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I need a portable application, like a wikipedia, or notebook, or something similar, that can store notes, todo lists and files (think of code snippets). I need something similar to http://trac.wikidpad2.webfactional.com/, but with the possibility of storing files too.

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There's Tiddly Wiki which I think is very close to what you're looking for.

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Sir, thank you for this! – MicE Apr 7 '10 at 18:28
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Give a look to MoinMoin. It's a Python-based wiki. It doesn't need a db and comes configured as "Desktop Edition", ready to use with no need for additional configurations.

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I use Dale Lane's bLADE freeware personal wiki software, http://92.48.117.50/~dalelane/bladewiki/homepage.htm . You can run it in portable mode in Windows on a USB memory stick. There is also a version for Windows Mobile. The wiki articles are stored in individual text files, which makes it even more "portable", you can use external file editors to edit the wiki articles.

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Flighty_MW

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What’s inside

  • LightTPD for Windows server + PHP interpreter.
  • Last MediaWiki with SQLite database storage and a plenty of improvements: fonts fixes, spoilers, security options, excess things removed.
  • Coloured syntax highlighting by GeSHi.
  • MiKTeX with cyrillics support to enter math (+ ImageMagick и GhostScript) in Wiki-texts.
  • GraphViz to describe and render graphs in Wiki-texts.
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Links-only answers are frowned upon in Super User - please consider adding more details to your answer. – Sathya♦ Dec 20 '10 at 21:36
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this is kind of in addition to SurDin's response: http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/13/15-productive-uses-for-a-wiki/

there are a few alternatives to tiddly wiki

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The ones listed there (GTD Tiddlywiki, dcubed, etc.) were all derived from TiddlyWiki, so they're not necessarily alternatives to it. Or at least that's how I look at them. – Isxek Apr 8 '10 at 5:50
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Perhaps Evernote suits your needs? It allows storing and sharing of notes, todo's, files, and so on.

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Too bad this is online... – user33508 Apr 7 '10 at 14:23
Perhaps you can get a hold of Evernote 2, an older version. In fact, I'm still using that version, ignoring the sharing functionality entirely. It can store content locally. – Pieter Witvoet Apr 7 '10 at 14:34
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Take a look at Freemind. It is a mind mapper (not a wiki) and it takes a tweak in thinking to get used to using it. I have found wikis good for storing long documentation. Freemind is better at storing structured to do lists. You can embed images, but not files. I run it off my flash drive.

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It's much overlooked but this is a self contained HTML wiki that runs from a self updating file and allows file to be linked. Wiki on a Stick

Highly recommended

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I have used Instiki. It is portable and a full featured just requiring a Ruby runtime.

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