What Wiki Will I Want?

Question

Duplicate of

What is the best open source wiki system ?

I need to setup a closed-wiki system, i.e.:

• Any user can view everything
• Only registered users can contribute
• Even then their contribution must be approved by a moderator/editor/administrator before it is displayed to the public.

Anyone know of a wiki (preferably open source & php) that can do that?

Thanks.

Answer 1

I believe MediaWiki, with extensions, can support all of your functionality, but you should look into the extensions that are available before running with it.

Answer 2

Maybe WikiMatrix is a good point to start searching.

Answer 3

Dokuwiki provides multiple levels of control and would likely fit your need here. Open source and has a great plugin system. I can not recommend it enough. Additionally, no database required!

If you are looking for a commercial solution, confluence is your answer.

Answer 4

A standard MediaWiki should allow you to do everything you requested. In the file LocalSettings.php you can set the view and edit permissions.

As for requiring approval take a look at this link.

Answer 5

MediaWiki is good for standard wiki use cases. It does not support Page Access Restrictions though. There is a plugin to enable page restrictions available for this but the developer explicitly says that it hasn been tested enough to be 100% secure.

If your wiki must have page restrictions I would recommend TWiki, which is very flexible and powerfull. (It does have page restricions features.) NB its written purely in perl.