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'''Wiki engine evolution tree''' — the {{Cambridge-Dictionary|evolution}} tree in this [[article]] below shows roughly how various {{tag|wiki engine}} (wiki software) developments are (or were) related and inter-related.  For a full list of wiki engines we have indexed here on [[WikiIndex]], see [[:category: Wiki engine]].

The evolution tree is a {{Cambridge-Dictionary|subjective}} approach to a {{Cambridge-Dictionary|classification}} of wiki engines according to their [[:Category:Wiki age|origins]]; where the original [[Developer|programmer]] (or [[founder]]) of the wiki engine got the idea of {{Cambridge-Dictionary|derive|deriving}} (or [[fork]]ing) a new wiki engine from an existing wiki engine. Specifically: this is supposed to be a tree of the evolution of <u>wiki engines</u> (''not'' {{tag|wiki}} forums or [[Wiki|wiki sites]]; just wiki engines only). It is supposed to show where a wiki engine was derived from. Of course, this ''can'' be very subjective, and be subject to {{Cambridge-Dictionary|interpretation}} and {{Cambridge-Dictionary|opinion}}.  Nevertheless, it is hoped this page will provide food for thought on the history of wiki software.

Please try to list information using the following {{Cambridge-Dictionary|schema}} (items in bold are strongly preferred, though <u>only</u> the engine itself should be <u>displayed</u> in bold), using full [[wikilink]]s where possible ([[red link]]s ''are'' acceptable):

:'''wiki engine name''' — '''[[:Category:Wiki age|year]]''' the development of the wiki engine started; '''[[:Category:Wiki people|founding author/programmer]]'''; '''[[:Category:Programming|programming language (original/primary)]]'''; its relation to any existing wiki engines; '''[[:Category:Wiki Topic|project]]''' or community the engine was originally made for [if any]; notable and / or new features;

==={{tag|Wiki engine}} tree===

[[:Category:Apple|Apple]] {{Wp|HyperCard}} stack for {{Wp|Tektronix}} — 19YY; [[Ward Cunningham]]; ???; Ward's Tektronix colleagues; precursor to seeding the [[:Category:Wiki concept|wiki concept]]

#'''<big><mark>[[:Category:WikiWikiWeb|WikiWikiWeb]]</mark></big>''' — 1994; [[Ward Cunningham]]; Perl; [[Portland Pattern Repository]] / patterns community; '''first wiki <u>site</u>''', ''aka'' '''Ward's Wiki'''; the actual wiki software would subsequently be released as '[[Wiki Base]]'

##'''[[:Category:ThoughtsWeaver|ThoughtsWeaver]]''' — ca. 1996; [[Jim Coplien]]; ???;

##'''[[:Category:CvWiki|CvWiki]]''' — 1997; [[Peter Merel]]; Perl; [[GreenCheese]] (?); WayBackMode

###'''[[:Category:TunesWiki|TunesWiki]]''' — 199Y; ????????; ???;

###'''[[:Category:AtisWiki|AtisWiki]]''' — 1998; [[Marcus Denker]]; Perl; ATIS / University of Karlsruhe; transclusion of web pages

####'''[[:Category:UniToWiki|UniToWiki]]''' — 199Y; [[Enrico Pasini]]; Perl; University of Turin

####'''[[:Category:UseMod Wiki|UseMod Wiki]]''' — 1999; [[Clifford Adams]]; Perl; Usenet Moderation Project; sub-pages

#####'''[[:Category:ProWiki|ProWiki]]''' — 2000; [[HelmutLeitner]]; Perl; [[DseWiki]], [[GründerWiki]], [[TolkienWiki]], [[Wiki4D]], [[DorfWiki]], [[OurCulture]]; fractality

#####'''[[:Category:Oddmuse|Oddmuse]]''' — 2001; [[Alex Schröder]]; Perl; [[EmacsWiki]]; sub-wikis [http://www.Oddmuse.org/cgi-bin/oddmuse/What_Is_Oddmuse]

######'''[[:Category:FsiWiki|FsiWiki]]''' — 200Y; ????????; Perl??;

#####'''[[:Category:WikkiTikkiTavi|WikkiTikkiTavi]]''' — 2000; [[Scott Moonen|Scott C. Moonen]]; PHP; [[KeptPages]]

#####'''[[:Category:Wiki::Toolkit|Wiki::Toolkit]]''' — 2002; [[User talk:KakePugh|Kake Pugh]]; Perl;

######'''[[:Category:OpenGuides|OpenGuides]]''' — 2002; [[User talk:KakePugh|Kake Pugh]]; Perl; [[:Category:City|city wikis]]

#####'''[[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]]''' — 2002; [[Magnus Manske]]; PHP; [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]]; wiki namespaces

######'''[[:Category:GetWiki|GetWiki]]''' — ca. 2003; ????????; PHP; [[Wikinfo]] / [[ibiblio]]; importation of wiki pages

