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{{Short description|Free and open-source wiki software}}

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{{Infobox software

| name = UseModWiki

| logo = Usemod logo.svg

| screenshot = UseModWiki 1.2.1.png

| collapsible =

| caption = Default homepage of UseModWiki 1.2.1

| developer = Clifford Adams, Markus Lude

| released = {{Start date|1999|10|11}}

| latest release version = 1.2.2

| latest release date = {{Start date|2023|11|10}}

| programming language = [[Perl]]<ref name="onlamp">{{Cite web |last=Fish |first=Shlomi |date=2004-11-04 |title=Which Open Source Wiki Works For You? |website=[[ONLamp.com]] |publisher=[[O'Reilly Media]] |url=http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/11/04/which_wiki.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203224709/http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/11/04/which_wiki.html |archive-date=2017-12-03}}</ref>

| platform =

| size = 62.6&nbsp;[[Byte#Multiple-byte units|KiB]] (compressed)<!-- .tar.gz -->

| genre = [[Wiki software]]

| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]<ref name="aosa">{{Cite book |chapter-url=https://aosabook.org/en/v2/mediawiki.html |first1=Sumana |last1=Harihareswara |first2=Guillaume |last2=Paumier |title=The Architecture of Open Source Applications |volume=2 |chapter=MediaWiki |editor1-first=Amy |editor1-last=Brown |editor2-first=Greg |editor2-last=Wilson |isbn=978-1105571817 |archive-date=2024-11-27 |access-date=2024-11-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127055154/https://aosabook.org/en/v2/mediawiki.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

| website = {{Official URL}}

}}

'''UseModWiki''' is a [[wiki software]] written in [[Perl]] and licensed under the [[GNU General Public License]]. Pages in UseModWiki are stored in [[Flat file database|ordinary files]], not in a [[relational database]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fieldhouse |first=Keith R. |date=2005-04-04 |title=Introducing UseModWiki |url=https://www.linux.com/news/introducing-usemodwiki/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=[[Linux.com]] |language=en-US |quote=[UseModWiki] keeps its data in simple flat files (no database back end required) [...] |archive-date=2022-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015020411/https://www.linux.com/news/introducing-usemodwiki/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Wikipedia]]s in English and many other languages were powered by UseModWiki until switching to [[MediaWiki]].

'''UseModWiki''' is a wiki software written in Perl and licensed under the GNU General Public License. Pages in UseModWiki are stored in ordinary files, not in a relational database. Wikipedias in English and many other languages were powered by UseModWiki until switching to MediaWiki.

== History ==