What is the simplest/easiest 'wiki' to set up?

James Mcphee jmcphe at gmail.com
Mon Apr 1 03:43:45 MST 2013


JSPWiki was "drop a war into deploy folder and start tomcat" easy to
install.  Just my experience.


On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 8:56 PM, Tom Haws <tom.haws at gmail.com> wrote:

> The very easiest is to use a wiki farm like Wikia.  Personally, having
> used phpWiki and Tikiwiki for years, I wouldn't waste my time installing
> anything but Mediawiki, though that TiddlyWiki sounds attractive, as long
> as it uses WikiCreole.
>
> Tom
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> On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Alan Dayley <adayley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I give another vote for TiddlyWiki as a easy and powerful wiki. So cool
>> that it is contained in a single file, data and logic. Easy to move around
>> and just use on a local computer. Multiple people can use an instance of it
>> by just putting it on a place all of them can access.
>>
>> Also look at the Google Sites feature for Google Apps for Your Domain, if
>> you have that. It is a simple wiki that you don't have to host because
>> Google is hosting it.
>>
>> http://www.wikispaces.com/ is also pretty good and has free options.
>>
>> Alan
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Kevin Brown <kevinbrownbdc at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>>  It really depends on what you are looking for, feature-wise. I know of
>>> one very simple wiki, TiddlyWiki, that is just a Javascript driven single
>>> html file wiki. All the pages and links you are creating are called
>>> Tiddlers and works like other Wikis, except it isn't meant for lots of
>>> users editing and maintaining it. But makes for a great way to create a
>>> journal or cross-linked log of stuff.
>>>
>>> MediaWiki (which is used to drive Wikipedia) isn't hard to setup at all,
>>> but is extremely powerful and has tons of options for how to set stuff up.
>>> Or you could go with an already built wiki system, like Wikia, where you
>>> sign up for a subdomain and just use the software they install.
>>>
>>>  What is the simplest/easiest 'wiki' to set up?
>>>>
>>>> Just did a google search for: simple wiki software and among the
>>>> millions of hits, these look potentially promising:
>>>>
>>>> - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Wiki<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki>
>>>> - http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?**SimplestOrEasiest<http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?SimplestOrEasiest>
>>>> - http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?**EasiestInstallableWikiContest<http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?EasiestInstallableWikiContest>
>>>> - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**List_of_wiki_software<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wiki_software>
>>>> -
>>>> http://www.clickonf5.org/7599/**10-free-opensource-wiki-**
>>>> software-engine/<http://www.clickonf5.org/7599/10-free-opensource-wiki-software-engine/>
>>>> -
>>>> http://stackoverflow.com/**questions/7848899/really-**
>>>> simple-wiki-platform<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7848899/really-simple-wiki-platform>
>>>> - https://www.dokuwiki.org/**dokuwiki<https://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki>
>>>>
>>>> But before I begin to plow through these first hits, I hope the plug
>>>> brain trust might point me in the right direction.  I do have have
>>>> web hosted space where I can install something and I just want 4 or
>>>> 5 people to be able to access a simple "page" where each participant
>>>> can quickly and easily add to the content with simple text.
>>>>
>>>> Suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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