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I am looking to setup a Wiki for my startup´s API similar to: http://apiwiki.twitter.com/. However PBWiki is far out of our price range (4$-8$ per user) which free opensource (preferably PHP) or other lowcost solution would you recommend?

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We just recently looked at a few options and pbwiki beats them all. WYSIWYG and elegant.

It seems ultra expensive but you can negotiate a pretty dope rate. We got $100/year for unlimited users and stuff. Call that 1-888 number and work that magic!

http://bumptop.pbwiki.com/ is ours

Thank you! I am going to do that!

docuwiki is also

http://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki

I use MediaWiki because I'm familiar with it and it's feature-rich. Really, you should use one that you know, understand, and like.

If you want to host source code also, you might consider something like Trac (http://trac.edgewall.org) or Redmine (http://redmine.org).

Twiki looks really nice. I could however not get it to work with the beta of lighttpd (script hang at setup screen).

Note that for publicly editable wikis (like BarCamp, for instance), PBwiki does not charge for folks outside your organization. (Otherwise BarCamp would owe us tens of thousands of dollars a month they don't have!) You'll only have to pay for as many people are using the wiki at your startup.

There are lots of options.

If you want to get going quickly, get a Virtual Machine (Virtual Appliance) that is already configured for the Wiki. There are good TWiki and MediaWiki images available that will get you going in no time flat. http://www.vmware.com/appliances/ - http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/53 - http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/839 - etc - etc

Long term - only advice I can give is to stick with the technology set you know. I've seen MediaWiki go into lots of corporates and fail as it's impossible (for them) to integrate and maintain. Confluence (Java+Oracle) is usually a better option in that case... For you it would seem MediaWiki is the best shot.

If you're a startup (2 people or less) Fogbugz is free and comes with wiki software. If there's more than two of you, then if PBwiki is expensive..fogbugz is much more so.

Thank you - we want to let the users be allowed to edit the Wiki - hence we're looking for no limit on users. MediaWiki is starting to look more and more attractive but it's just so visually cluttered for my liking.

Jotspot, now Google Wiki http://sites.google.com/?hl=en&tab=w3&pli=1

I second Google Sites, because it is very easy to use and has a good WYSIWYG. However, it has its limitations and google tech support is not very good through their forums. The premium version is costly and does not appear to provide any significant benefits on top of the free version.

Anyone know of any google sites worth looking at for their design?

If you'd like to compare all wiki engines and services available try

http://www.wikimatrix.org/

I find TiddlyWiki to be rather elegant.

http://www.tiddlywiki.com/

I find PmWiki to be simple and straight to the point.

http://pmwiki.com/

we use dokuwiki for #barcampsaigon website http://www.barcampsaigon.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=2008_org_h...

MoinMoin http://moinmo.in/

Simple, easy, fun, open-source, php, double-click to edit Try Wikka Wiki

OS X Server's wiki is fairly impressive with no recurring costs

php? MediaWiki.

MediaWiki is a ghetto, FYI.

Once you go MediaWiki, you will never be able to leave. Why? As far as I know, no one has ever been able to duplicate the parser in any other language.

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