List of wiki - Definition and Overview

All known public wikis are listed at WorldWideWiki: SwitchWiki (http://www.worldwidewiki.net/wiki/SwitchWiki), which currently lists about 1000 public wiki communities (as of June 12 2004).

The 30 largest wikis are listed at Meatball: Biggest wikis (http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?BiggestWiki#Biggest_wikis_by_page_count_on_July_3_2004).

One way of finding a wiki on some subject you are interested in is to follow the Wiki Node Network from wiki to wiki (see Wikipedia:WikiNode). Or you could take a Wiki bus tour.

Wiki bus tours

There are virtual guided "bus tours" taking visitors to various wiki sites. These consist simply of a page on each participating wiki called TourBusStop, which gives the link to the next bus stop -- basically, a type of web ring. Each bus stop page gives some info about that wiki, and one can choose to explore that particular wiki (thus "getting off the bus"), or continue to the next wiki in the tour.

Wiki communities

• List: Biggest wikis (http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?BiggestWiki#Biggest_wikis_by_page_count_on_Aug_2_2003)
• List: WorldWideWiki: SwitchWiki - Most complete index (http://www.worldwidewiki.net/wiki/SwitchWiki)
• Anarchopedia - (website) (http://www.anarchopedia.org/) - anarchist encyclopedia using MediaWiki with modifications intended to avoid a sysop power structure.
• Arija wiki - (website) (http://www.arija.org/) - a multilingual encyclopedia project devoted to the town of Arija, Spain.
• Asian Open Source Centre - (website) (http://www.asiaosc.org/enwiki/) - a wiki devoted to knowledge about Asia.
• CapitanCook - a now-defunct travel-related wiki, which merged on 29 November 2003 with World66.
• Clean Jocks - (website) (http://www.cleanjocks.com/index.php/) A Wiki for information on performance enhancing drugs in sports.
• Consumerium - (website) (http://develop.consumerium.org/wiki/index.php/) - a wiki for developing information and software for the manufacture, storage, and delivery of consumer goods.
• CorpKnowPedia - (website) (http://professorbikeybike/wiki/)- tracking the corporate landscape
• CraoWiki - (website) (http://wiki.crao.net) - French online community. This wiki has no mission statement.
• Crazy Hacks - (website) (http://www.crazy-hacks.org/wiki/) - a database of crazy software- and hardware-projects of geeks all around the world.
• Cunnan - (website) (http://cunnan.sca.org.au/wiki/Main_Page) - a wiki for medieval reenactment and the Society for Creative Anachronism
• DarwinWiki - (website) (http://www.freearchive.info/da/darwinwiki.html) - a wiki devoted to Darwinism.
• DavisWiki - (website) (http://www.daviswiki.org) - A wiki for the Davis, California, USA community.
• Disinfopedia - (website) (http://www.disinfopedia.org/) - a wiki about propaganda, including organizations that seek to influence public opinion.
• dKosopedia - (website) (http://www.dkosopedia.com) - a left-leaning political wiki, for the Daily Kos (http://www.dailykos.com) website.
• Earth-Mind - (website) (http://earth-mind.com/Spirit-Web/Main) - wilderness camp, wiki, forums.
• Enciclopedia Colaborativa - (website) (http://www.cd.sc.ehu.es/enciclopedia/enciclopedia.phtml?title=Portada) - an encyclopedia inspired by Wikipedia. In Spanish and Basque.
• Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Español - (website) (http://enciclopedia.us.es/index.php/Portada) - a Spanish language fork of Wikipedia.
• EvoWiki - (website) (http://www.evowiki.org) - an Evolution-related wiki.
• Fifth World Wiki - 5W Wiki (website) (http://wiki.5world.net) - a special wiki about the Fifth World/Indigo culture.
• FIRSTwiki - FIRSTwiki (website) - centered on anything FIRST
• Fox Wiki - (website) (http://fox.wikis.com) One of the oldest Wikis, written in and all about Visual FoxPro and software engineering issues in general.
• Fractal Wiki (website) (http://www.wikiservice.at/fractal/wikidev.cgi?action=HomePage) - a wiki set up to explore how to enable any wiki page to become a new wiki of its own.
