Is there a web based open source documentation software system that has version control?
by lazer on May 21, 2011Q: I want a web-based / open-source documentation software which is capable of managing documentation requirements and version control for a medium size team?
I don’t want the more elaborate one ; not asking for cms or other forms of project management functionality i need the software to document and archive the documents…that pretty much it..
thank you
Tags: version control
I’ve had great success using wiki software for this type of thing.
Here are a few articles with regard to using Confluence a wiki software system targeted for business users:
http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/tour/technical-writing-software.jsp
http://blogs.atlassian.com/news/2010/10/technical-writing-enterprise-wiki.html
http://blogs.atlassian.com/news/2010/10/confluence-technical-writing-publishing-process.html
http://blogs.atlassian.com/confluence/2010/11/confluence-wiki-technical-writing-content-reuse.html
Confluence isn’t free but highly recommended: http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/pricing.jsp
Before we using Confluence we started with MediaWiki (same software that powers wikipedia) http://www.mediawiki.org
For more information on Wiki software you can also read this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_software
Mark (Uber Geek) says: on May 21, 2011 at 12:29 pm