PmWiki

Last edit September 7, 2013

PmWiki is a WikiWikiWeb clone developed in PHP by Patrick Michaud and released under the GPL.

The latest version of PmWiki software is available from http://www.pmwiki.org/pub/pmwiki/

Features of PmWiki include:

Clear philosophy and (some) resistance to creeping featurism -- Jason Grossman
Easy installation, maintenance, and upgrades
Flat text diffs -- does not require MySql or any other database to be running on the server
Most local customizations are in a separate configuration file
- Internationalization is supported and going strong
InterMap capabilities to provide links to other WikiWikiWeb systems
Ability to organize pages into WikiGroups, with headers and access controls shared among all pages in the group
Supportive user community and active user mailing list
User-contributed Cookbook for plug-ins and customizations
Bug tracker in its own area of the wiki
Easy to create new skins for a site
Markup includes capability for
- Standard (classic) wiki markup
- FreeLink markup (no WikiCase necessary)
- Tables
- Floating images
- Large sections of preformatted text
- Arbitrary link text or images for URLs and WikiWords
- Colored text and WikiStyles
- Site administrators can add customized markup.