WIKI documentation Software?

Sat Mar 14 14:05:27 UTC 2020

I personally like Dokuwiki a lot.

From a usability standpoint, once you spend a few learning the interface, it’s very simplistic and not overwhelming in features.  You can always add extensions for stuff you need that isn’t there out of box.

From a technical standpoint, it doesn’t need a database.  The entire structure is text files, so it can be run on even a super small VM, and doing backups is as easy as tarballing the data directory.

It’s got support for LDAP for authentication too, which might be useful.

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> On Mar 14, 2020, at 7:24 AM, Karl Auer <kauer at biplane.com.au> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 2020-03-14 at 08:07 -0400, Craig wrote:
>> Wanted to ask what WIKI software teams are using to save
>> documentation to /
>> how to's for staff, etc.
> 
> Like any other software, make a set of requirements and then go
> looking. The order of those two steps is important, though you're
> allowed to iterate.
> 
> Remember to match the requirements to the people who will actually be
> using the thing, not the people who will be managing it :-)
> 
> Personally I think the plethora of formatting options in things like
> Confluence tends to distract people into spending vast amounts of time
> getting their pages to look just right, that would have been better
> spent capturing more actual information. Or it makes them avoid adding
> information because it's too hard, or it takes too long, or it invites
> odious comparisons with other people's entries.
> 
> Regards, K.
> 
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