Confluence-like software for personal use?

Xoliul

Hey, I'm sure most people in the industry know Confluence. Perhaps some of you have written documentation with it; I do it a lot.

Now, when writing my own stuff at home, I really wish I had something similar, but it doesn't look like Confluence is cheap or easy to set up without your own server and all.

So; does anybody know an easy, free wiki-like software like Confluence that I could use? I know the wikipedia like systems are freely available, but Confluence is WAY easier to layout nicely. Also I really want something where I don't have to mess with my own server and all. Like how you can host wordpress blogs on wordpress' own site.

Alternatively: anything remotely decent for writing gamedesign documents. I'm a bit sick of the MS Word-like way of working.

Eric Chadwick

MoinMoin, which our wiki uses, has a wysiwyg editor, might work for you. Personally I prefer MediaWiki syntax, but I wish it had a wysiwyg editor for faster editing.

Take a look at Wikia, I've used it to setup school wikis, and it can switch between wysiwyg and markup.

Stromberg90

a small google search lead me to this, https://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki
could that be something?

cptSwing

I use pmwiki for collecting tips and information, but I think you'd also need your own host.

I seem to remember there being a wiki plugin for wordpress, but I can't recollect why I didn't end up using it in the end ;-)

myles

Actually, confluence is quite cheap Laurence! I use their ondemand service which is only 10$ a month and is super easy to set up - https://www.atlassian.com/ondemand/signup/?product=confluence.ondemand

Kwramm

cptSwing wrote: »

I use pmwiki for collecting tips and information, but I think you'd also need your own host.

I seem to remember there being a wiki plugin for wordpress, but I can't recollect why I didn't end up using it in the end ;-)

we have something like that on our intranet. I prefer a real wiki any day. The whole Wysiwyg editor is just as unpredictable as Word can be at times. For now I just keep my personal notes in Evernote where I can move them around and reorganize them as needed. It's just not good for sharing.

Xoliul

I'd prefer to stay away from the whole hosting-it-myself thing, I always hate dealing with that stuff. Wikia could be excellent, but there's no way to go private there.

Myles; that's not too bad. Still $120 a year, but they host for you. Looks like downloading it for your own hosting is only $10 though.. that's better than I thought.

cptSwing

There's also TiddlyWiki.. free online host here: http://tiddlyspot.com/

..but it's very simple.

haiddasalami

bitbucket has a wiki though I dont use it much other than throwing code into repo. Looks pretty basic and you can set it to private/invite others though theres no wyswig mode i believe

Stromberg90

https://wiki.zoho.com/

Seems pretty nice, it has the ability to make it private, also the interface is not too bad.
The free version does have some limitations, but I don't know how quickly one would reach them.

Gilgamesh

Stromberg90 wrote: »

a small google search lead me to this, https://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki
could that be something?

We use doku at work and I must say I intensely dislike it , having to do documentation for our products was really time consuming and a real ballache, I tried to find some other software but I was overruled by the management.

repete

I use zim desktop wiki

http://zim-wiki.org/

primitive but it works !