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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 tree is a subjective approach to a classification of wiki engines according to their origins | 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. | ||
===Page format=== | |||
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its relation to any existing wiki engines; '''[[:Category:Wiki Topic|project]]''' or community the engine was originally made for [if any]; notable and / or new features; | |||
:wiki engine | |||
by using (the leading hash <tt>#</tt> generates the auto-numbering): | by using (the leading hash <tt>#</tt> generates the auto-numbering): | ||
<pre>#'''[[:Category:Engine Name|Engine Name]]''' — year; author / founder; prog lang; relation; original use; other comment;</pre> | |||
==={{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:CvWiki|CvWiki]] — 1997; [[ | ###'''[[:Category:AtisWiki|AtisWiki]]''' — 1998; [[Marcus Denker]]; Perl; ATIS / University of Karlsruhe; transclusion of web pages | ||
###[[:Category:TunesWiki|TunesWiki]] — | ####'''[[:Category:UniToWiki|UniToWiki]]''' — 199Y; [[Enrico Pasini]]; Perl; University of Turin | ||
###[[:Category:AtisWiki|AtisWiki]] — 1998; [[ | ####'''[[:Category:UseMod Wiki|UseMod Wiki]]''' — 1999; [[Clifford Adams]]; Perl; Usenet Moderation Project; sub-pages | ||
####[[:Category:UniToWiki|UniToWiki]] — | #####'''[[:Category:ProWiki|ProWiki]]''' — 2000; [[HelmutLeitner]]; Perl; [[DseWiki]], [[GründerWiki]], [[TolkienWiki]], [[Wiki4D]], [[DorfWiki]], [[OurCulture]]; fractality | ||
####[[:Category: | #####'''[[:Category:Oddmuse|Oddmuse]]''' — 2001; [[Alex Schröder]]; Perl; [[EmacsWiki]]; sub-wikis [http://www.Oddmuse.org/cgi-bin/oddmuse/What_Is_Oddmuse] | ||
#####[[:Category: | ######'''[[:Category:FsiWiki|FsiWiki]]''' — 200Y; ????????; Perl??; | ||
#####'''[[:Category:WikkiTikkiTavi|WikkiTikkiTavi]]''' — 2000; [[Scott Moonen|Scott C. Moonen]]; PHP; [[KeptPages]] | |||
#####[[:Category:Oddmuse|Oddmuse]] — 2001; [[ | #####'''[[:Category:Wiki::Toolkit|Wiki::Toolkit]]''' — 2002; [[User talk:KakePugh|Kake Pugh]]; Perl; | ||
#####[[:Category: | ######'''[[:Category:OpenGuides|OpenGuides]]''' — 2002; [[User talk:KakePugh|Kake Pugh]]; Perl; [[:Category:City|city wikis]] | ||
#####[[:Category: | #####'''[[: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: | #####'''[[:Category:PurpleWiki|PurpleWiki]]''' — 2003; ????????; Perl; purple numbers | ||
##'''[[JWiki]]''' — 1997; [[Ricardo Clements]]; Java; first wiki compiled in Java and first to use a database | |||
##[[:Category: | ##'''[[:Category:PhpWiki|PhpWiki]]''' — 1999; [[SourceForge:u/wainstead/profile/|Steve Wainstead]]; PHP; | ||
##'''[[:Category:CocoaDevWiki|CocoaDevWiki]]''' — 199Y; ????????; ???; | |||
##[[:Category: | ##'''[[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: | ##'''[[:Category:Kwiki|Kwiki]]''' ''aka'' '''KwikiKwiki''' — 19YY; [[Brian Ingerson]]; Perl; ???; used by OSCON | ||
##[[ | ###'''[[:Category:Socialtext|Socialtext]]''' — 199Y; ????????; Perl (?); ???; | ||
##[[:Category: | ##'''[[:Category:PikiPiki|PikiPiki]]''' — 1999; [[Martin Pool]]; Python; first wiki made in Python, flat files, no versioning | ||
###'''[[:Category:PikiePikie|PikiePikie]]''' — 2000; [[Steve Pike]]; Python; | |||
##[[:Category: | ####'''[[:Category:MoinMoin|MoinMoin]]''' — 2000; [[Jürgen Hermann]]; Python; [[web.de]] | ||
###[[:Category: | ##'''[[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: | ##'''[[:Category:TipiWiki|TipiWiki]]''' — 199Y; ????????; PHP; | ||
