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Welcome to Periwiki's built-in help. These articles cover everything from writing your first article to running the server.

## Using Periwiki

- **[[Periwiki:Writing_articles|Writing articles]]** — Frontmatter, WikiLinks, footnotes, and table of contents
- **[[Periwiki:Syntax|Syntax reference]]** — Quick reference for Markdown, WikiLinks, and frontmatter fields

## Running Periwiki

- **[[Periwiki:Installation|Installation and configuration]]** — Building from source, configuration, and first run
- **[[Periwiki:Security|Security]]** — Passwords, sessions, and HTML sanitization
- **[[Periwiki:Troubleshooting|Troubleshooting]]** — Common issues and how to fix them

## Legal

- **[[Periwiki:License|License]]** — GNU Affero General Public License v3.0