poll? Personal Wikis

godzero · Post by **godzero** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 4:18 pm

I recently found Tomboy, a wiki style note-taker (like NOTEPAD with hyperlinks). It's 70% of what I want. I want a self-contained wikipedia. I'd like not to depend on apahce and it's related extentions. I want A (single) program, plus a flat database.

Any ideas?

doublejoon · Post by **doublejoon** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:24 am

tiddlywiki
http://www.tiddlywiki.com/

also a nice derivative of tiddlywiki

http://mptw.tiddlyspot.com/

Gomer_X · Post by **Gomer_X** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:37 am

I played with tiddlywiki and liked it OK. At the time I couldn't think of a good reason to carry a wiki. I keep several flat text files on my USB key where I keep track of things. Works OK.

Only problem I had with tiddly was it's Javascript based, so it depends somewhat on your browser. Also, it doesn't work all the time, so occasionally I'd try to save and find half the wiki was wiped out. Back it up often.

Presonally I run MoinMoin at home (http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de), but then I already run apache on 2 machines on the LAN. I set it up as a test install for developing the Jokosher Documentation wiki, but I've found it extremely useful. MoinMoin will run with Python Twisted or it's own standalone server, so it can be used without an httpd. It's definitely not an easy install. Documentation is good, but it requires work.