###[[:Category: | ###'''[[: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: | ##'''[[: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: | ###'''[[:Category:QuikWiki|QuikWiki]]''' — 200Y; ????????; ???; | ||
###[[:Category: | ##'''[[Very Quick Wiki]]''' ''aka'' '''VQWiki''' — 2001; Martijn van der Kleijn; JSP; | ||
###[[:Category: | ###'''[[: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]]'''<sup>[https://web.Archive.org/web/20160314233946/http://Wiki.CS.CityU.edu.hk/CsWiki]</sup> — 2003; [[Archive.org:20040216150330/http://Wiki.CS.CityU.edu.hk/citiwiki/LaiHoKwan|Lai Ho Kwan]]; PHP; [[CS Wiki (CitiWiki)]] | |||
##[[:Category: | ###'''[[:Category:CoMaWiki|CoMaWiki]]''' — 200Y; [[Costal Martignier]]; PHP; | ||
##[[:Category: | ###'''[[:Category:CooCooWakka|CooCooWakka]]''' — 200Y; Ye Gu; PHP; Chinese only | ||
##[[ | ###'''[[:Category:UniWakka|UniWakka]]''' — 200Y; ????????; PHP; | ||
###'''[[:Category:WackoWiki|WackoWiki]]''' — 2002; Aleksey Kulakov; PHP; originally Russian only, now 20 languages | |||
## | ###'''[[:Category:WikkaWiki|WikkaWiki]]''' ''aka'' '''WikkaWakkaWiki''' — 2004; [[Jason Tourtelotte]]; PHP; | ||
### | ###'''[[:Category:WikiNi|WikiNi]]''' — 200Y; ????????; PHP; French engine with English, Spanish, and Esperanto support | ||
##'''[[:Category:PmWiki|PmWiki]]''' — 2002; [[Patrick Michaud]]; PHP; uses plain text files instead of database | |||
##[[:Category: | ##'''[[:Category:Green Light Wiki|Green Light Wiki]]''' — 200Y; [[Ben Kovitz]]; ???; | ||
##[[ | ##'''[[:Category:JOS Wiki|JOS Wiki]]''' — 199Y; Markus Peter and Dave Harris; [[:Category:Java|Java]] (?); Java Operating System | ||
###'''[[:Category:KeheiWiki|KeheiWiki]]''' — 200Y; [[Bob Racko]]; ???; | |||
###'''[[:Category:TWiki|TWiki]]''' — 1998; [[Peter Thoeny]]; Perl; aimed at large corporate intranets, used plain text files instead of database | |||
####'''[[Spinner Wiki]]''' — 2001; ????????; ???; (abandoned) | |||
####'''[[O'Wiki]]''' — 2003; ????????; ???; (abandoned) | |||
####'''[[:Category:Foswiki|Foswiki]]''' — 2008; [[Foswiki Forkers]]; Perl; | |||
##'''[[:Category:XWiki|XWiki]]''' — 2004; [[Ludovic Dubost]]; Java; | |||
##'''[[PlikiWiki]]''' — 2005; [[User:Jdm1979uk|John Morden]]; Perl; | |||
##'''[[:Category:Wikidot.org|Wikidot.org]]''' — 2008; [[Michał Frąckowiak]]; PHP; uses Ajax, powers the huge [[:Category:Wikidot.com|Wikidot.com]] wiki farm | |||
===External links=== | |||
*[[Meatball:WikiFamilyTree]] — similar tree classification attempt | *[[Meatball:WikiFamilyTree]] — similar tree classification attempt | ||
*[ | *[[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. | |||
[[Category: | [[Category:Wiki engine| ]] | ||
[[Category:Wiki | [[Category:Wiki| ]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Browse| ]] | ||
[[Category:Great feature| ]] |
Latest revision as of 17:01, 21 June 2024
Wiki engine evolution tree — the evolution tree in this article below shows roughly how various 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 subjective approach to a classification of wiki engines according to their origins; where the original programmer (or founder) of the wiki engine got the idea of deriving (or forking) a new wiki engine from an existing wiki engine. Specifically: this is supposed to be a tree of the evolution of wiki engines (not wiki forums or 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 interpretation and opinion. Nevertheless, it is hoped this page will provide food for thought on the history of wiki software.
