LionWiki was a minimalist Wiki engine programmed in PHP, based on WiKiss, itself based on TigerWiki...
It revives now in this txt2tags-based implementation.
It is extensible, templatable, file based (it doesn't need database like MySQL) and requires just one file to function (30 kb). It is suitable for small websites, personal notebooks or journals.
Txt2tags is a document generator and a lightweight markup.
It reads a text file with minimal markup such as **bold**, --strikethrough-- and //italic//. Its python implementation can convert to several formats such as html, docbook, LaTeX, RTF, Man page, Creole, Wikipedia / MediaWiki, PmWiki, DokuWiki, MoinMoin, AsciiDoc, Markdown...
It is very extensible and customisable, by using regex and preprocessors.
Its php implementation targets only HTML but you can use it with several CMS, Blog and wiki engines: Wordpress, Drupal, Dotclear, Dokuwiki, LionWiki...
Txt2tags and lionwiki are both following the KISS principle. They are lightweight, easy to use and extendable.
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code repository on:
(code is also mirrored on sourceforge, but not necessary up to date)