splitbrain/dokuwiki
Dokuwiki
DokuWiki is an open-source wiki engine and collaborative knowledge base designed for creating and organizing documentation through a web-based multi-user editing system. It operates as a flat-file wiki, storing pages as plain text files rather than utilizing a relational database.
The software provides a shared workspace for collaborative knowledge management, facilitating the creation of internal company wikis, project documentation workflows, and shared documentation hosting.
The system implements a namespace-based directory hierarchy and access control lists to manage user permissions. It uses a plugin-based hook system for extending core behavior and performs on-the-fly parsing to convert plain text syntax into HTML.
Features
- Collaborative Knowledge Bases - Provides a shared workspace for creating and organizing documentation through a web-based multi-user editing system.
- Collaborative Workspaces - Provides a shared environment where multiple users can edit and organize documentation within a centralized workspace.
- Flat-File CMS - Operates as a content management system that uses plain text files for data storage instead of a relational database.
- Plain-Text Persistence - Stores all page content as individual plain-text files in a directory hierarchy for maximum portability.
- Self-Hosted Wiki Servers - Provides a self-hosted wiki server that persists data to the local file system and serves content over HTTP.
- Documentation Hosting - Provides a web-based platform for hosting and editing structured technical documentation.
- Project Documentation - Provides resources for managing technical specifications, meeting notes, and project-related information for technical teams.
- Enterprise Wikis - Serves as a centralized documentation platform for organizational knowledge management, such as employee handbooks and technical guides.
- Permission-Based Access Control - Implements a security model where page access and editing rights are granted based on permissions assigned to users or groups.
- Namespace Mappings - Maps wiki page namespaces directly to physical folder paths on the server file system.
- Hook-Based Plugin Systems - Provides a plugin system that allows extensions to inject custom logic into predefined execution points and lifecycle events.
- On-the-Fly Compilation - Converts plain text wiki syntax into HTML in real-time during the HTTP request cycle.
- Nagios Ecosystem - Documentation platform for maintaining monitoring procedures.
- Knowledge Bases - Simple, file-based wiki requiring no database.