Page format[edit]
Please try to list information using the following schema (items in bold are strongly preferred, though only the engine itself should be displayed in bold), using full wikilinks where possible (red links are acceptable):
- wiki engine name — year the development of the wiki engine started; founding author/programmer; programming language (original/primary); its relation to any existing wiki engines; project or community the engine was originally made for [if any]; notable and / or new features;
by using (the leading hash # generates the auto-numbering):
#'''[[:Category:Engine Name|Engine Name]]''' — year; author / founder; prog lang; relation; original use; other comment;
Wiki engine tree[edit]
Apple HyperCard stack for Tektronix — 19YY; Ward Cunningham; ???; Ward's Tektronix colleagues; precursor to seeding the wiki concept
- WikiWikiWeb — 1994; Ward Cunningham; Perl; Portland Pattern Repository / patterns community; first wiki site, aka Ward's Wiki; the actual wiki software would subsequently be released as 'Wiki Base'
- ThoughtsWeaver — ca. 1996; Jim Coplien; ???;
- CvWiki — 1997; Peter Merel; Perl; GreenCheese (?); WayBackMode
- TunesWiki — 199Y; ????????; ???;
- AtisWiki — 1998; Marcus Denker; Perl; ATIS / University of Karlsruhe; transclusion of web pages
- UniToWiki — 199Y; Enrico Pasini; Perl; University of Turin
- UseMod Wiki — 1999; Clifford Adams; Perl; Usenet Moderation Project; sub-pages
- ProWiki — 2000; HelmutLeitner; Perl; DseWiki, GründerWiki, TolkienWiki, Wiki4D, DorfWiki, OurCulture; fractality
- Oddmuse — 2001; Alex Schröder; Perl; EmacsWiki; sub-wikis [1]
- FsiWiki — 200Y; ????????; Perl??;
- WikkiTikkiTavi — 2000; Scott C. Moonen; PHP; KeptPages
- Wiki::Toolkit — 2002; Kake Pugh; Perl;
- OpenGuides — 2002; Kake Pugh; Perl; city wikis
- MediaWiki — 2002; Magnus Manske; PHP; Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation; wiki namespaces
- PurpleWiki — 2003; ????????; Perl; purple numbers
- JWiki — 1997; Ricardo Clements; Java; first wiki compiled in Java and first to use a database
- PhpWiki — 1999; Steve Wainstead; PHP;
- CocoaDevWiki — 199Y; ????????; ???;
- QuickiWiki — ca. 1999-2001; Ward Cunningham; Perl; The Wiki Way CD; similar to WikiWikiWeb
- ClusterWiki — 1999; Bo Leuf; Perl; The Wiki Way CD; runs a cluster of wiki forums on a single wiki engine
- Kwiki aka KwikiKwiki — 19YY; Brian Ingerson; Perl; ???; used by OSCON
- Socialtext — 199Y; ????????; Perl (?); ???;
- PikiPiki — 1999; Martin Pool; Python; first wiki made in Python, flat files, no versioning
- PikiePikie — 2000; Steve Pike; Python;
- MoinMoin — 2000; Jürgen Hermann; Python; web.de
- PikiePikie — 2000; Steve Pike; Python;
- 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
- Zwiki — 1999; Simon Michael; Python+Zope;
- TipiWiki — 199Y; ????????; PHP;
- FatWiki — 199Y; ????????; ???;
- PeanutButterWiki, renamed PBwiki — 2005; David Weekly; PHP; PBwiki wiki farm; now known as PBworks, and hosting over one million (1,000,000+) wiki sites
- TipiWiki2 — 199Y; ????????; PHP;
- Clublet — 2000; Richard Drake; Perl; WhyClublet; sign-in, religious discussion
- Dinki — 200Y; ????????; Perl;
- QuikWiki — 200Y; ????????; ???;
- Very Quick Wiki aka VQWiki — 2001; Martijn van der Kleijn; JSP;
- JAMWiki — 2006; Ryan Holliday; Java; Java-based wiki engine using the MediaWiki syntax; powered JAMGuides
- Wakka aka WakkaWiki — 2002; Carlos Zottman / Hendrik Mans; PHP;
- CitiWiki[2] — 2003; Lai Ho Kwan; PHP; CS Wiki (CitiWiki)
- CoMaWiki — 200Y; Costal Martignier; PHP;
- CooCooWakka — 200Y; Ye Gu; PHP; Chinese only
- UniWakka — 200Y; ????????; PHP;
- WackoWiki — 2002; Aleksey Kulakov; PHP; originally Russian only, now 20 languages
- WikkaWiki aka WikkaWakkaWiki — 2004; Jason Tourtelotte; PHP;
- WikiNi — 200Y; ????????; PHP; French engine with English, Spanish, and Esperanto support
- PmWiki — 2002; Patrick Michaud; PHP; uses plain text files instead of database
- Green Light Wiki — 200Y; Ben Kovitz; ???;
- JOS Wiki — 199Y; Markus Peter and Dave Harris; Java (?); Java Operating System
- KeheiWiki — 200Y; Bob Racko; ???;
- TWiki — 1998; Peter Thoeny; Perl; aimed at large corporate intranets, used plain text files instead of database
- Spinner Wiki — 2001; ????????; ???; (abandoned)
- O'Wiki — 2003; ????????; ???; (abandoned)
- Foswiki — 2008; Foswiki Forkers; Perl;
- XWiki — 2004; Ludovic Dubost; Java;
- PlikiWiki — 2005; John Morden; Perl;
- Wikidot.org — 2008; Michał Frąckowiak; PHP; uses Ajax, powers the huge Wikidot.com wiki farm
External links[edit]
- Meatball:WikiFamilyTree — similar tree classification attempt
- Wiki:WikiEngines — at Portland Pattern Repository (PPR)
- History of wikis — at the English Wikipedia (En.Wp)
- File:Unix timeline.en.svg — diagram at Wikimedia Commons, showing Unix code inheritance tree; would be interesting to see wiki engines in this format.