Personal Wiki

What is a Personal Wiki? It's like Wards Wiki, but it's yours. It can be:

a free-form database

Internet wikis that need a server, but can be run locally

The degree of difficulty for installation varies -- most PHP installations require an Apache Web server, and some may require mySQL as well. Windows users check out XAMPP for an easy-to-use Apache/PHP/MySQL platform.

Media Wiki (The same one that Wikipedia runs on) -- www.mediawiki.org

Moin Moin (see moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de )

Doku Wiki uses PHP, but doesn't require any database, stores content as plain .txt files -- dokuwiki.org

Pm Wiki The data is stored in Pm Wiki-specific file format (you need to have EasyPHP or some similar software).

Erfurt Wiki, uses PHP - but you can either use MYSQL or a textfile mode. The textfile mode makes it very easy to edit the pages locally. (You need to have EasyPHP or some similar software.)

Php Wiki (You also need to have EasyPHP or some similar software.)

Ruwiki Wiki (in Ruby, see ruwiki.rubyforge.org )

Sk Avery Simple Wiki (Perl on Apache or IIS)

Use Mod Wiki (in Perl)

Wacko Wiki (apache, mysql)

Wi Kit (in TCL/TK)

Jsp Wiki (JSP, flat files)

Personal wikis that come with a server (and need a browser)

Co Wiki (cowiki.org ) seems dead

Cluster Wiki

Didi Wiki

Eddies Wiki (one of the earliest personal wikis)

Elreys Wiki Server (based on Eddies Wiki 0.95)

Michel Van De Weterings Wiki Server (based on Eddies Wiki 1.0; you can do HTML with this version + you can use free links to form a wiki word [ ])

Wx Wiki Server (also based on Eddies Wiki 1.0 with many features added or fixed). See: www.usemod.com

Gollum - github.com

Includes local server and integrates with rack based servers

Stores plain text files (markdown, org-mode, textile and more) into a git repo

Maintained by github team

Instiki Wiki

Personal Kneaver (www.kneaver.com ) combines Wiki and Mindmaps.

Mini Ruby Wiki

Moin Moin (even in Win32, with or without other server, since it come with a optional standalone server)

Notes Wiki -- personal desktop Wiki, flat files, tag based, standalone server, GPL, docu only in German available, www.jstolberg.de

Odd Muse (for win32; download the installer here www.oddmuse.org )

Pimki Wiki (pimki.rubyforge.org ) - A Wiki-based Personal Information Manager for Getting Things Done

Project Forum -- the demo version; no need to even start the browser separately; written in TCL; a single exe file

Ruwiki Wiki (in Ruby, see ruwiki.rubyforge.org )

Soks Wiki (in Ruby, imports In Stiki and shows Wiki Links to existing pages without any formatting)

SSmS (oi-torpedo.com ) - A Wiki-based for SMS.

Twiki Windows Personal - self-contained version of Twiki (Twiki Clone) for windows users. Will run from a usb memory device.

Wikiwig, a Wysi Wyg Wiki, lite and easy to use (in PHP/My Sql)

Windows Wiki - comes with Tinyweb http server in an automatic installer. Requires python be present.

Xo Yn Ki (in Java)

Personal Wikis that don't need a server but require a browser

Stick Wiki -- simple one-file Wiki

Tiddly Wiki -- one-file Wiki implemented in Java Script. Strong community; many different (and interesting) adaptations at trac.tiddlywiki.org

Tiddly Wiki Classic -- The original. More mature, has more useful plugins, and requires an additional JSON file stored in the same folder of your tiddlywiki when using Chrome or IE.

TiddlyWiki5 -- Tiddly Wiki rewritten from the ground up based on HTML5 standards in order to to be as future-proof as possible. Currently in beta, lacking many features of the original (using plugins)(3/4/2014).

Stand-alone personal wikis that don't require a server or a browser

More than one operating system

Jree Pad -- Java (.jar file); like Tree Pad, but with wiki-links

Mobile Wiki Server, Mac/Windows/Linux Desktop version, www.mobilewikiserver.com (Built on Seaside Framework web framework.)

Note Book

Wikid Pad -- now open source, Windows, Linux, Mac OS X

Wi Kit (in TCL/TK) can be run either as a desktop without a server or with a server

AKG Wikit -- a fork of Wi Kit; see wiki.tcl.tk

Wi Xi -- Wixi is a multi-platform wiki application for the desktop. It is written in python/wxpython and uses txt2tags to convert plain text to many other formats. wixi.sourceforge.net

Zulu Pad -- Mac OS X and Windows - it does not work with the latest versions of OS X and there seems to be no development for any operating system since 2009

Linux, Unix

Newton -- newton.sourceforge.net

Tagore -- dospeixos.net (a personal desktop wiki for GNOME, using ruby-gnome2) (dead link, redirects to google)

Tom Boy

Zim Wiki, www.pardus.nl (GTK2-Perl) (Linux/BSD/Windows)

Mac

Mac Personal Wiki -- for OS X only (broken link)

Voodoo Pad -- (shareware 24.95) for OS X only

Wiki Brain -- for OS X only (broken link)

Wikinotes -- wikinotes.mug-linz.at (no longer available)

Windows

bLade Wiki -- not just for Windows mobile, not even dependent on it: dale.lane.googlepages.com

Connected Text -- (commercial $29.95), includes a web or map view of nodes, categories, calendar and full text search

Flex Wiki Pad -- not to be confused with Flex Wiki or Flex Wiki Editor; this one is unconnected (but needs MS.NET Framework)

Hyp Edit -- rudimentary plain text wiki; see hytext.com

Linked Notes -- (commercial $19.95)

Note Studio -- works well on Windows, it's meant to be used with Palm (for PC $39.95 US, for Palm and PC $49.95 US)

Note Wiki -- no development since 2003

Pepys Wiki -- no longer supported

Ppc Softi Know -- (commercial; free lite edition, $29 Home edition, $79 Standard edition, $249 Professional edition)

Quick Notes -- (commercial $15.00 - seems to be discontinued; Stone Notes seems to be successor application)- stonenotes download site not working.

Sdi Desk: This is an app programmed by Phil Jones.

Text Web -- it has wiki-like links but no wiki formatting. Perhaps better listed under Wiki Like Thing

Wiki Writer -- (shareware 39.95)

Whiz Folders -- (Commercial: $25) whizfolders.com