Hello again. It's time for me to continue my posts about wikis. I want to talk about Trac. I'm not using it, but I was tempted to. It's a nice web application that combines issue tracking, wiki and source code browsing. The only thing that it lacks is a forum.

Trac runs on Python. I'm sure it's a good language. Right now is not the time for me to learn it. I need the wiki to be able to run on IIS without any problems or need for advanced configuration. I would need to install Python modules to run it and this is an impediment for my adoptation of Trac.

It uses SQLite to store all data. That's a problem too. There's no simple way to export data from it and this was one of my main requirements.

The whole application is useful, but at this stage I have no need for its main features. I already have an issue manager (BugNet) and I don't see the point of moving all issues to Trac.

The wiki is not special in any particular way. It does support minor features I was looking for, such as macros and hierarchical pages structure. It doesn't seem to provide authentication or CAPTCHA support out of the box.

Conclusion

Trac looks very attractive. It's great application to manage a project, but I only need a wiki. I'm not using it mainly because there's no easy export. The fact that it's a Python application and I would need to configure IIS to run it doesn't help either.