[EddieRingle]

Why something like this instead of—for instance—a wiki?

[bastijn]

It is a much heavier setup and wikis have been out of favor past years. As of such their theming and configuration is not up to par when compared to the new kids on the block. In my company (multinational) even IT is phasing out its support, which usually means it's really dying ;).

[patrickdavey]

Yup, was thinking the same. Vimwiki in markdown format and can render the entire wiki to html.

[FutureSpec]

A wiki would require a backing database and server process (I think). This platform is flat files.

[Spivak]

Dokuwiki is flat files only.

[toomim]

This requires a server process.