TWiki is an UNUSUAL Web-based collaboration platform

• There's no doubt that, to most people, TWiki at first seems almost the opposite of how the Web and online communications "normally" work. Why?
  • TWiki operates like a whiteboard for the Web - it lets you and all other users write, place pictures and post links, anywhere on any page.
  • Not only that, everyone can EDIT anything, anywhere on a page.
  • At first, this may seem "too" open - it soon becomes second-nature, allowing you the freedom to edit and update the way you want to.

TWiki is a powerful Web enhancement...

If you have to log-in to use TWiki, for example, if Twiki is running on an intranet, it automatically signs pages you edit and create with your WikiName. If your TWiki installation doesn't require a log-in, TWiki gives everyone the same username: TWikiGuest.

• A TWiki site is an easy-to-use, full-featured open communications environment:

• • all you need is a Web browser and any available network connection

• TWiki provides an intuitive way for people to meet and collaborate, that aspires to the Zen ideals known as WabiSabi. It finds beauty in the imperfect and ephemeral and constantly evolving. (When it comes down to it, that's all you need.)

• TWiki is short for TakeFive Wiki, the name of the company where its founder worked. (It was later discovered that Twiki is also the name of an AI robot that co-starred in the Buck Rogers... movie and TV series from 1979 - see TWiki in the logo.)

• TWikiSite provides a basic big picture overview of the TWiki platform
• TWikiPages? is a quick and concentrated look at the TWiki core
• TWikiPlannedFeatures lists approved additions to future TWiki versions.

• TWiki Documentation: a compact User's Guide and an in-depth Reference Manual.
• TWikiHistory puts TWiki development on a timeline

NOTE: If you have to log-in to usr TWiki, for example, if Twiki is running on an intranet, it automatically signs pages you edit and create with your WikiName. If your TWiki installation doesn't require a log-in, TWiki gives everyone the same username: TWikiGuest.

TWiki is a Web-based collaboration platform

• TWiki is developed as Free Software under the GNU/GPL

• A TWiki site is a easy-to-use, full-featured open communication environment:
  • people anywhere on the Web or on an intranet can meet
  • rich Web text, images, and online multimedia are easily shared

TWiki is a powerful Web enhancement...

• TWiki's parsing engine is written in Perl. It reads a text file, and converts TWiki shorthand into standard HTML, on the fly. The point is to:
  • make adding and editing text simple (How simple? Click on the Edit link at the bottom of the page...)
  • let you find information fast (WebSearch)

• TWiki provides an intuitive way to meet and collaborate, that aspires to the Zen ideals known as WabiSabi. It finds beauty in the imperfect and ephemeral and constantly evolving. When it comes down to it, that's all you need.

• TWiki is one of many WikiWikiClones, based on Ward Cunningham's original Wiki Wiki Web.

• TWiki is short for TakeFive Wiki from the name of the company where its founder worked. (It was later discovered that Twiki is also the name of an AI robot that co-starred in the Buck Rogers... movie and TV show from 1979 - its head is in the logo.)

• TWikiPages? tells you how to do administrative things, like renaming topics.

• TWikiPlannedFeatures lists of approved additions to future TWiki versions.
• TWikiEnhancementRequests is the place to add your new feature requests.

NOTE: If you have to log-in to us TWiki, for example, if Twiki is running on an intranet, it automatically signs new pages with your WikiName. If your TWiki installation doesn't require a log-in, TWiki gives everyone the same username: TWikiGuest.

• This site is powered by TWiki version TWiki-4.1.2, Sat, 03 Mar 2007, build 13046.