I’ve been working recently to setup a webserver for my work group at UFRJ. After talking to some friends, I decided that the best idea to set up a common main page for the laboratory was to use some sort of wiki. So that everyone can edit it without too much trouble.

Now, there are SO MANY wiki solutions that it is kinda hard to choose the right one. Fortunately, I managed to find the Wiki Matrix. Wiki Matrix is a website that helps you compare wikis. You can use a “wizard”-like questionnarie, where you specify what are you looking for, and what you wish for a wiki, and they will filter their data base for you. Going through their wizard, I managed to reduce my search from 200-something to 18 wiki softwares. After that, these wiki softwares are displayed side by side with a feature list, and you can hide certain features you don’t care about. I managed to further refine my search to 3 wikis, with DokuWiki the clear winner (and two more in case I can’t use it for some reason).

So even if you already have a favorite wiki, give Wiki Matrix a chance before making a new installation. Some of their comparison criteria, such as date and frequency of software updates, were very useful for me.