Grab a wiki

For a long time I have searched for “the perfect” wiki software to use for projects. Mediawiki (Wikipadia) is in my opinion way to heavy, and simple stuff like phpwiki lacks functionality.

Today I stumbled upon the neat WikiMatrix – a place to very easily compare a huge lists of available wiki systems. Through the Wiki Choice Wizard, I finally found a wiki that perfectly suites all my (present) needs: PmWiki.

characteristics:

• higly customizable with add-on support (through the cookbook)
• a default clean and simple GUI
• history, printer friendly page generation, file upload etc.
• a built in search engine
• simple construction (PHP, data storage in flat files)
• open source and free to use

My first mission in PmWiki will be a (private) wiki to paste knowledge in various subjects (courses I attend at the university). I believe organizing facts, formulas, figures, graphs and examples in a wiki while working with assignments and preparing for exams is a unique way to gain knowledge that is easy to find back to. Not to mention the options for sharing the information with everyone.