PukiWiki is

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written in

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, and is widely used by Japanese

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s. It was forked from , originally developed by . Since version 1.4, PukiWiki Development Team became the developer of the software.

Features

Originating from Japan, PuwiWiki offers better

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support than most wiki software. It also has a layout optimized for mobile use since many use their phones to browse wikis in Japan. PukiWiki can run on PHP 4, 5, 7 or 8. It supports interwiki links and extensions, similar to

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. PukiWiki is written such that it uses PHP with a series of text files, hence does not require a

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to operate, and does not support databases natively. However, support could be added through extensions for

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, Oracle Oci8 and

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Derivative Versions

*xpWiki - Developed by nao-pon and forked from PukiWiki version 1.4.7, and aims at integration with XOOPS. *PukiWiki Mod - Also developed by nao-pon with the same goal, but forked from version 1.3.x instead. *PukiWiki Plus! - Derivative version with enhanced

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features. **PukiWiki Advance - Forked from PukiWiki Plus!. *PyukiWiki - Derivative version written in

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References

External links

Official Website
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