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DokuWiki is an open source wiki application licensed under GPLv2 and written in the PHP programming language. It works on plain text files and thus does not need a database. Its syntax is similar to the one used by MediaWiki. It is often recommended as a more lightweight, easier to customize alternative to MediaWiki. The 'Doku' in DokuWiki is short for Dokumentation which in German means documentation.

Key facts

Software.logo
Dokuwiki logo.svg
Software.name
DokuWiki
Software.screenshot
DokuWiki release 2020-07-29.png
Software.caption
The home page of a default DokuWiki installation
Software.collapsible
yes
Software.developer
Andreas Gohr, et al.
Software.programming language
PHP
Software.operating system
Cross-platform
Software.size
~2.5 MB (compressed)
Software.language count
74
Software.genre
Wiki software
Software.license
GPLv2

via Wikipedia infobox

Source code

Link to the source-code README · 306 chars · not written by Vinony

~8 min read

Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Release history
  • Main features
  • DokuWiki based software projects
  • Notes
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

DokuWiki is an open source wiki application licensed under GPLv2 and written in the PHP programming language. It works on plain text files and thus does not need a database. Its syntax is similar to the one used by MediaWiki. It is often recommended as a more lightweight, easier to customize alternative to MediaWiki. The 'Doku' in DokuWiki is short for Dokumentation which in German means documentation.

Because DokuWiki does not require a database, it can be installed on local PCs, flash drives, and folders synced with file hosting services or file synchronization programs such as Dropbox or Syncthing.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “DokuWiki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.