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Self-hosted Wikis software (2026)

A [wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki) is a publication collaboratively edited and managed by its own audience directly using a web browser. _See also: [Wikimatrix](https://www.wikimatrix.org/), [List of wiki software - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wiki_software), [Comparison of wiki software - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_wiki_software)_

Related: Note-taking & Editors · Knowledge Management Tools

25 open-source apps · all free & self-hostable

AmuseWiki source

Amusewiki 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.

GPL-1.0Perl/Docker

BookStack source

Organize and store information. Stores documentation in a book like fashion.

MITPHP/Docker

django-wiki

Wiki system with complex functionality for simple integration and a superb interface. Store your knowledge with style: Use django models.

GPL-3.0Python

Documize source

Modern Docs + Wiki software with built-in workflow, single binary executable, just bring MySQL/Percona.

AGPL-3.0Go

Dokuwiki source

Easy 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.

GPL-2.0PHP

Feather Wiki source

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.

AGPL-3.0Javascript

Gitit

Wiki 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.

GPL-2.0Haskell

Gollum

Simple, Git-powered wiki with a sweet API and local frontend.

MITRuby

LeafWiki

A fast wiki for people who think in folders, not feeds. Fast editing. Tree navigation. Markdown on disk.

MITDocker/Go

Mediawiki source

Wiki software package that powers Wikipedia and all other Wikimedia projects, serving hundreds of millions of users each month.

GPL-2.0PHP

Mycorrhiza Wiki source

Filesystem and git-based wiki engine written in Go using Mycomarkup as its primary markup language.

AGPL-3.0Go

PmWiki

Wiki-based system for collaborative creation and maintenance of websites.

GPL-3.0PHP

Raneto source

Knowledgebase platform that uses static Markdown files.

MITNodejs

Tiki source

Wiki CMS Groupware with the most built-in features.

LGPL-2.1PHP

W source

Lightweight, 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.

AGPL-3.0PHP

WackoWiki source

WackoWiki is a light and easy to install multilingual Wiki-engine.

BSD-3-ClausePHP

Wiki-Go source

A modern, feature-rich, databaseless flat-file wiki platform.

GPL-3.0Go/Docker

Wiki.js source

Modern, lightweight and powerful wiki app using Git and Markdown.

AGPL-3.0Nodejs/Docker/K8S

WikiDocs source

A databaseless markdown flat-file wiki engine.

MITPHP/Docker

XWiki source

Second generation wiki that allows the user to extend its functionalities with a powerful extension-based architecture.

LGPL-2.1Java/Docker/deb

Zim source

Graphical text editor used to maintain a collection of wiki pages. Each page can contain links to other pages, simple formatting and images.

GPL-2.0Python/deb