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24 alternatives to WyPyPlus is a minimalist wiki in 23 lines of code

WyPyPlus is a minimal wiki in 42 lines of Python code. - lchen198/wypyplus

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. WyPyPlus is a minimalist wiki in 23 lines of code launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1AW
   A Wiki written in 80 lines of JavaScript▲79

   2011 · wiki.pageforest.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Miki: Makefile Wiki, Minimal makefile-based personal wiki▲62

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   WikiBinge – discover how all things are vaguely connected▲246

   Connect two articles on Wikipedia, but do it the long way. I've always been a fan of the theory of six degree of separation, but it's an overused concept when exploring the Wiki-graph. Instead of showing the shortest path, which in my opinion is "boring" and ends up connecting super-important central articles, I came up with my own method: WikiBinge selects the smaller, less represented articles on Wikipedia. In a WikiBinge path, the underdogs are the kings! How does it work? It's pretty straightforward! Compute PageRank on the Wiki-graph and assign as weight of each edge the PageRank value…

   2023 · wikibinge.com · its alternatives →

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   Wikiful▲118

   Pain-free wikis for individuals and teams.

   2019 · wikiful.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Easy to use Wikipedia API for Python▲218

   A Pythonic wrapper for the Wikipedia API. Contribute to goldsmith/Wikipedia development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   SlimWiki - Beautiful, Free Wikis for Teams▲23

   Simple Wikis for Teams & Individuals, Intuitive, collaborative and beautiful knowledge sharing. An minimalist writing experience that allows you to focus on your content.

   2014 · slimwiki.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Wikifox▲237

   Wikipedia reimagined - clean, simplified, powerful

   2021 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Blockypage▲98

   The Next WordPress Site builder

   2019 · wordpress.org · its alternatives →

9. 9EM
   Etherpad meets Markdown for a minimal company wiki▲56

   2012 · enterprisewiki.co · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Package Wiki▲11

    Discover how python packages are used together

    2020 · package.wiki · its alternatives →

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    Qikipedia▲107

    Instant Wikipedia summary cards on any web page

    2018 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Terminal Based Wikipedia▲165

    wik is use to get information about anything on the shell using Wikipedia. - yashsinghcodes/wik

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13AW
    Auto Wiki – Turn your codebase into a Wiki▲183

    Hi HN! I’m Omar from Mutable.ai. We want to introduce Auto Wiki (https://wiki.mutable.ai/), which lets you generate a Wiki-style website to document your codebase. Citations link to code, with clickable references to each line of code being discussed. Here are some examples of popular projects: React: https://wiki.mutable.ai/facebook/react Ollama https://wiki.mutable.ai/jmorganca/ollama D3: https://wiki.mutable.ai/d3/d3 Terraform: https://wiki.mutable.ai/hashicorp/terraform Bitcoin:…

    2024 · wiki.mutable.ai · its alternatives →

14. 14TT
    Torchpad – The simplest way to make a wiki▲28

    2014 · torchpad.com · its alternatives →

15. 15DO
    Demo of Wiki and Forum coded in C under 80k▲47

    2015 · home.ronsor.gq · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Blockchain CLI▲98

    A minimal blockchain command-line interface.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Easy to understand intro to Python▲82

    Aims to teach Python3 by example. Contribute to thewhitetulip/build-app-with-python-antitextbook development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    WPoptic▲23

    Discover how WordPress websites are built

    2024 · wpoptic.com · its alternatives →

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    WikTok – A Recommendation UI for Wikipedia▲73

    Hi HN, WikTok is a UI for Wikipedia that lets you quickly swipe (or use your arrow keys) to navigate between random and recommended articles (based on the previous articles you interacted most with). It's just a fun project I hacked together this weekend, so may be a little rough around the edges, but I'd love to get your thoughts. Let me know if you have any suggestions (or find any interesting articles!) Cheers,

    2023 · wiktok.org · its alternatives →

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    Simple wiki server written in Go▲82

    A simple HTTP server rendering Markdown styled documents - lithammer/go-wiki

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Wiki – Command-line tool to fetch summaries from Wikipedia▲35

    Command line tool to fetch summaries from MediaWiki wikis, like Wikipedia - walle/wiki

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Torchpad▲79

    The simplest way to make a wiki (also mobile/responsive)

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23LT
    LocalWiki, the open platform for local knowledge▲83

    2015 · localwiki.org · its alternatives →

24. 24
    WikiWhat▲86

    Guess censored Wikipedia articles by the first paragraph.

    2021 · wikiwhat.simonrahm.pro · its alternatives →

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