AmuseWiki

AmuseWiki is a specialized wiki engine and publishing platform designed for libraries and organizations that need robust text archiving and high-quality printing capabilities. It combines traditional wiki functionality with advanced publishing features, making it particularly suitable for maintaining and publishing collections of texts.

Key Features

• Advanced Publishing Capabilities: AmuseWiki excels at producing high-quality publications with support for multiple output formats including PDF (via LaTeX), EPUB, and HTML. The platform offers professional-grade printing features including imposition and crop marks.

• Git-Based Version Control: All texts are stored under Git version control, enabling robust tracking of changes, offline editing capabilities, and reliable long-term archiving of content.

• User-Friendly Markup: The platform uses a simplified markup language borrowed from Emacs Muse, making it accessible while maintaining powerful formatting capabilities. It also supports importing HTML documents while preserving logical markup.

• Multisite Support: A single AmuseWiki instance can host multiple independent sites, making it efficient for organizations managing multiple collections or archives.

• Comprehensive Search: Features fast and accurate full-text search with extensive configuration options to help users find specific content within large text collections.

Who Should Use AmuseWiki

AmuseWiki is ideal for:

• Libraries needing a platform for digital text archiving and publishing
• Academic Institutions requiring high-quality document production
• Publishing Organizations looking for a robust text management system
• Archives seeking long-term text preservation with version control
• Organizations needing professional-grade PDF output capabilities

Getting Started

AmuseWiki is packaged for Debian systems with all dependencies included. For other systems, installation requires setting up a Perl environment and configuring the necessary dependencies including LaTeX for PDF generation. The platform provides detailed documentation for installation and configuration.

The system supports multiple deployment models:

• Read-only archive
• Moderated wiki
• Fully open wiki

Whether you're building a digital library, managing an archive, or need a publishing platform with professional output capabilities, AmuseWiki provides a robust foundation for text-focused content management.