When comparing WikidPad vs DokuWiki, the Slant community recommends DokuWiki for most people. In the question“What is the best single-user wiki?” DokuWiki is ranked 1st while WikidPad is ranked 8th. The most important reason people chose DokuWiki is:
To install you need a webserver running PHP 5.2 or later where you unpack the downloaded archive and navigate to install.php in your browser, fill out the necessary information required for the one-page installer and you are done.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Free
Pro No remote server needed, or wanted
Pro Export to HTML built in
Export to HTML built in and can work with Dropbox.
Pro Data is stored in standard Text files
Data can be viewed, edited, searched, exported easily, and can work with Git.
Pro Instant cross-referencing methods
On the fly WikiWord linking, as you type.
Pro Quick, auto-saving, and auto-organizing
Auto-organizing with URL and file linking, and instant new-page methods.
Pro Easy to set up and mantain
To install you need a webserver running PHP 5.2 or later where you unpack the downloaded archive and navigate to install.php in your browser, fill out the necessary information required for the one-page installer and you are done.
Pro Local and open source
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Pro Plain-text file storage
Dokuwiki does not require a database, it stores everything in plain-text.
Pro Version control
Dokuwik offers unlimited page revisions.
Pro Access control
DokuWiki has built-in ACL support.
Pro Runs on any PHP server
It requires a webserver running PHP 5.2 or later of any kind.
Pro A dedicated page for recent changes
A dedicated page to quickly note what has changed recently can be set up.
Pro Search functionality
DokuWiki allows searching through pages.
Pro Very last, consuming very few Local
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Pro Good selection of plugins
DokuWiki offers over a thousand plugins to extend its functionality.
Pro Good selection of themes
DokuWiki offers over a hundred templates to change the visual appearance of the site.
Cons
Con No MarkDown support
Con Lots of plugins to manage
DokuWiki is highly modular. Even thing like WYSIWYG editors and categories have to be added separately as plugins. This can quickly lead to managing lots of plugins.