== metawiki

There's a lot of different wikiware out there; which one is right for you and your organization?


=== wikiware experiences

^ wikiware ^ language ^ my experience with it ^
| [[DokuWiki]] | PHP | powering this site |
| [[MediaWiki]] | PHP | powering [[http://nyuwiki.org|NYUWiki]] & [[http://howstuffismade.com|How Stuff is Made]] as well as [[http://wikipedia.org|Wikipedia]] |
| [[Confluence]] | Java | used extensively inside a large corporation I consult for |
| [[Instiki]] | Ruby on Rails | suffering from lack of development |
| [[RuseWiki]] | Ruby | ... |
| [[RWiki]] | Ruby | ... |
| [[RetroWiki]] | Ruby on Rails | built into project management app [[/Retrospectiva]] |
| [[trac wiki]] | Python | built into project management app [[/trac]] |
| [[MoinMoin]] | Python | extremely featureful if a little difficult to setup |
| [[Sycamore]] | Python | fork of MoinMoin powering the Davis and Rochester wikis among others; not as featureful, but very clean |
| [[JotSpot]] | //hosted// | a commercially developed [[structured wiki]]; used by [[http://oliver.thylmann.net | Oli]] at [[http://ormigo.com | Ormigo]] |
| [[PbWiki]] | //hosted// | very simple, easy to use, low barriers to entry, premium version supports lage numbers of attachments and custom skinning |
| [[TWiki]] | Perl | powering the Yale School of Engineering's wiki and formerly HSIM |
| [[PmWiki]] | PHP | to be used for the "[[http://wikis.nyu.edu | official NYU Wikis]]; good wikifarming support |


=== wiki research

* [[Wikis in corporate environments]] -- in adventures knowledge sharing.
* [[Wikis in academia]] -- for classes as well as research
* [[Wikis and politics]] -- also see [[/Poliwonk]]