DokuWiki is a standards-compliant, simple to use wiki optimized for creating documentation. It is targeted at developer teams, workgroups, and small companies. All data is stored in plain text files, so no database is required.

DokuWiki is a wiki application aimed at small companies’ documentation needs. DokuWiki is licensed under GPL 2 and written in the PHP programming language. It works on plain text files and thus does not need a database. Its syntax is similar to the one used by MediaWiki.

Basic Features
  •     Simple syntax
  •     Unlimited page revisions
  •     Recent changes
  •     Colored side by side diff support
  •     Uploading and embedding of images and other media
  •     Customizable Interwiki links
  •     Optional CamelCase support
  •     Content can be categorized in namespaces, easily browsable through an automatic index
  •     Configuring DokuWiki
High Usability
  •     Section Editing allows editing of small parts of a page
  •     Toolbar and accesskeys make editing easy for both beginners and professionals
  •     Easy navigation through breadcrumbs
  •     Automatic table of contents generation
  •     Locking to avoid edit conflicts
  •     Automatic save to avoid content lost during editing
Access Control and Anti-Spam Measures
  •     Simple support for read only pages
  •     Extended Access Control Lists
  •     Spam blacklist
  •     Delayed Indexing
  •     Mail address obfuscation and rel=nofollow support
International
  •     Support for over 50 languages
  •     Full UTF-8 support
  •     Romanization support for nicer URLs
  •     Optional automatic plural linking for English wikis
Fast
  •     Index-based fast fulltext search
  •     Pagecaching for quicker rendering
  •     Ajax-enhanced interface
Extensible
  •     Layout customizable through templates (over 80 already available)
  •     Features can be extended through plugins (over 750 already available)
  •     Great support from the community if you ever need help
Easy Integration
  •     No database required, it uses plain text files
  •     Syndication of recent changes as RSS or ATOM feeds
  •     Authentication Backends for integrating with LDAP, MySQL, Postgres and others
  •     Open Source and well documented source code

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