Software:ikiwiki
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| Developer(s) | Joey Hess et al |
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| Initial release | April 29, 2006 |
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| Written in | Perl |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Type | Wiki software |
| License | GPL v2 or later |
| Website | ikiwiki |
ikiwiki is a free and open-source wiki application, designed by Joey Hess. It is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later. ikiwiki is written in Perl, although external plugins can be implemented in any language.
Unlike conventional wiki software, ikiwiki stores its pages in a standard version control system such as Git, Subversion or others.[2]
Features
ikiwiki supports several lightweight markup languages, including Markdown, Creole, reStructuredText and Textile.
In the simplest case, it can function as an off-line static web site generator (possibly still allowing different users to submit changes through VCS; this method is sometimes referred to as wiki compiler), but it can use CGI to function as a normal web-interfaced wiki as well.[3] Login via OpenID is supported.
ikiwiki can be used for maintaining a blog, and includes common blogging functionality such as comments and RSS feeds. The installer includes an option to set up a simple blog at install time.[4]
ikiwiki is included in various Linux distributions, including Debian and Ubuntu.[3]
Use as a (possibly-distributed) bug tracker
Although wikis and bug tracking systems are conventionally viewed as distinct types of software, Ikiwiki can also be used as a (possibly-distributed) bug tracking system; however, "Ikiwiki has little structured data except for page filenames and tags," so its query functionality is not as advanced or as user-friendly as some other, centralised bug trackers such as Bugzilla.[5]
See also
- Website Meta Language
- Gitit: Another wiki which uses a version control system to store pages
References
- ↑ http://ikiwiki.info/news/
- ↑ Huber, Mathias (January 21, 2011), "Ikiwiki und Gitit: Quelltext-Repositories als Wiki" (in de), Linux Magazine, http://www.linux-magazin.de/Online-Artikel/Ikiwiki-und-Gitit-Quelltext-Repositories-als-Wiki, retrieved March 26, 2012
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Casad, Joe (2009), "Ikiwiki", Ubuntu User (Linux New Media) (2): 49–51, http://www.ubuntu-user.com/content/download/2786/19259/file/ikiwiki.pdf, retrieved January 9, 2012
- ↑ "blog", ikiwiki, http://ikiwiki.info/examples/blog/, retrieved April 23, 2012
- ↑ Hess, Joey (April 6, 2007), "Integrated issue tracking with Ikiwiki", NetworkWorld, http://www.networkworld.com/article/2297530/lan-wan/integrated-issue-tracking-with-ikiwiki.html, retrieved December 28, 2011
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