Best self-hosted Wikis apps
A wiki is a publication collaboratively edited and managed by its own audience directly using a web browser.
27 open source Wikis tools you host on your own server — with full control of your data and no per-user cost.
Outline
★ 39,025Outline is a fast, beautiful wiki for team documentation, with powerful search and a modern editor. Self-hosted, it's the alternative to Notion/Confluence for the company's knowledge base.
Wiki.js
★ 28,480Wiki.js is a modern, lightweight wiki built on Git and Markdown, with access control and visual editors. Hosted by you, it keeps documentation versioned and under your domain.
docmost
★ 20,700Collaborative wiki and documentation software (alternative to Confluence, Notion).
Gollum
★ 14,283Simple, Git-powered wiki with a sweet API and local frontend.
TiddlyWiki
★ 8,599Reusable non-linear personal web notebook.
Dokuwiki
★ 4,652Easy to use, lightweight, standards-compliant wiki engine with a simple syntax allowing reading the data outside the wiki. All data is stored in plain text files, therefore no database is required.
Raneto
★ 2,893Knowledgebase platform that uses static Markdown files.
Documize
★ 2,407Modern Docs + Wiki software with built-in workflow, single binary executable, just bring MySQL/Percona.
Gitit
★ 2,274Wiki program that stores pages and uploaded files in a git repository, which can then be modified using the VCS command line tools or the wiki's web interface.
Zim
★ 2,180Graphical text editor used to maintain a collection of wiki pages. Each page can contain links to other pages, simple formatting and images.
django-wiki
★ 1,923Wiki system with complex functionality for simple integration and a superb interface. Store your knowledge with style: Use django models.
Otter Wiki
★ 1,461Simple, easy to use wiki software using markdown.
XWiki
★ 1,273Second generation wiki that allows the user to extend its functionalities with a powerful extension-based architecture.
Wiki-Go
★ 590A modern, feature-rich, databaseless flat-file wiki platform.
WikiDocs
★ 505A databaseless markdown flat-file wiki engine.
LeafWiki
★ 482A fast wiki for people who think in folders, not feeds. Fast editing. Tree navigation. Markdown on disk.
Mycorrhiza Wiki
★ 375Filesystem and git-based wiki engine written in Go using Mycomarkup as its primary markup language.
AmuseWiki
★ 216Amusewiki is based on the Emacs Muse markup, remaining mostly compatible with the original implementation. It can work as a read-only site, as a moderated wiki, or as a fully open wiki or even as a private site.
Oddmuse
★ 89Simple wiki engine written in Perl. No database required.
Tiki
★ 81Wiki CMS Groupware with the most built-in features.
WackoWiki
★ 55WackoWiki is a light and easy to install multilingual Wiki-engine.
W
★ 53Lightweight, mutli-user, flat-file-database Wiki engine. Create pages quickly and edit them in your Web browser using Mardown/HTML/CSS/JS. The main difference with other wiki is that you are encouraged to customize each page style individually.
BookStack
Organize and store information. Stores documentation in a book like fashion.
Feather Wiki
A lightning fast and infinitely extensible tool for creating personal non-linear notebooks, databases, and wikis that is entirely self-contained, runs in your browser, and is only 58 kilobytes in size.
Mediawiki
Wiki software package that powers Wikipedia and all other Wikimedia projects, serving hundreds of millions of users each month.
PmWiki
Wiki-based system for collaborative creation and maintenance of websites.
WiKiss
Wiki, simple to use and install.
Frequently asked questions
What are the best self-hosted Wikis tools?
Among the 27 options, the most popular include Outline, Wiki.js, docmost. Compare license, platform and popularity in the list below.
Is there a free open source alternative for Wikis?
Yes — all 27 tools on this page are open source and you run them on your own server, with no monthly fee.
Where can I host a Wikis app?
On a home server (homelab) or a cheap VPS from ~€4/mo. See the suggestions on this page.