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ikiwiki

Developer(s)	Joey Hess et al
Initial release	29 April 2006[1]
Stable release	3.14159 / 2009-07-16; 4 months ago[2][3]
Written in	Perl
Operating system	Unix-like
Type	Wiki software
License	GNU General Public License
Website	http://ikiwiki.info/

ikiwiki is a wiki software system designed by Joey Hess.

Contents 1 Design 2 Use as a (possibly-distributed) bug tracker 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Design

ikiwiki compiles wiki pages into HTML pages for publication. Unlike conventional wiki software, it could use a standard version control system such as Subversion or Git^[4] for managing differences between versions of a wiki page. The term "wiki compiler" was coined by ikiwiki's designer to compare the program's function to that of make or gcc for computer software projects.^[5]. Other wiki compilers use wiki processor as term^[6].

ikiwiki is implemented in Perl, although external plugins can be implemented in any language.^[7] It supports several markup languages, including Markdown, Creole,^[8] reStructuredText and Textile.^[4] In the simplest case it can function as an off-line static web site generator, but it can use cgi to function as a normal web-interfaced wiki as well. Login via OpenID is supported.

ikiwiki is included in various Linux distributions, including Debian.^[9] Licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, ikiwiki is free software.

[edit] Use as a (possibly-distributed) bug tracker

Although wikis and bug tracking systems are conventionally viewed as distinct types of software, Ikiwiki can also be used as a (possibly-distributed) bug tracking system. However, its query functionality is not as advanced or as user-friendly as some other, non-distributed bug trackers such as BugZilla.^[5]

[edit] See also

• Bliki
• Website Meta Language
• Sputnik (software)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• ikiwiki at WikiMatrix

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