Ovenfreak is a very small Python wiki. It supports FastCGI, mod_python, and mod_wsgi. It's damn cool, and I can tell you want it because I'm watching you.

Installation is very simple. Here are all the dependencies: Jinja 2, markdown2, SmartyPants, and Mercurial. They are all optional and, furthermore, replaceable. If you're convinced, the journey continues in the sidebar links.

Did I mention that it powers the National Enloe Mathematical Olympiad website? It does.

News

• New feature: Revisions to articles are now backed by Mercurial, which means Ovenfreak gets diffing, old-revisions viewing, and other time machine features for free.
• Ovenfreak's Mercurial revision control and issue tracking are now hosted on Assembla. Everything else will remain here.

Why, Super-Programmer, Why?

• MoinMoin is too big for the end-user to hack on.
• The Python wiki market is pretty small.
• I'm awesome, therefore everything I produce must be awesome.

Features

• NEW: History system backed by Mercurial. You can now view pages' histories, look at specific revisions, and look at diffs.
• Works on shared hosting without any frameworks. Ovenfreak only needs (1) mod_python or FastCGI; (2) Python 2.4 or above; and (3) tender love.
• Easy integration with sexy text filters like Markdown, SmartyPants, and Textile.
• Markdown and SmartyPants included and used by default
• Easy integration with template systems: Jinja 2 by default, but it's a one-method change to anything else.
• Compatible with WSGI and therefore WSGI middleware.
• Written with modularity and hacking in mind.
• Some say "Damn fast." Others, "What just happened? It was so damn fast I didn't see."
• Small and sweet and open to suggestions.

Coming Up

• Exposing the user account system so there's more than just an administrator.
• Talk pages.
• A metadata system.
• Edit previews.
• What else? File a ticket.

Goals

• No wiki is going to be perfect: Aim for simple configuration and, if that's not possible, the ability to hack the code.
• Modular and loose, like my women.
• Balloons for small children.

Coda

• By Hao Lian (shadytrees).
• Licensed under BSD.