Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I go if I leave Wikia?
There are plenty of wiki farms out there, as well as independent wikis that welcome new users.
What is the easiest and best wiki to move to?
- More detailed instructions on how to leave Wikia for ShoutWiki
Based on editors' experiences, ShoutWiki is the easiest wiki to move to, (setup takes less than ten minutes):
- Create a wiki.
- E-mail support
shoutwiki.com with:
- a link to your old wikia you are leaving and
- a link to the newly created ShoutWiki wiki.
- The helpful ShoutWiki Staff will do the rest.
Monaco skin available on ShoutWiki
- Further reading: Wikia v ShoutWiki
ShoutWiki has Monaco. You can enable it on your preferences,[2] and it is not a premium feature.[3]
Monaco skin available to download
Dantman Monaco port installed on the AWAMember's wiki
With the Dantman Monaco port, wikis running MediaWiki 1.16+ can run Monaco. Installation is in less than 10 minutes.
Club Penguin Wiki with Monaco
The Club Penguin Wiki Network successfully installed Monaco and has its CSS customized for Monaco.
Are there alternatives to Wikia for hosting?
For skins offered, and details on how to move to these farms, see wikifarm.
This system was devised by members of the AWA community and constitute the opinion of AWA users. Subjective ratings content in this graph are not necessarily the opinions of ShoutWiki or its affiliates.
More wiki farms
More wiki farms
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Content license
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EditThis.info
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free (has text ads)
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Wiki farm with unlimited pages and users, wiki spam protection, and RSS feeds. Private ownership of wikis
404 Not Found - Defunct
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MediaWiki 1.15.1
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Wiki creators can set their own
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Wiki-site.com
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free (has ads)
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Wiki farm with unlimited pages and users, wiki spam protection user rights control. Interface in many languages. Fast setup. A free *.wiki-site.com domain is offered. Google text-ads added to the right sidebar. It has WYSIWYG editing.
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MediaWiki 1.11.2
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Wiki creators can set their own
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EditMe.com
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paid
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subscription-based, SSL Encryption, Custom Domain Support, etc.
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custom wiki engine written in Java
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eTouch SamePage
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paid
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WYSIWYG editing, project management, permissioning, administration and support for multiple domains
Redirects to virtusa.com - Defunct
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Custom Wiki-Engine built on J2EE powered by eTouch CMS
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Gamepedia
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Free, only gaming-related wikis.
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Warning: Bought out by Wikia on December 2018
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Mediawiki 1.33
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iMeet Central
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free and paid options
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WYSIWYG editing, access control, full-text search, document management, light project management, database, calendaring, single sign-on to multiple projects, project templates, rss enabled, ideal for team collaboration
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custom wiki engine
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JotSpot Wiki
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free and paid options
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Build wiki applications, WYSIWYG editor, search MS attachments, email integration. Free version limited to 20 pages and 5 users. Recently purchased by Google (as of 1 Nov 06).
Defunct
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Oddwiki
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free
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Oddmuse
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On-wiki
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free
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World wide wiki farm, featuring WYSIWYG, attachments, multimedia, writing formulaes, plotting graphs, raw html, and more
Site can't be reached - Defunct
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MoinMoin
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Ourproject.org
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free
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Full GForged site open to new projects, which have a wiki for document collaboration and Wiki farm
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MoinMoin
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Copyleft (choice of Creative Commons, GNU FDL, other licenses)
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PAUX
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free and paid options
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password-protected wikis on .dreusicke-verlag.de. No page limits, SSL, picture gallery included. Individualized publication of dynamic content, which contains reusable semantic content objects. They are able to represent knowledge in its full complexity, and they make knowledge available as filterable content for Websites, semantic Wiki, detailed-evaluated eLearning and individualized print media.
Redirects to michaeldreusicke.de, which fails to load. Defunct
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PAUX
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Copyleft
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PeanutButterWiki
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free and paid options
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Hosts simple, password-protected wikis on .pbwiki.com subdomain. No page limits, SSL, RSS & Atom, ZIP backups, diff, over 90,000 wikis already hosted, six wiki "skins", file uploads, page hiding, page locking
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custom wiki engine
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Uwiki.com
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free
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First free wiki farm for Chinese
Internal Server Error 500
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DokuWiki
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WikiFoundry
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free
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Features: True WYSIWYG Editing, Custom Page Hierarchies, Comment and Reply Forums with Comment Ratings, Access Control, Keyword Search, Tags, Tag Filtering, Skins, RSS, Page Locking, Profiles, Site Activity Report, Page and Comment Watching
Closed down June 2021.
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Custom Java-based engine
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Creative Commons
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Wikidot.com
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free
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Sites get a subdomain on wikidot.com and 1 free custom domain mapping. Free Sites are supported by ads. RSS import/export, private RSS feeds for Users (notifications and watched items), RSS for page changes and forum, customizable themes, advanced forum for each Site. Custom page hierarchies, searching, advanced page (full/section/append) edit locking, blocking users and IP addresses. Private messages between users. Uses Ajax for clean interface. SEO-friendly. No limits on site size. Private (non-public) sites offered for free.
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heavily modified Text_Wiki engine
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Creative Commons, GNU FDL, other licenses
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Wikihost.org
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free
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100 MB space, File and Image upload, User authentication, Private wikis, Subdomains for wikis larger than 30 pages, RSS, Edit locking, Fulltext search, Email notifications, adSense advertising, Complete wiki export, Unlimited pages, Unlimited Revisions, Diff function, Revert of old revisions
WARNING - Domain hijacked by spam ads. Defunct.
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GeboGebo
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by default Creative Commons, others as needed
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Xwiki.com
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free and paid options
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XWiki
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ViaWiki
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free and paid options
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WYSIWYG editing, free version is ad-supported, paid version has option of using own domain, designed for business users, easily attach files, no limit on number of pages and easy backups
Site can't be reached. Defunct.
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DekiWiki
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How do I host my wiki on another site other than ShoutWiki?
- Every wiki is different so contact the wiki staff first.
- Download a database dump from Special:Statistics on your wikia (towards the bottom).
- Alternatively, for advanced users who know how to use scripts, if you're moving to your own server, you may use the now-obsolete MediaWikiDumper — a tool in Perl that makes much better dumps than Special:Statistics (preserves all diff links, logs, images, deleted edits, etc.), or MediaWiki Grabbers, the "very same tool but in PHP and is much easier to use".
- Contact the new host and they will explain how they want you to upload the database dump (Special:Import can be used for about 100 pages at a time).
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