Help me choos a wiki

July 6, 2005 5:12 AM

What wiki platform should I use at work?

I work for a small, growing consulting firm. All documents and models relating to current and past projects are spread accross the share drive. I've been charged with organizing all this stuff (documents, models, client contacts, etc...) and have decided a wiki is the way to go. In my research I've found that Twiki seems to be a popular platform for the business environment. Does anyone have any experience using Twiki in a business setting? Does anyone have a suggestion for another platform I should check out?

posted by crank to Technology (5 answers total)

You might start by reading previous questions tagged with wiki. Here's my answer.
posted by grouse at 5:42 AM on July 6, 2005

I don't have a specific answer for you, though this wiki engine comparison might be helpful; Wikipedia also has a wiki comparison.
posted by Handcoding at 5:56 AM on July 6, 2005

we used twiki - worked fine as a wiki, and even the people responsible for configuring it seemed to like it (the whole concept of wikis sucks for this kind of hting, so it turned out that it wasn't used much once the novelty wore off, but it worked ok; personally i'd suggest something more like a google search doodah, since the problem is finding the right document, but i don't know if there's a free equivalent).
posted by andrew cooke at 6:43 AM on July 6, 2005

It depends whether you want to attach files to wiki pages, and stuff like that. I find PmWiki the easiest to set up, MediaWiki the most powerful, and Instiki to be the cutest and best for local use.
posted by wackybrit at 7:50 AM on July 6, 2005

My friend Jonathan is using Confluence. He's done a great deal of research on wikis, I'm sure he'd be happy to discuss it with you.
posted by cali at 10:50 AM on July 6, 2005