Recommendations for Internal Wiki [closed]

Question

I'm looking at implementing a wiki for internal business use. The users are technically adept, so does anyone have a recommendation as to what wiki system to use?

Cheers!

Answer 1

MediaWiki runs the Wikipedia.

But, if you want something simple to setup and manage, I'd suggest the XAMPP
Its easy to try (you can even run it as a portable application on Windows).

Open-source, cross-platform, freeware and comes ready with

* Apache HTTP Server
* MySQL
* PHP
* Perl

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Update based on Robs critical comment (on my disconnected answer).
XAMPP will help you setup MediaWiki easily.
More on that at WikiHow: How to Setup Mediawiki in XAMPP.
There is also a related link on installing MediaWiki independently at the bottom of that page.

Answer 2

Take a look at dokuwiki It's full featured, can support multiple users with out a problem, and stores it's data in text files instead of a database so requires less setup. It will run on any server with PHP. If your dealing with hundreds of users then media wiki may be better since it uses a database backend but for small to mid size teams dokuwiki should be fine.

Answer 3

Go to WikiMatrix's Wiki Choice Wizard and put in your requirements and it will suggest wiki's that match your needs and show you a comparison matrix of them.

Answer 4

We currently use screwturn wiki, and have been very happy with it!

http://www.screwturn.eu/

Answer 5

For your situation a TiddlyWiki or two might be good. If you don't have a large number of users and they aren't all updating the wiki at the same time, you can put it on a network drive or a web server for shared use.

It's one of the simplest ways to get a wiki happening.

Answer 6

Google Sites

• wysiwyg
• free
• customizable design

Answer 7

It depends if it has to be free or open-source and if you want to host it on your own server or if that doesn't matter.

For me the most important thing about the wiki is the ease-of-use, since a Wiki that is very unforgiving in it's typing and editing will not be used.

For instance, the wiki we use from Mindtouch has a hard time when I copy text from Word, making it hard to share my Word documents on the wiki.

Answer 8

I use WikkaWiki for my personal wiki. It's super fast and it's easy to install - especially through SimpleScripts.

The wiki dialect is also similar to Super User's Markdown

Answer 9

fossil

It's a distributed version control app, but it has builtin wiki. You get the full history of changes as free bonus (it's a DVCS after all), it is very simple to deploy it and very simple to backup. While there are situations when a "traditional" wiki could suit you better, there are a lot of scenarios where fossil fits in perfectly.

Answer 10

I use PbWorks (formerly PbWiki). I've used it for wikis on IT & Business Ethics, Systems Analysis and Design and Vertical Market Solutions for Retail Markets. No idea how you can use it internally though.

Answer 11

Download wiki software and find the best one http://serverfault.com/questions/10662/good-internal-wiki-software

Then based on your wiki software , you can start create the wiki pages . But i would suggest you media wiki

Answer 12

I highly recommend Foswiki. It's the only wiki that's explicitly made to be used as business intranet.

• WYSIWYG
• Easy setup, even a VMware instant server available (ideal for testing)
• Many plugins available
• Very flexible (allows any HTML if needed)
• Very mature (Foswiki is based on TWiki, 10 years development)
• Good documentation
• Good support
• Very good security measures: per-usergroup, per-user, per-page, etc.