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'''wikiCalc''' is a combination of a [[wiki]] (user-editable website) with a [[spreadsheet]] calculation program. It is the name of a product envisioned and created in 2005 by [[Dan Bricklin]], who 27 years earlier created [[VisiCalc]], the first spreadsheet program.

{{Infobox software

|name = wikiCalc

|latest_release_version = 1.0

|latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|2007|01|25}}

|operating_system = [[Cross-platform]]

|genre = [[Wiki]] / [[List of online spreadsheets|Online Spreadsheet]]

|license = [[GPL|GNU General Public License]]

|website = {{URL|https://www.softwaregarden.com/products/wikicalc/}}

|developer = [[Dan Bricklin]]

}}

'''wikiCalc''' is a [[web application]], created by [[Dan Bricklin]], that allows for the creation and editing of [[spreadsheet]]s through a [[wiki]]-style user-editable interface. It is currently released as version 1.0 for use on Windows, Mac, Linux/Unix, and other platforms that can run the [[Perl]] language.

The product was envisioned in 2005 by Bricklin, who 27 years earlier created [[VisiCalc]], the first [[commerce|commercial]] spreadsheet program for the [[personal computer]]. Version Alpha 0.1 was released for [[alpha testing]] in November 2005. Version 1.0 was released on January 25, 2007. wikiCalc is written in the [[Perl]] programming language.

=== External Links ===

*[http://danbricklin.com/log/2005_11_09.htm#wikicalc I'm working on a new product called wikiCalc], from [[Dan Bricklin]]'s weblog on November 9, 2005

wikiCalc is released under the [[GNU General Public License]],<ref>{{cite web

*[http://danbricklin.com/log/aboutwikicalc01.htm About wikiCalc 0.1]

*[|url=http://www.softwaregarden.com/wkcalphaproducts/wikicalc/ wikiCalc Alpha Test Home]

|title=wikiCalc home page

|quote=...released under the GPL 2.0 license...

}}</ref> and is thus [[free software]].

On June 8, 2006, Dan Bricklin and [[Socialtext]] announced a partnership which encompasses an exclusive distribution deal as well as a pledge for co-development.<ref>{{cite web|first=Michael|last=Arrington|authorlink=Michael Arrington|publisher=[[TechCrunch]]|url=https://techcrunch.com/2006/06/08/socialtextwikicalc-more-interesting-than-google-spreadsheets/|title=SocialText/wikiCalc: More Interesting Than Google Spreadsheets|date=2006-06-08|accessdate=2007-02-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://danbricklin.com/log/2006_04_05.htm#socialtext|title=wikiCalc Partnership with SocialText|first=Dan|last=Bricklin|authorlink=Dan Bricklin|publisher=DanBricklin.com|date=2006-06-09|accessdate=2007-02-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.socialtext.com/node/82|title=Socialtext Partners with Dan Bricklin on wikiCalc|publisher=[[Socialtext]]|first=Ross|last=Mayfield|authorlink=Ross Mayfield|date=2006-06-09|accessdate=2007-02-11}}</ref> The Socialtext version of the software is called [[SocialCalc]].

== See also ==

{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}

* [[List of online spreadsheets]]

==References==

{{Reflist}}

=== External Links =links==

* [http://www.softwaregarden.com/products/wikicalc/ wikiCalc Product Home Page]

* [[Brian Bergstein]] (The [[Associated Press]]), [https://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-06-11-spreadsheet-inventor_x.htm?POE=TECISVA Bricklin updates collaborative spreadsheet], [[USA Today]], 11 June 2006

[[Category:Free spreadsheet software]]

[[Category:Free wiki software]]

[[Category:Online spreadsheets]]