Hi everyone - wondering what advice you can offer for building something like this. Ideally I’d like to create a simple wiki for creative projects (mostly for content in the DnD campaigns my group has run over the years) and give others editing access, but would prefer something free or low-cost (no more than $10 monthly would be nice). How might one go about doing this? Just bite the bullet and pay for hosting? Maybe use a service like Azure or Linode?

I should add, I would rather avoid Fandom/wikia pages since that platform is an ad-riddled mess and I dislike using it. Most guidance I’ve found online mentions fandom so I’m hoping for different opinions.

I’m moderately tech savvy but have never done self-hosting (though I’d give it a shot if it’s simple enough to build and keep secure). Thanks!

  • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    Ideally I’d like to create a simple wiki for creative projects […] and give others editing access […] I’m moderately tech savvy

    Codeberg allows to create wikis, even if this isn’t their main feature.

    The best thing: It is Git-based. So you have a regular Git repository for your wiki and you don’t need to learn a new workflow. You can also edit pages in the browser. Permissions are a no-brainer of course. For editing pages, Markdown is used, so you don’t even need to learn a new markup language.

    Since Codeberg is an open source platform run by a non-profit association all and everything is free to use.

    And if you ever want to migrate to somewhere else, just git pull your wiki and you’re good to go.

  • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
    10·
    2 months ago

    I mean Dokuwiki is an awesome wiki that doesnt need a database so backing up, sharing and file management is about as easy as it can be to DIY unless you just want to just sync logseq folders directly between computers.

    https://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki

    I don’t understand why other much more unnecessarily complicted wiki softwares get recommended over dokuwiki, especially since there are some really nice plugins like the “farmer” plugin which allows you to make as many seperate subwikis each with potentially different associated accounts on a single dokuwiki.

    https://www.dokuwiki.org/plugin:farmer?s[]=farmer

    • fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      2 months ago

      Best answer here. Wikis have a much more complex syntax and templating if you’re trying to do visually appealing content whereas Obsidian with Canvas, Graph, and many of the plugins is so much easier to get up to speed with and add in crazy cool functionality.

      They offer hosting for $8 or $10 per month.

      You can also just use GitHub and do it all for free.

    • RAM@discuss.tchncs.de
      11·
      2 months ago

      I do my personal wiki in markdown (with kakoune and kak-wiki), and then I convert to html using pandas :)

      converting to html, adds an extra step in order for people to edit the text, but it makes it easy to access and navigate :)

  • T0RB1T@lemmy.ca
    5·
    2 months ago

    Have you considered tiddlywiki? You can selfhost, or use one of a couple of services. I know of https://tiddlyhost.com/

    Also you could consider anytype. It’s cool, and I like what they’re going for. I don’t like their weird pretending to be open source license, but it’s still pretty cool software. https://anytype.io

    Edit: for my personal stuff, I use a combination of logseq, and tiddlywiki, the latter moreso for game development. I landed on anytype at work because it’s simple, and my boss, nor anyone else cares about a license, and it just works.

  • Sailing7@lemmy.ml
    4·
    2 months ago

    For cool features: xWiki

    For conveniance in setting up: if you got a synology, use the synology notes app.

  • Dagamant@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 months ago

    I’ve been thinking about this as well for TTRPG notes and info for myself and others. I have a few raspberry pi laying around and it should be pretty easy to get something like Mediawiki (the same thing Wikipedia uses)some other wiki engine running on one.

  • glitchdx@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    i use obsidian notes and keep the files in a Dropbox folder that automatically syncs between my several devices. I use github pages to make it publicly visible. Since it’s on github, I’ve got all the benefits of version control and edit tracking. Also, other authors can use whatever markdown editor they want so long as they don’t break link formatting.

  • Brkdncr@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    If it were me I would put it on my Synology. If you have any need for a Synology then the up front cost would be more but it would pay for itself in 1-2 years.

  • kinship@lemmy.sdf.org
    22·
    2 months ago

    Noob question. Isn’t a wiki text, images and hiperlinks? Why not just use html for it?