• GreatestWiki - (website) (http://www.greatestwiki.com/Wiki) - a wiki inspired by Wikipedia, to allow users to share their general knowledge "in a fun and informative way." It allows POV, and is much more liberal than most wikis about allowing users to write in the first person.
• GreenCheese - (website) (http://www.greencheese.org/FrontPage) - a Wiki devoted to fun, whimsical projects.
• Green Light Wiki (website) (http://greenlightwiki.com/) - not actually a wiki but a homepage of wikis using Green Light software:
  • Carl Jung Exegesis Wiki - (website) (http://greenlightwiki.com/jung-exegesis) - For exploring unusual books about Jungian psychology.
  • Improv Wiki - (website) (http://greenlightwiki.com/improv) - All about improvisational comedy.
  • Heuristic Wiki - (website) (http://greenlightwiki.com/heuristic) - The art and science of discovery.
  • Lenore Thomson Exegesis Wiki - (website) (http://greenlightwiki.com/lenore-exegesis) - (an attempt to explore and understand Lenore Thomson's ideas, as expressed in her book )
  • Practical Wisdom Wiki - (website) (http://greenlightwiki.com/practical-wisdom) - For sharing what we've learned about how to live well.
  • Sophistry Wiki - (website) (http://greenlightwiki.com/sophistry) - An attempt to understand sophistry.
  • Test Wiki - (website) (http://greenlightwiki.com/testwiki) - (for testing the software) - For testing the Green Light Wiki software.
  • Travel Stories Wiki - (website) (http://greenlightwiki.com/travelstories) - A wiki for sharing your great and small adventures while traveling. Hosted by Robert Abitbol.
• Grocdoc - (website) (http://www.grokdoc.net) - a wiki about the Linux software.
• HammondWiki - (website) (http://www.dairiki.org/HammondWiki/HomePage) - a wiki about the Hammond organ.
• HierarchyPedia - (website) (http://www.hierarchypedia.com/) - a specialized Wiki using Wikipedia software, about the world's political, economic, military, religious, and ancestral power structures.
• HOCE - (website) (http://www.hoce.org/wiki/) - The History Of Current Events.
• Holopedia - (website) (http://www.holopedia.net/) - Taiwanese language encyclopedia.
• Homestar Runner Wiki - (website) (http://www.hrwiki.org/) A wiki about the Homestar Runner cartoons.
• infoAnarchy wiki - (website) (http://infoanarchy.org/wiki/) - a wiki devoted to intellectual property, anarchism, politics
• Infosecpedia - (website) (http://www.infosecpedia.org/) - a self-described free information and security encyclopedia and handbook."
• ItresDotOrg Wiki - (website) (http://www.itres.org/) - a wiki dedicated to the Open Source world, currently pointless in detail.
• Javapedia - (website) (http://wiki.java.net/bin/view/Javapedia/) - a wiki focused on all aspects of the Java platform.
• Jewpedia - (website) (http://en.jewpedia.com/Main_Page) - an encyclopedia about Judaism. At present, it exists in English and French editions.
• JnanaBase - (website) (http://jnana.wikinerds.org) Intended as a "general knowledge base" - A repository of all human knowledge.
• Joinee Wiki - (website) (http://www.wandwaver.co.uk/joineewiki) - A knowledge base for all things Join Me related.
• Kamelopedia - English (website) (http://en.kamelopedia.de) - a parody on Wikipedia, seeking to relate everything to the world of the camel. In German and English.
• Keywords Homepage - (website) (http://ex-code.com/keywords/wiki/) - displayed here (http://ex-code.com/cgi-bin/keywords.cgi)
• KiwiLyrics - (website) (http://www.kiwilyrics.com) A wiki dedicated to the lyrics of popular music.
• LegJoints - (website) (http://www.legjoints.com) A chaotic wiki about whatever happens to interest people. Users are able to upload images and flash movies.
• LibertarianWiki.org - (website) (http://libertarianwiki.org) A Wiki by and for Libertarians.
• Libro Abierto de Circo - (website) (http://www.deporteyciencia.com/wiki.pl?Libro_Circo/) - a Spanish language circus-related wiki.
• Linuxquestions.org - (website) (http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/) - a wiki for questions and answers pertaining to the Linux software.
• london.openguides.org - (website) (http://london.openguides.org/) - The Open Guide to London, England
