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Ask HN: Recommend a Wiki that isn't MediaWiki?

11 points by rms ↗ HN
Hey, I need to set up a random wiki. Featureset isn't particularly important, something simpler than MediaWiki is preferred. The main criteria is that it should look really snazzy. Rounded corners and such. What wiki are people using these days? Thanks.

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mg1313
Try Tikiwiki. Quite powerful. Reviewed on MyTestBox.com.
kineticac
are you just putting a wiki page together? pbwiki is pretty cool =)
noaharc
Agreed. We use it in one of my classes this semester, and it's very handy.
kineticac
looks like they just changed their name a few days ago to PBWorks! Seems like they'll unleash more than just wiki functionality.
DenisM
I'm using wikidot for my help & suport site:

http://help.memengo.com/

Loving it - simple to use and has built-in forums. Two birds with one stone.

csomar
I also vote for Wikidot, it's simpler than other Wikis
asjo
I really like the simplicity and chosen featureset of Hatta - it is version control based (Mercurial) and works really well. The author is very responsive.

http://hatta.sheep.art.pl/

"Snazzy" is quite subjective - I like the default design not to scream "I am a wiki with a gazillion fancy features you'll never use", but your milage may vary :-)

rufius
I like DokuWiki and MoinMoin.
taylan
Try http://www.wikimatrix.org/ if you'd like to compare available wiki engines side by side.
rms
I actually got started on that site. I went through their questionnaire and it told me 53 wikis met my needs and that made for a bit of a ridiculous looking comparison matrix.
garyrichardson
I've become a fan of Confluence. It looks decent has a wysiwyg editor.

It loses points for being written in Java (requires a fat vm to run a small instance).

njrc
Check out TiddlyWiki.
rms
Thanks for the recommendations everyone, we're going to go with Moin Moin.
CraigBuchek
I love DokuWiki. It's really easy to set up, and doesn't even require a database. It uses flat files, which you can read even if the DokuWiki site is down. It's pretty easy to use as well.