#####'''[[:Category:PurpleWiki|PurpleWiki]]''' — 2003; ????????; Perl; purple numbers

##'''[[JWiki]]''' — 1997; [[Ricardo Clements]]; Java; first wiki compiled in Java and first to use a database

##'''[[:Category:PhpWiki|PhpWiki]]''' — 1999; [[SourceForge:u/wainstead/profile/|Steve Wainstead]]; PHP;

##'''[[:Category:CocoaDevWiki|CocoaDevWiki]]''' — 199Y; ????????; ???;

##'''[[QuickiWiki]]''' — ca. 1999-2001; [[Ward Cunningham]]; Perl; ''[[The Wiki Way: Quick Collaboration on the Web|The Wiki Way]]'' CD; similar to WikiWikiWeb

##'''[[:Category:ClusterWiki|ClusterWiki]]''' — 1999; [[Bo Leuf]]; Perl; ''[[The Wiki Way: Quick Collaboration on the Web|The Wiki Way]]'' CD; runs a cluster of wiki forums on a single wiki engine

##'''[[:Category:Kwiki|Kwiki]]''' ''aka'' '''KwikiKwiki''' — 19YY; [[Brian Ingerson]]; Perl; ???; used by OSCON

###'''[[:Category:Socialtext|Socialtext]]''' — 199Y; ????????; Perl (?); ???;

##'''[[:Category:PikiPiki|PikiPiki]]''' — 1999; [[Martin Pool]]; Python; first wiki made in Python, flat files, no versioning

###'''[[:Category:PikiePikie|PikiePikie]]''' — 2000; [[Steve Pike]]; Python;

####'''[[:Category:MoinMoin|MoinMoin]]''' — 2000; [[Jürgen Hermann]]; Python; [[web.de]]

##'''[[PyWiki]]''' — 1999; [[Tim Voght]]; Python; also claims first wiki made in Python ('first project in Python' exercise), RCS revision control system to store its pages<!--https://web.archive.org/web/20000115111217/http://www.Voght.com/cgi-bin/pywiki?PyWiki-->

##'''[[:Category:Zwiki|Zwiki]]''' — 1999; [[Simon Michael]]; Python+Zope;

##'''[[:Category:TipiWiki|TipiWiki]]''' — 199Y; ????????; PHP;

###'''[[:Category:FatWiki|FatWiki]]''' — 199Y; ????????; ???;

###'''PeanutButterWiki''', renamed '''[[:Category:PBwiki|PBwiki]]''' — 2005; [[David Weekly]]; PHP; PBwiki [[wiki farm]]; now known as PBworks, and hosting over one million (1,000,000+) wiki sites

###'''[[:Category:TipiWiki2|TipiWiki2]]''' — 199Y; ????????; PHP;

##'''[[:Category:Clublet|Clublet]]''' — 2000; [[Richard Drake]]; Perl; [[WhyClublet]]; sign-in, religious discussion<!--https://web.archive.org/web/20010418193509/http://Clublet.com/c/c/why-->

##'''[[:Category:Dinki|Dinki]]''' — 200Y; ????????; Perl;

###'''[[:Category:QuikWiki|QuikWiki]]''' — 200Y; ????????; ???;

##'''[[Very Quick Wiki]]''' ''aka'' '''VQWiki''' — 2001; Martijn van der Kleijn; JSP;

###'''[[:Category:JAMWiki|JAMWiki]]''' — 2006; [[Archive.org:20170112033535/http://JAMWiki.org/wiki/en/User:wrh2|Ryan Holliday]]; Java; Java-based wiki engine using the MediaWiki syntax; powered [[:Category:JAMGuides|JAMGuides]]

##'''[[:Category:Wakka|Wakka]]''' ''aka'' '''WakkaWiki''' — 2002; [[Carlos Zottman]] / [[Hendrik Mans]]; PHP;

###'''[[:Category:CitiWiki|CitiWiki]]'''^{[https://web.Archive.org/web/20160314233946/http://Wiki.CS.CityU.edu.hk/CsWiki]} — 2003; [[Archive.org:20040216150330/http://Wiki.CS.CityU.edu.hk/citiwiki/LaiHoKwan|Lai Ho Kwan]]; PHP; [[CS Wiki (CitiWiki)]]

###'''[[:Category:CoMaWiki|CoMaWiki]]''' — 200Y; [[Costal Martignier]]; PHP;

###'''[[:Category:CooCooWakka|CooCooWakka]]''' — 200Y; Ye Gu; PHP; Chinese only

###'''[[:Category:UniWakka|UniWakka]]''' — 200Y; ????????; PHP;

===External links===

*[[Wiki:WikiEngines]] — at [[Portland Pattern Repository]] (PPR)

*{{Wp|History of wikis}} — at the [[English Wikipedia]] (En.Wp)

*{{WM-Commons|File:Unix timeline.en.svg}} — diagram at [[Wikimedia Commons]], showing [[:Category:Unix|Unix]] code inheritance tree; would be interesting to see wiki engines in this format.

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