webserverless Python Wiki Engines: do they exists?

[Carlos Ribeiro]

On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 03:32:49 -0400, Brian van den Broek
<bvande at po-box.mcgill.ca> wrote:
> I'm looking for a stand alone Python wiki engine that does not require a
> web server such as Apache or MS IIS. I have found such beasts in other
> languages (e.g. <http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?EddiesWiki> in C++, and a couple
> in Ruby), but none written in Python. A pointer to any that I've missed
> would be most appreciated.

I've had the same isue. I ended up using MoinMoin -- it *has* a very
simple internal webserver option, in purePython, although the option
is buried somewhere deep inside the documentation. It's commonly used
by notebook users, btw, for what I could see.

I like MoinMoin design -- it's clean and easily extensible. The
default layout is not anything to write home about, but there are some
alternate templates; I'm using one that looks really pretty. I
customized a few aspects of it, transforming it into a mixed blog/wiki
engine. I've now nearly stopped using it for a few reasons, mainly
because I miss being able to read it when I'm out of my office. I
still manage to write from time to time... but I would like to
integrate it better with other stuff that I like, such as a RSS feed,
and I'm not in the mood to hack MoinMoin to do it right now.

While looking for it, I've came across CherryPy. It's a simple web
application environment that includes a pure Python webserver. It's
really neat, light and pythonic. Someday I'll hack a blog/wiki of my
own, with all features that I want. Check it, if you think you can do
your own development, it's a nice platform to start working with (btw,
CherryPy2 is *much* better designed but it was not released yet).

-- 
Carlos Ribeiro
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