#Wiki offline portable#

The first thing was to get hold of a Mac machine, since the early release of Firestarter is for Macs only. I decided it would be interesting to give Firestarter a whirl. That way, they can get the very latest documentation even after the date of shipping.

In addition, you can configure Firestarter to sync automatically with your server-based Confluence documentation whenever the customer is online. 😉 Appfire suggests that you can package the Firestarter USB sticks with your product, containing the latest version of the documentation at the time the product is shipped. But what about those times when you’re offline? Firestarter to the rescue.Īppfire also point out another use case that is particularly interesting for us technical writers: Distributing documentation on a stick. There’s a very useful iPhone app, with an enterprise edition for iPhone, Blackberry, Palm and Android too. I’ve often heard people say that they’d love to be able to work on Confluence while they’re away from their desks.

#Wiki offline portable#

Why would you want a Firestarter portable wiki appliance? It’s not yet ready for use with production systems or data. It’s interesting and exciting to experiment with and to plan what uses you can put it to.

Basically, it’s a Confluence wiki on a USB stick! I was lucky enough to get one, so I’ve been trying it out.įriendly warning: This is an early adoption release of Firestarter. It’s called Firestarter, a portable wiki appliance. At Atlassian Summit a couple of weeks ago, Appfire handed out some early releases of their new product.