Which wiki software to host
from tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 12:41
https://lemmy.nocturnal.garden/post/552460

cross-posted from: lemmy.nocturnal.garden/post/552459

For a hobby of mine, there’s an outdated lore wiki on Fandom. I dislike Fandom and would like to host an alternative. It’s supposed to be accessible to all kinds of people.

I started with mediawiki as that’s what Fandom and Wikipedia are using, so people would be familiar with page structures at least and maybe the editor.

It turned out to be a bit of a pain though. It only has unofficial container images, the documentation is outdated and (what I consider as) core functionality like WYSIWYG editor or simple infoboxes has to be added by extensions or templates. I’m in the process of setting it all up and wondering if it’s worth it (and if I want to maintain it). There’s so many wiki projects it’s hard to keep track, what are y’all using for stuff that’s used by larger communities and simple to use with close-to-default settings?

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AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 13:00 next collapse

MediaWiki’s probably overkill for basic wiki functionality, but I use it for the sake of Semantic MediaWiki and associated extensions. But SMW has more of a learning curve, so it might not be worth it for a casual-use wiki.

tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden on 28 Feb 13:26 collapse

Yeah it seems like it’s doing too much for me.

TomAwezome@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 13:59 next collapse

Maybe skim this recent post? lemmy.world/post/43616899 Lot of folks chimed in about their opinions on many different wiki approaches, my takeaway was that Bookstack looked like something I’d wanna use in the future, but there’s a lot of stuff covered in there.

Kirk@startrek.website on 28 Feb 15:26 next collapse

+1 for Bookstack. Very simple and easy to learn.

coaxil@lemmy.zip on 28 Feb 17:29 next collapse

I have been rolling bookstack for many years for all things that I keep for myself, it’s great, been pretty much bulletproof also

timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works on 28 Feb 17:31 next collapse

Only caveat is that bookstack is very opinionated (even said so by its creator) so be sure it’s what you want.

tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden on 28 Feb 23:33 collapse

Thanks, I missed that.

fizzle@quokk.au on 28 Feb 15:31 next collapse

There are so, so many options here.

I’ve found alternativeto.net to be a great way to investigate alternative software:

https://alternativeto.net/software/mediawiki/?license=opensource&platform=self-hosted

themachine@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 16:19 next collapse

Someone just posted their own short reviews of a slew of wiki options in this community so maybe go take a peek at that.

Personally I’m finding I like Otterwiki quite a lot though I’ve not yet dug deep into it.

shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol on 28 Feb 17:32 next collapse

If you like Lemmy you might like ibis, also by @nutomic@lemmy.ml

iamthetot@piefed.ca on 28 Feb 19:07 next collapse

I use Dokuwiki for my small fantasy wiki project. I use many plugins to achieve the functionality and style that I want, but it works well for my needs. None of the others I looked at could do quite everything I wanted.

tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden on 28 Feb 22:48 collapse

How did you approach finding the proper plugins?

iamthetot@piefed.ca on 01 Mar 00:11 collapse

I considered functions that I wanted (for example, tags) and looked to see if there was a plugin that did what I wanted. Dokuwiki’s plugin browser was very useful for this.

hexagonwin@lemmy.today on 28 Feb 22:40 next collapse

i like moinmoin and dokuwiki, mediawiki always felt too complex.

tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden on 28 Feb 23:34 collapse

As someone from Northern Germany, I’m obliged to check out MoinMoin!

hexagonwin@lemmy.today on 01 Mar 02:29 collapse

Its name is a play on the North German greeting Moin (from Wikipedia)

TIL!

Kazel@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 28 Feb 22:54 next collapse

I use mediawiki. It is not as complex as it first might seems

vestigeofgreen@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 01 Mar 00:30 next collapse

Do you need to host it yourself? miraheze.org may do hosting for you

tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden on 01 Mar 00:47 collapse

Need? No
Want? Yes

vestigeofgreen@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 01 Mar 01:33 collapse

I settled on mediawiki myself due to basically how trustworthy mediawiki and mediawiki skins look. I use github.com/CanastaWiki/Canasta-DockerCompose myself but the default includes caddy, which I just overrode in the docker compose override. I believe Canasta is mainly driven by someone who works on a wiki farm.

I also know of github.com/nasa/meza.

However, I want to repeat my recommendation of miraheze. When I run into an issue or need an extension, I just look at what miraheze does or what people associated with miraheze do. I also believe that due to the nature of mediawiki it’s a better use of resources to have a wiki farm as opposed to many separate instances. If they will host your wiki, I think they’re the best choice.

osanna@lemmy.vg on 01 Mar 22:39 next collapse

you’re gonna get a LOT of opinions here. Try some out and find what you like the best. Personally, I run Dokuwiki, mostly because i can just zip the whole directory, and move it to another server or back it up a LOT easier than something like MediaWiki.

Unlearned9545@lemmy.world on 03 Mar 01:45 next collapse

I love wiki.JS Spun up several sites with it.

SprateHeader@piefed.social on 03 Mar 01:47 collapse

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