Editing Wiki software (section)

{{short description|Software to run a collaborative wiki (Including private wiki)}}
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[[File:Homepage of  Wikipedia.png|thumb|[[Homepage]] of [[Wikipedia]] on mobile, which runs on [[MediaWiki]], one of the most popular wiki software packages|alt=Homepage of Wikipedia, which runs on MediaWiki, one of the most popular wiki software packages]]
'''Wiki software''' (also known as a '''wiki engine''' or a '''wiki application''') is [[collaborative software]] that runs a [[wiki]], which allows the users to create and collaboratively edit pages or entries via a [[web browser]]. A wiki system is usually a [[web application]] that runs on one or more [[web server]]s. The content, including previous revisions, is usually stored in either a [[file system]] or a [[database]]. Wikis are a type of [[web content management system]], and the most commonly supported off-the-shelf software that [[web hosting]] facilities offer.

There are dozens of actively maintained [[List of wiki software|wiki engines]]. They vary in the [[Platforms (computing)|platforms]] they run on,  the [[programming language]] they were developed in, whether they are [[Open-source software|open-source]] or [[proprietary software|proprietary]], their support for natural language characters and conventions, and their assumptions about technical versus social control of [[Editing software|editing]].