something like Trac (http://trac.edgewall.org http://trac.edgewall.org) or Redmine (http://redmine.org http://redmine.org).
- cabalamat 18y agoI use MediaWiki because I'm familiar with it and it's feature-rich. Really, you should use one that you know, understand, and like.
- dawie 18y agoJotspot, now Google Wiki http://sites.google.com/?hl=en&tab=w3&pli=1 http://sites.google.com/?hl=en&tab=w3&pli=1
- abl 18y agoI second Google Sites, because it is very easy to use and has a good WYSIWYG. However, it has its limitations and google tech support is not very good through their forums. The premium version is costly and does not appear to provide any significant benefits on top of the free version. Anyone know of any google sites worth looking at for their design?
- izak30 18y agoIf you're a startup (2 people or less) Fogbugz is free and comes with wiki software. If there's more than two of you, then if PBwiki is expensive..fogbugz is much more so.
- eisokant 18y agoThank you - we want to let the users be allowed to edit the Wiki - hence we're looking for no limit on users. MediaWiki is starting to look more and more attractive but it's just so visually cluttered for my liking.
- anhhung 18y agowe use dokuwiki for #barcampsaigon website http://www.barcampsaigon.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=2008_org_home http://www.barcampsaigon.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=2008_org_h...
- yaj 18y agoMoinMoin http://moinmo.in/ http://moinmo.in/
- anand 18y agoWe just recently looked at a few options and pbwiki beats them all. WYSIWYG and elegant. It seems ultra expensive but you can negotiate a pretty dope rate. We got $100/year for unlimited users and stuff. Call that 1-888 number and work that magic! http://bumptop.pbwiki.com/ http://bumptop.pbwiki.com/ is ours
- eisokant 18y agoThank you! I am going to do that!
- bluelu 18y agoTwiki looks really nice. I could however not get it to work with the beta of lighttpd (script hang at setup screen).
- lowkey 18y agoSimple, easy, fun, open-source, php, double-click to edit Try Wikka Wiki
- jwilliams 18y agoThere are lots of options. If you want to get going quickly, get a Virtual Machine (Virtual Appliance) that is already configured for the Wiki. There are good TWiki and MediaWiki images available that will get you going in no time flat. http://www.vmware.com/appliances/ http://www.vmware.com/appliances/ - http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/53 http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/53 - http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/839 http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/839 - etc - etc Long term - only advice I can give is to stick with the technology set you know. I've seen MediaWiki go into lots of corporates and fail as it's impossible (for them) to integrate and maintain. Confluence (Java+Oracle) is usually a better option in that case... For you it would seem MediaWiki is the best shot.
- while 18y agoI find PmWiki to be simple and straight to the point. http://pmwiki.com/ http://pmwiki.com/
- kenton 18y agoOS X Server's wiki is fairly impressive with no recurring costs
- taylan 18y agoIf you'd like to compare all wiki engines and services available try http://www.wikimatrix.org/ http://www.wikimatrix.org/
- sdp 18y agoI find TiddlyWiki to be rather elegant. http://www.tiddlywiki.com/ http://www.tiddlywiki.com/
- dweekly 18y agoNote that for publicly editable wikis (like BarCamp, for instance), PBwiki does not charge for folks outside your organization. (Otherwise BarCamp would owe us tens of thousands of dollars a month they don't have!) You'll only have to pay for as many people are using the wiki at your startup.