Simplifying the world, one list at a time
Listiary is a wiki built from nested lists on various topics. From movie recommendations and playlists to knowledge maps and personal journals. It’s a flexible, open-source tool for building structured wikis of lists on any topic.
Listiary is a custom wiki platform built for writing lists. Unlike traditional wikis, which focus on free-form text, Listiary is designed from the ground up for structured, interactive, and dynamic lists.
Distributed and sustainable – Users choose servers and content to load, giving Listiary a decentralized model – similar to Mastodon. This flexibility makes a huge difference in terms of moderation and long-term sustainability, compared to rigid centralized platforms.
Bot-fed content – Oracles watch data streams, automated agents post to PHP staging pools, and curator bots log information, so users can enjoy journal style lists while the wiki writes itself in real time.
Security through simplicity - Listiary is a custom platform implemented in plain JavaScript and PHP, without dependencies that could introduce vulnerabilities or maintenance overhead.
A language for lists – Listiary has its own language, called Describe Markup Language (or simply Describe). The Describe Markup Language (DML) compiler utilizes ANTLR 4 in C#, and is a powerful, flexible, tested and documented tool in its own right. Describe is intuitive – anyone can write in it without formal trainig, allowing rich, interactive lists to be created by anyone.
Extensible via plugins – Developers can write and submit their own add-ons, and users can enable different add-ons to customize their experience. Think music players, fonts and styles, etc.
Flexible monetization – Listiary is free for all, but paid users will be able to host private wikis on our domain, similar to the GitHub Enterprise Cloud and many other platforms, which improves long-term sustainability without compromising the mission of the wiki.
Interactive editing – Users can customize, edit, highlight, and sort public or personal lists, with versioned drafts saved for later, fork their own versions, and even share them on social media if they like.
Tailored to lists – Lists stick out like a sore thumb on many wiki platforms, because large, wide, awkward lists don't fit neatly inside text, or software templates made for presenting text. Listiary lets complex lists shine in elegant and convenient ways – You can have checkbox lists, timed lists that change color or text when they expire, and much, much more endlessly-sortable goodness.
Learn more – You can visit the official documentation to learn more:
Project Listiary - Official Documentation
Describe Markup Language - Official Documentation
You can now support Listiary directly through Open Collective - a transparent platform for community funding. Your donation helps keep the project free, sustainable, and continuously evolving.
🧭 Listiary wiki (prototype demo) - demo.listiary.org
You can visit the prototype and interact with it. You will not be allowed to edit content yet, but you can try out a read-only version of the editor and inspect the Describe code in action.
📚 Listiary documentation - https://documentation.listiary.org/listiary/
This is the main documentation hub for the Listiary and Describe projects.
📚 Describe documentation - https://documentation.listiary.org/language/
This is the main documentation hub for the Listiary and Describe projects.
📚 Describe library - library.listiary.org
Browse Describe Markup Language source codes. You can view, download, and experiment with compiling files locally - they are diverse and free.
Listiary repository on GitHub - https://github.com/listiary/Listiary
This is the home of the Listiary codebase.
Describe repository on GitHub - https://github.com/listiary/DescribeCompiler
This is the home of the Describe Markup Language compiler and the primary Describe project repository.
Listiary wiki (dev version, password protected) - https://development.listiary.org/
Developer-only environment. Password-protected instance used during project development.
Listiary wiki Radiowatch - https://radiowatch.listiary.org/m.index.html
This is an upcoming themed wiki release. Initially planned as read-only. Includes custom plugins for radio and cloud music streaming, content bots, and other cool experimental features. Not yet ready for public release - I give the link as a curiosity.
- Use GitHub's issue reporter on the right
- Send an email contact@listiary.org
- Or, contact the founder directly at vchernev91@abv.bg (might take a few days)
- You can reach him on Viber as well: +359-885-18-05-86