• MaraWiki - (website) (http://zdome.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) - Marathon wiki
• MeatballWiki - (website) (http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?MeatballWiki) - The Meatball online communities form the world's biggest wiki.
• Memory Alpha - (website) (http://www.memory-alpha.org/) - a Star Trek-related encyclopedia.
• Metaweb - (website) (http://www.metaweb.com/wiki/wiki.phtml) - a set of FAQ's about Neal Stephenson's novel, Quicksilver. Stephenson hopes, however, that the site will evolve into "something more than that."
• MusicWiki - (website) (http://www.music-wiki.org) - a wiki-project to build a music-related encyclopedia.
• NerdyPC - (website) (http://nerdypc.wikinerds.org) Information Technology knowledge base.
• Omnistrong (website) (http://omnistrong.com/) wiki - Wiki-based content management system for small businesses.
• OpenFacts - (website) (http://openfacts.berlios.de/index-en.phtml) - a wiki dedicated to software documentation.
• Open reSource - (website) (http://sterneco.editme.com) - About all things Open Source: the companies, market, history, news and analysis.
• Personal Telco - (website) (http://www.personaltelco.net/static/index.html) - a wiki for citizens of Portland, Oregon, who seek to turn their homes into "wireless hotspots" as providers of free internet access.
• Permaculture Wiki - (website) (http://www.ibiblio.org/ecolandtech/pcwiki/index.php/) - a wiki for proponents of "sustainable human habitats" based on ecological principles.
• PhpWiki - (website) (http://phpwiki.sourceforge.net) - a wiki devoted to PHP software.
• Porplemontage - (website) (http://wiki.porplemontage.com/) - A free source where anyone can create their own userpages.
• Portland Pattern Repository - [1] (http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?(website)) - Ward Cunningham's wiki, the world's oldest. Devoted to computer programming.
• Riters.com - (website) (http://www.riters.com) - A free online document collaboration service, and Wiki farm.
• RPGDL wiki - (website) (http://www.rpgdl.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page) - A wiki about video games hosted on a Role-playing game website.
• SailWiki - (website) (http://wiki.saewyc.net/) - A mediawiki devoted to sailing, ships, and the sea.
• Sceneish Wiki - (website) (http://sceneish.ath.cx/wiki/) - Demoscene/Tech related wiki.
• Science Fiction and Fantasy wiki - (website) (http://www.infoshop.org/sf/index.php/Main_Page) - not a wiki for science fiction authors, but an encyclopedia about science fiction.
• SeattleWiki.org - (website) (http://seattlewiki.org/) - A Seattle, Washington, USA community wiki
• SecurityForest - (website) (http://www.securityforest.com) - Consists of trees which are specific security repositories that are categorized for practical reasons.
• Sensei's Library - [(website) (http://senseis.xmp.net/) - dedicated to the game of Go.
• SourceryForge - (website) (http://sourceryforge.org/) - an intended online occult resource.
• Stockepedia - (website) (http://www.stockepedia.com) - A wiki focused on stocks.
• Susning.nu - (website) (http://www.susning.nu/) - Swedish language encyclopedia, dictionary, and discussion forum. A competitor with the Swedish Wikipedia.
• Symbol Wiki - (website) (http://www.symbolwiki.org/index.php/Main_Page) - a wiki devoted to the development of a universal symbol language.
• Tenchi in Tokyo - (website) (http://www.tenchiintokyo.org) - A wiki dedicated to the Tenchi anime series.
• The Matrix: Anti-capitalist Database - (website) (http://www.infoshop.org/octo/matrix/index.php/Main_Page) - a left-wing database compiling information about capitalism, corporations, and the ruling class.
• The Star Trek Wiki - (website) (http://www.starbase118.net/trekwiki/) - The title is self-explanatory.
• This Might Be A Wiki - (website) (http://www.tmbw.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) - a wiki about the They Might Be Giants band.
• TikiWiki - (website) (http://tikiwiki.org) - a TikiWiki (CMS/GroupWare) based Wiki community.
• Travelopedia - (website) (http://www.travelopedia.de/HomePage) - a German language travel-related wiki.
