A.W.Colley Family | Main/Why I Use PmWiki

This website has had several incarnations. First, we had hand-crafted web pages. Then, for a while we used GeekLog. For several years, we used TikiWiki. Since late summer 2006, we are using PmWiki.

Why, you might ask, did I settle (at least for now) on PmWiki? Here are some of my reasons for selecting PmWiki:

It uses simple text files to store the wiki content (i.e., as opposed to using a database like MySQL)
It is written in PHP (I understand PHP)
The PmWiki Philosophy
It is easy to install
It is very easy to upgrade even after customizing / personalization
It is very easy to customize
It does not come with a huge bundle of features I don’t want
There are a huge bunch of add-ons that I can pick and choose from
If none of the add-ons do what I want, it is easy (for a PHP programmer) to add or extend functionality
Of course, because it’s free (both in cost and license philosophy) and open source
Simple but effective authorization mechanism
Very active user community (pmwiki-users email list)
Very active, responsive, helpful, friendly author

By the way, I found out about PmWiki at wikimatrix.org by using their “Choice Wizard”.