Category:Wiki engine: Difference between revisions

A '''Wiki engine''' is the [[:Category:Server|server]]-side {{tag|software}} powering a {{tag|wiki}} website. There are many different [[wiki]] engines which are now available; all implementing roughly the same {{tag|wiki idea|idea}}, but in a myriad of different ways. They are available in different {{tag|Programming|programming languages}}; some offering similar features, but many offering and adding different features. ''See also: [[:category: wiki farm]]''. Most wiki engines are [[:Category:Free software|free]] and / or [[:Category:Open source|open source]] ([[:Category:FOSS|FOSS]]), but some wiki engines are also available as a [[:Category:Commercial License|commercial]] option, for the payment of a fee. To see how various wiki engine developments are, or were inter-related, see [[Wiki engine evolution tree]].

The [[WikiMatrix]] wiki site at [https://WikiMatrix.org WikiMatrix.org] describes the differences from one wiki engine to another, and provides comparisons between them; <code>{{Template|WikiMatrix wiki engine features}}</code> can be added to individual wiki engine article or category page entries to link directly to a detailed features table and comparison options. There is also a subjective list of the [[Wiki:TopTenWikiEngines|top ten wiki engines]] at the the original wiki site: [[WikiWikiWeb]].

This '''Category: Wiki engine''' is the 'mother' or 'parent' [[Special:Categories|category]] for ALL wiki engines. <u>Sub-[[categories]]</u> listed below will be populated with articles on those wiki sites which are powered using said wiki engine; whereas <u>article pages</u> below in this mother [[category]] will list a wiki engine without any other wiki sites using said engine.