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# Swik
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/swik/
- Published: 2005-07-31T15:25:40.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-28T21:05:22.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Systems

Swik is a database of open source software. It will search for something if it doesn’t already know about it. It has wiki-style capabilities for user contributed entries. 

> Swik is a project to create a useful [free-content](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/?ref=lorcandempsey.net) directory for open source software. Swik was inspired by the [wiki](https://wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatIsWiki&ref=lorcandempsey.net) concept used by projects like [Wikipedia](https://wikipedia.org/?ref=lorcandempsey.net) and [WikiWikiWeb](https://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiWikiWeb&ref=lorcandempsey.net). Anyone can edit Swik project pages, including you. \[[Swik](https://www.swik.net/about?ref=lorcandempsey.net)\]