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{{Infobox software
| name                   = PmWiki
| title                  = PmWiki
| logo                   = [[Image:PmWiki.svg|140px]]
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| author                 = 
| developer              = Patrick R. Michaud
| released               = {{Start date|2001|09}}<ref name="PmStart1">{{cite web |url=http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/WikiGroupMotivation |title=WikiGroupMotivation - Why WikiGroups? |author=Michaud, Patrick R |publisher=Patrick R. Michaud |accessdate=5 April 2012}}</ref>
| discontinued           = 
| frequently updated     = yes<!-- Release version update? Don't edit this page, just click on the version number! -->
| programming language   = PHP
| operating system       = Cross-platform
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| status                 = 
| genre                  = Content management system<br />Wiki software
| license                = GNU General Public License
| website                = [http://www.pmwiki.org PmWiki.org]
}}

'''PmWiki''' is a free open-source wiki application. The "Pm" portion of the name refers to "Patrick Michaud," a researcher at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi who began the PmWiki project.<ref name="EarlyHist1">{{cite web |url=http://pmichaud.com/pipermail/pmwiki-users/2004-May/004757.html |title=&#91;Pmwiki-users&#93; developers history |author=Duff, Jonathan Scott |publisher=Patrick R. Michaud |date=11 May 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/ContactUs |title=PmWiki / Contact us |publisher=Patrick R. Michaud |accessdate=5 April 2012}}</ref>

==Product history==

Researcher and programmer Patrick R. Michaud began work on PmWiki in 2001, as he needed "to build and maintain web sites for the various projects and groups [he] was involved in,"<ref name="PmStart1" /> with a release of version 0.1 in September. When the implementation didn't quite work out as planned, he created the idea of "WikiGroups" "as a way for people (non-admins) to create their own spaces for wiki content without having to seek out or become an administrator to do it."<ref name="PmStart1" /> WikiGroups were first incorporated into the software in January 2002.<ref name="EarlyHist1" /> Use of the software spread around the Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi campus that spring.<ref name="EarlyHist1" />

On June 13, 2004, version 1.0.0 was released, with the primary purpose of needing "to better reflect the demonstrated stability of the code, and its suitability for use as development of PmWiki 2.0."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://osdir.com/ml/web.wiki.pmwiki.user/2004-06/msg00355.html |title=PmWiki 1.0.0 released |author=Michaud, Patrick R |publisher=OSDir |date=13 June 2004 |accessdate=5 April 2012}}</ref> After extensive beta testing, version 2.0 was released on September 1, 2005.<ref name="OldReleases">{{cite web |url=http://www.pmwiki.org/pub/pmwiki/older-releases/ |title=Index of /pub/pmwiki/older-releases |publisher=Patrick R. Michaud |accessdate=5 April 2012}}</ref>

January 18, 2009 saw version 2.2.0 released, featuring numerous changes to page variables, page links, passwords, "https" recognition, and more.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/ReleaseNotes |title= PmWiki / Release Notes |publisher=Patrick R. Michaud |accessdate=5 April 2012}}</ref>

==Features==

A full list of features of PmWiki, with explanations for some of the features, can be found on the [http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/PmWikiFeatures PmWiki page].

==Hardware/software requirements==

PmWiki requires the following:

* a web server 
* PHP 4.3 or later

More about installation requirements can be found [http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/Requirements here].

==Videos, screenshots, and other media==

Screenshots for PmWiki can be found [http://pmwiki.en.softonic.com/images here].

A skins gallery for PmWiki can also be found on the [http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/SkinsGallery PmWiki site].

==Entities using PmWiki==

Examples of entities using PmWiki include: 

AE Data, Inc., Affinity Limited, American Physicians, Inc., ASC Consultants, Canadian Air Force, Computer Science Lab at Yale University, Department of Computer Science at the University of West Georgia, Division of Nearshore Research at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, GNUZoo, HanditecAm, Icelandic International Rally, Netherlands Patent Office, Oxford Mobile Robotics Group, Syslog, Thunder Data Systems, Inc., University of South Carolina - Aiken

A full directory of PmWiki users can be found on the [http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/PmWikiUsers PmWiki page].

==Further reading==

* {{cite web |url=http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/DocumentationIndex |title=Documentation for PmWiki |publisher=Patrick R. Michaud}}

==External links==

* [http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/PmWiki PmWiki] on WikiMatrix
* [http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/References PmWiki] references

==References==
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