Is there any open source user-guide type creation software available?

jaffa picture jaffa · Apr 12, 2010 · Viewed 11.3k times · Source

Is there any open source user-guide type creation software available? Or is it best to use wiki type systems? We want to be able to create user guides on the fly through a web front end and accessible on the net. Or is this best achieved using Wikis? Thanks

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DVK picture DVK · Apr 12, 2010

I'd strongly recommend using Wikis. As long as your chosen one's markup covers your needs, it's ideal for user guides.

This post is not 100% on topic - it's about creating user manual for the workplace (as opposed to the software) - but many ideas are still worth reading.

This is a good guide for using Wiki in knowledge sharing.

http://www.futurechanges.org/patterns/