---
name: "gitit"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gitit"
version: "0.15.1.0+dfsg-2+b6"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gitit"
---

# gitit(1)

wiki engine backed by a git or darcs filestore

## NAME

gitit - wiki engine backed by a git or darcs filestore

## SYNOPSIS

**gitit** \[{**-h** \| **--help**}\] \[{**-v** \| **--version**}\] \[{**-p** *port* \| **--port=***port*}\] \[{**-l** *interface* \| **--listen=***interface*}\] \[{**-f** *configfile* \| **--config-file=***configfile*}\] \[**--debug**\] \[**--print-default-config**\]

## DESCRIPTION

**gitit** is a wiki enging backed by a git or darcs filestore. When run for the first time, it creates a file standard files and directories that contains the structure of a basic wiki, then listens for incoming HTTP connections. When run in a directory that already contains a gitit wiki, it uses the information already present.

The directory **wikidata** contains the repository that hosts the pages in the wiki. You can change its content both from the Web interface and by modifying directly the repository (via commit/record or push/pull).

## OPTIONS

The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-').

- **-h**, **--help**

  Displays a brief help about the parameters, then quits.

- **-v**, **--version**

  Displays the installed version of gitit, then quits.

- **-p** *port*, **--port=***port*

  Intruct gitit to listen on the specified port.

- **-l** *interface*, **--listen=***interface*

  Intruct gitit to listen on the specified interface.

- **-f** *configfile*, **--config-file=***configfile*

  Override default configuration with the values specified in file *configfile*. To see this file's syntax and the configurable fields (with default values and documentation), use **--print-default-config**.

- **--debug**

  Enable debug mode: gitit will print information about all the requests it handles.

- **--print-default-config**

  Prints the default configuration values, along with some documentation.

## AUTHOR

**Giovanni Mascellani** \<gio@debian.org\>

Wrote this manpage for the Debian system.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2011 Giovanni Mascellani\

This manual page was written for the Debian system (and may be used by others).

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 or (at your option) any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.