Wiki hosting service
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Awiki hosting service,orwiki farm,is aserveror anarray of serversthat offers users tools to simplify the creation and development of individual, independentwikis.
Prior to wiki farms, someone who wanted to operate a wiki had to install the software and manage the server(s) themselves. With a wiki farm, the farm's administration installs the core wiki code once on its own servers, centrally maintains the servers, and establishes unique space on the servers for the content of each individual wiki with the shared core code executing the functions of each wiki.
Both commercial and non-commercial wiki farms are available for users and online communities. While most of the wiki farms allow anyone to open their own wiki, some impose restrictions. Many wiki farm companies generate revenue through the insertion of advertisements, but often allow payment of a monthly fee as an alternative to accepting ads.
Some examples of wiki hosting services are:Fandom,a for-profit wiki-hosting service created byJimmy WalesandAngela Beesley Starlingin 2004,[1][2]andMiraheze,a non-profit wiki-hosting service created by John Lewis and Ferran Tufan.[3]
Comparison of wiki hosting services
[edit]Thiscomparison ofwiki hosting servicesorwiki farmsis not comprehensive, it details only those 'notable' enough (in Wikipedia terms) to be included. A useful comprehensive comparison of wiki farms can be found onMediaWiki's site, atmw:Hosting services.
Online services which hostwiki-style editableweb pages.General characteristics of cost, presence of advertising, licensing are compared, as are technical differences in editing, features, wiki engine, multilingual support and syntax support.
This table compares general information for several of the more than 100 wiki hosting services that exist.[4]
All the mentioned services haveWYSIWYGediting.
Wiki hosting service | Founded | Cost | Ad supported | Content license | Subdomain | Custom themes | Database download / backup | Other Features | Base wiki engine | Language | Syntax support |
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Confluence Hosted | 2004
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Non-free[a] | ? | No | ? | ? | Plugins, SSL, file storage, permissioning, WebDAV. | WYSIWYG Rich-text editor[5] script plugin No formulas | |||
iMeet Central | 2005
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Non-free | ? | No | ? | ? | Access control, full-text search, calendaring, single sign-on to multiple projects, project templates,RSSenabled. | [?] (custom) | HTML,[4] CSS/templating No formulas | ||
Ourproject.org | 2002
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Free | No[6] | Copyleft(choice ofCreative Commons,GNU FDL,other licenses) | Yes | ? | ? | Mailing lists, FTP, SSH, ddbb, email alias, backups, CVS/SVN, forums, task management. | MoinMoinby default; custom supported | Supports English, Spanish, French, and many other languages. | |
PBworks | 2005
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Non-free | No | Yes | Yes | ? | No page limits, SSL, RSS & Atom, email notifications, file management, page access settings. | [?] (custom) | All HTML,[4] JavaScript, LaTeXformulas | ||
Fandom | 2004
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Free | Yes | Creative Commons | Yes, but not for multilingual wikis | Yes | Yes | Common login and common preferences to all wikis of FANDOM for the same user. Blog, User Page, and User Talk pages for users. | MediaWiki | All languages Wikipedia exists for (and some more); Community Support in English, Chinese, German, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French and several other languages.[citation needed] | Wikitextas used by MediaWiki, Some HTML,[4]JavaScript, Math formula, Lua |
Deprecated wiki hosts
[edit]This section is for hosts that were previously in the list above but no longer are up and running.
Notes
[edit]- ^Confluence has no free hosted option, but offers free software for charitable nonprofits and open source projects.
References
[edit]- ^"About Us".Fandom.Archivedfrom the original on 2023-07-14.Retrieved2023-07-11.
- ^Chmielewski, Dawn (2016-01-25)."Wikia Launches Fandom, a New Place to Get Your Nerd On".Vox.Archivedfrom the original on 2022-03-12.Retrieved2023-07-11.
- ^"Build Your Own Wiki Platform And Grow Your Community With Miraheze".Website Planet.Archivedfrom the original on 2023-06-20.Retrieved2023-07-11.
- ^abcd"WikiMatrix - Compare them all" (selectable table), WikiMatrix, 2007, webpage: wikimatrix-org-mainArchived2016-01-31 at theWayback Machine.
- ^"Confluence wiki markup syntax | Confluence Cloud".Archivedfrom the original on 2023-12-01.Retrieved2024-02-01.
- ^"Ourproject.org Manifesto".Ourproject.org.July 2006.Archivedfrom the original on 2019-12-04.Retrieved2019-11-25.
External links
[edit]- Computers/Software/Groupware/Wiki/Wiki FarmsatCurlie
- Wikimatrix, with interactive selection of wikifarms based on user preference,now only available through theWayback Machine.