Description

Welcome to Kiki's documentation! ================================ Kiki is envisioned as a Django-based mailing list manager which can replace Mailman. Why replace Mailman? ++++++++++++++++++++ Mailman is a grand old thing. However, there are some major sticking points, which Kiki tries to resolve. +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ | Mailman | Kiki | +======================================+======================================+ | Install requires root access and | Django package. Can be installed | | a build step. | simply and locally. | +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ | Includes C modules. | Pure Python. | +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ | Only accessible through its own web | Integrates with the ``django`` admin | | interface, and authentication is | and provides default urls, views, | | baked in. | and templates. | +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ | Uses a private database for Users. | Integrates with the Users already | | | on your site. | +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ | Documents are wiki-based or not | Sphinx documentation is in a | | easily buildable. | separate directory from the code. | | | (Readthedocs coming soon!) | +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ | Message queueing baked in. | Uses ``django-celery`` for queues. | +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+