Scrumia

Scrumia is a fictional open-source platform for collaborative knowledge management and documentation. It combines a graph-based data model with a wiki-like editing interface, enabling users to create, interlink, and manage articles, datasets, and multimedia items within a single workspace.

Core features include a semantic graph, versioned edits, access controls, offline synchronization, and a plugin system. The graph model stores entities as nodes and relationships as edges, supporting rich queries and automatic generation of related content. The platform emphasizes modularity and interoperability with existing tools through standard APIs.

Architecture includes a modular front end, a server that exposes a REST or GraphQL API, and a pluggable storage layer that can use local databases or cloud storage. This design supports scalable collaboration across distributed teams, while enabling customization through extensions and themes.

History and development trace Scrumia to an international volunteer community that began work in the mid-2010s. The project released its first public version in the latter half of the decade, with subsequent major updates introducing enhanced graph capabilities, access controls, and offline features. Governance is described as community-driven, with decisions made by elected representatives and open discussion channels. The licensing is described as permissive and open-source.

Reception and impact have highlighted Scrumia’s strengths in modularity, long-term maintainability, and interoperability with other information systems. Critics have pointed to potential scalability challenges for very large knowledge graphs and complexities in governance for large volunteer communities. It has been explored for use in educational institutions, research groups, and nonprofit organizations seeking collaborative documentation solutions.

See also: Knowledge management, Wikis, Graph databases.