DokuWiki as private personal online wiki for reading notes

Posted by Eric
Jun 3, 2018 at 06:04 AM

Dokuwiki is the reason why i created Start & Doc, I use it for years, It’s the simplest wiki i found, the easiest at use and your pages are stored in plain text (no database and a good way to reuse them in other apps). Wiki are in my opinion the best way to store many type of notes, you can includes links (internal or external), table, charts, annotation and references, also there is a lot of plugin or addon for everything and anything (PDF export, backup, latex, ...). To this, there is also versionning and teamwork.

The bad part is that you need to configure a local server for it, as a developer it’s not a problem for me but for most people it’s a tricky thing, and an other point is Dokuwiki does not use standard markdown but its own syntax.

If you search for a free hosting (without ads or premium features, really completely free), there is https://frama.site/, enjoy.