I'd like a little wiki, please.

October 30, 2006 3:48 PM

I want a little wiki to host on my web space just for my use and possibly for some friends' use, but I can't seem to find anything to fit my preferences: (1) stores data in text or HTML files rather than a database, (2) lets me change the template by editing the files themselves, and (3) can have cruft-free URL's.

I've searched all the Ask Metafilter questions I could find about this kind of thing, but none of them quite seemed to fit the bill. Not necessary, but it'd be nice if the design was just really plain... as in, not a ton of buttons and colors or CSS treatment. Any help?

posted by freddymungo to computers & internet (11 comments total)

Somebody pointed me to TwiddlyWiki yesterday: http://www.tiddlywiki.com/

It is a wiki in one self-contained HTML file (with a giant helping of javascript). You don't even need a webserver.
posted by jlub at 4:02 PM on October 30, 2006

Last time I used Kwiki, it was exactly what you describe.
posted by msittig at 4:10 PM on October 30, 2006

I use PmWiki, and I think it meets all your requirements. The base template "skin" is very basic, it doesn't use a database, and the templates are just HTML. It's written in PHP, but you didn't mention a preference there.
posted by smackfu at 4:18 PM on October 30, 2006

Seconding Kwiki.
posted by autojack at 4:45 PM on October 30, 2006

Seconding PmWiki">PmWiki. I use the NotSoSimple skin. There's a skin browser here.
posted by hooray at 5:14 PM on October 30, 2006

It isn't exactly what you are looking for, but I second Tiddlywiki. You can even make it the homepage of your portable firefox.
posted by spartacusroosevelt at 5:25 PM on October 30, 2006

I think DokuWiki might meet your requirements.
posted by dweingart at 10:25 PM on October 30, 2006

And I think usemod is what you're looking for.
posted by gemini at 1:59 AM on October 31, 2006

PMWiki is what did it for me when I had the same requirements.
posted by brownpau at 5:50 AM on October 31, 2006

Anothert vote for usemod
posted by mge at 8:58 PM on October 31, 2006

usemod definitely looks like what I want, thanks a bunch everybody. but now I have a problem in that I'm pretty clueless about how to install it, despite the install walkthrough they give me... next adventure...
posted by freddymungo at 9:18 PM on November 2, 2006