A private wiki is wiki software program that permits particular person customers to prepare info on their desktop or cell computing units in a fashion just like group wikis, however with out collaborative software program or a number of customers.
Private wiki software program could be broadly divided into two classes:
- Multi-user functions with private editions (corresponding to MoinMoin or TWiki), put in for standalone use and inaccessible to outdoors customers, which can require further software program corresponding to an internet server, database administration system and/or WAMP/LAMP bundle[1]
- Functions designed for single customers, not depending on a database engine or net server
Some private wikis are public, however password-protected, and run on devoted net servers or are hosted by third events.
Multi-user wiki software program[edit]
Multi-user wiki functions with private editions embrace:
- MoinMoin desktop version (written in Python)[2]
- TWiki for Home windows Private and Licensed TWiki (each written in Perl)
- DokuWiki on a Stick (written in PHP), which makes use of plain textual content recordsdata (and thus doesn’t want a database) and a syntax just like MediaWiki
Single-user wiki software program[edit]
There are additionally wiki functions designed for private use,[3] apps for cell use,[4] and apps to be used from USB flash drives.[5] They usually embrace extra options than conventional wikis, together with:
- Dynamic tree views of the wiki
- Drag-and-drop help for pictures, textual content and video, arithmetic
- Use of OLE or Linkback to permit wikis to behave as relational superstructures for a number of desktop-type paperwork
- Multimedia embedding, with hyperlinks to inside points of flicks, soundtracks, notes and feedback
- Macros and macro scripting
Notable examples embrace:
- ConnectedText, a business Home windows-based private wiki system that features full-text searches, a visible hyperlink tree, a customizable interface, picture and file management, CSS-based web page show, HTML and HTML Assist exporting, and plug-ins[6]
- Gnote, a port of Tomboy to C++ (though not all plug-ins have been ported)
- org-mode, an Emacs mode that may create paperwork which are interlinked, transformed to HTML, and mechanically uploaded to an internet server
- TiddlyWiki, a extremely customizable private wiki written in HTML and JavaScript[7]; it’s offered as a single HTML file or a number of Node-js recordsdata, options many instruments and plugins, and has been in energetic growth since 2004 as free and open-source (BSD) software program with an energetic group
- Tomboy, a (LGPL) free software program wiki-style note-taking program that permits simple organisation of any hierarchical information, hosted on GNOME CVS
- Vim, which can be utilized as a private wiki through plugins corresponding to Vimwiki[8]
- WikidPad, a free, open-source standalone wiki pocket book/outliner with such options as dynamic tree era, subject tagging, auto-completion, full-text searches, visible hyperlink tree, customizable interface, and picture and file management
- Zim, a free, open-source standalone wiki based mostly on Python and GTK, with a WYSIWYG editor[9]
See additionally[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Trapani, Gina, Geek to Stay: Tips on how to host a private wiki on your own home laptop, lifehacker.com, 2005-9-16. Accessed 2012-4-17.
- ^ Zukerman, Erez, Editorial Evaluate of MoinMoin, PCWorld, pcworld.com, 2012-3-23. Accessed 2012-4-17.
- ^ WikiMatrix seek for private wiki software program, wikimatrix.org. Accessed 2012-4-17.
- ^ Private wiki Apps – Android, androidzoom.com. Accessed 2012-4-17.
- ^ Run Your Private Wikipedia from a USB Stick, lifehacker.com. Accessed 2012-4-17.
- ^ What’s ConnectedText?, ConnectedText – The Private Wiki System, connectedtext.com. Accessed 2012-4-17.
- ^ Brockmeier, Joe, Weekend Venture: Set Up a Private Wiki on Linux with TiddlyWiki, Linux.com, 2011-3-4. Accessed 2012-4-17.
- ^ Listing of Vim Plugins tagged ‘wiki’, Vim Superior, 2017-02-01. Accessed 2017-02-01.
- ^ Zukerman, Erez, Editorial Evaluate of Zim, PCWorld, pcworld.com, 2012-3-12. Accessed 2012-4-17.