• Unofficial Virginia - (website) (http://www.unofficialvirginia.com) - a wiki intended as an open guide to the Commonwealth of Virginia, USA
• Unilang - (website) (http://home.unilang.org/main/wiki2/index.php/Main_Page) - an online community and database dedicated to languages, linguistics, and language acquisition.
• UniWiki - (website) (http://uniwiki.ourproject.org) - Project for testing the use of Wikis at Universities.
• Unixiki - (website) (http://www.walkersmith.net/unixiki/pmwiki.php) - A UNIX software-related wiki.
• Unreal Wiki - (website) (http://wiki.beyondunreal.com/wiki/) - an Unreal engine - documentation site
• Vegan Club Wiki - (website) (http://www.veganclub.com) - A wiki for the vegan community.
• Wannawiki - (website) (http://www.wannawiki.com) = A wiki for how to articles
• WhyClublet - (website) (http://clublet.com/c/c/why?HomePage) - a self-declared "pluralism workshop" dedicated to "worldview risk management."
• Wikia - (website) (http://www.wikia.com/wiki/index.php/Wikia) - a search engine organized as a wiki
• Wikibooks (website) (http://wikibooks.org/) - textbooks; sister project of Wikipedia.
• Wikicities - (website) (http://www.wikicities.com/index.php/Wikicities) - a collection of freely-hosted wiki-based communities using MediaWiki.
• WikiF1 - (website) (http://www.wikif1.org/) - a French language motorsports encyclopedia with content under the Creative Commons nc-by-sa License (multilingual volunteers welcome)
• Wikifiction - (website) (http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikifiction) - a collaborative project for writing novels.
• Wikilaw - (website) (http://wikilaw.free.fr/wiki/wiki.phtml) - a French language attempt to "put the law under revision control."
• Wikinations - Wikinations.org (website) - a French language encyclopaedia on the nation of Belgium.
• Wikinews - (website) (http://www.wikinews.org) -a collabrative news service; sister project of Wikipedia
• Wikinfo - (website) (http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.php?) - a fork of Wikipedia, inspired by Wikipedia, but without the NPOV policy.
• Wikipedia - the world's largest Encyclopaedia.
• Wikiquote - (website) (http://www.wikiquote.org) - a quote repository. A sister project of Wikipedia.
• Wikisource - (website) (http://www.wikisource.org) - Primary sources for use in Wikipedia, a sister project of Wikipedia.
• Wikitravel - (website) (http://wikitravel.org) - a travel guide, organized as a wiki, inspired in part by Wikipedia. Currently (December 2004) available in English, French, German, Romanian, and Swedish.
• Wikiznanie - (website) (http://www.wikiznanie.ru/) - Russian language encyclopedia inspired by Wikipedia.
• Wiktionary - (website) (http://www.wiktionary.org) - a multilingual Dictionary project; a sister project of Wikipedia.
• World66 - (website) (http://www.world66.com/) - a travel-based wiki.
• Ypsilanti Eyeball - (website) (http://sknkwrks.dyndns.org:1957/writewiki/wiki.pl) - Ypsilanti, Michigan's own user maintained wiki.

Wiki-like systems

• Extensive list of wiki systems (http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiEngines)

• Bliki - "wikilog," a blog system organized as a wiki. It includes SnipSnap.
• Co-Wiki - (website) (http://develnet.org) - a collaborative-wiki system run by Daniel T. Gorsky.
• EditMe - (website) (http://www.editme.com) - a cheap website hosting service.
• Ekşi Sözlük - (website) (http://sozluk.sourtimes.org/Turkish) a Turkish dictionary project.
• Everything2 - (website) (http://www.everything2.com/) - a wikilike project for essays.
• Halfbakery - (website) (http://www.halfbakery.com) - a forum for the development of inventions (not always serious) that may be novel, futuristic, half-baked, or downright crazy. Or they may be strokes of pure genius.
• PlanetMath - (website) (http://planetmath.org/) - a free Wiki-style mathematical encyclopedia.
• PostcardX - (website) (http://postcardx.net/) - a wikilike postcard system.
• Sourceworld - (website) (http://sourceworld.sourceforge.net) - a cross between a forum and a wiki, in which the ideas that would be shared and debated in a forum can be organized as in a wiki.

See also

• Wiki software