For the few of us who use Linux as a desktop operating system, installing federated wiki locally is relatively straightforward.
* While it is possible to install npm (node package manager) directly from the Linux package manager (e.g. Synaptic Package Manager on Ubuntu, Pamac on Manjaro Linux), this will eventually lead to issues. The node packages will not update automatically when the Linux package manager runs. * Thus, it's better to install nvm (node version manager) from the Linux package manager to decouple the updates and upgrades.
On a Mac, the instructions for "How To Install NVM on macOS with Homebrew" at ... https://tecadmin.net/install-nvm-macos-with-homebrew/ ... work
The basic instructions for installing federated wiki locally is at https://github.com/fedwiki/wiki under "Running your own server" * $ npm install -g wiki
From Commands to run FedWiki, enabling edit permissions requires specifying one option: * wiki --security_legacy Launching wiki as a server on your local computer should continue the terminal session, with a transcript of computing transactions performed.
The federated wiki client should then be accessible in a browser with the URL * http://localhost:3000