Best self-hosted wikis
A [wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki) is a publication collaboratively edited and managed by its own audience directly using a web browser.
We track 24 self-hosted wikis projects. The median health score in this category is 53, against 7 projects rated healthy or better and 2 showing little recent activity. The table below is ordered by health score, not popularity — the most starred project in a category is frequently not the best maintained one.
| # | Project | Health | Activity | Stars | Built with | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outline Extensible wiki for your team. | Thriving · 92 | 41k | Nodejs, Docker | 9 Sept 2026 | |
| 2 | XWiki Second generation wiki that allows the user to extend its functionalities with a powerful extension-based architecture. | Thriving · 85 | 1.3k | Java, Docker | 17 Sept 2026 | |
| 3 | TiddlyWiki Reusable non-linear personal web notebook. | Healthy · 73 | 8.7k | Nodejs | 10 Jul 2026 | |
| 4 | Otter Wiki Simple, easy to use wiki software using markdown. | Healthy · 71 | 1.5k | Docker | 8 Sept 2026 | |
| 5 | LeafWiki A fast wiki for people who think in folders, not feeds. Fast editing. Tree navigation. Markdown on disk. | Healthy · 71 | 1.2k | Docker, Go | 8 Sept 2026 | |
| 6 | docmost Community Edition Collaborative wiki and documentation software (alternative to Confluence, Notion). | Healthy · 70 | 22k | Docker, Nodejs | 8 Sept 2026 | |
| 7 | Dokuwiki Easy to use, lightweight, standards-compliant wiki engine with a simple syntax allowing reading the data outside the wik | Healthy · 70 | 4.7k | PHP | 2 Sept 2026 | |
| 8 | WackoWiki WackoWiki is a light and easy to install multilingual Wiki-engine. | Steady · 60 | 55 | PHP | 18 Jul 2026 | |
| 9 | Zim Graphical text editor used to maintain a collection of wiki pages. Each page can contain links to other pages, simple fo | Steady · 53 | 2.2k | Python, deb | — | |
| 10 | django-wiki Wiki system with complex functionality for simple integration and a superb interface. Store your knowledge with style: U | Steady · 53 | 1.9k | Python | 31 Jul 2026 | |
| 11 | Wiki.js Modern, lightweight and powerful wiki app using Git and Markdown. | Slowing · 50 | 29k | Nodejs, Docker | 25 Sept 2026 | |
| 12 | WikiDocs A databaseless markdown flat-file wiki engine. | Slowing · 50 | 524 | PHP, Docker | 19 Aug 2026 | |
| 13 | W Lightweight, mutli-user, flat-file-database Wiki engine. Create pages quickly and edit them in your Web browser using Ma | Slowing · 49 | 57 | PHP | 20 Sept 2026 | |
| 14 | Wiki-Go A modern, feature-rich, databaseless flat-file wiki platform. | Slowing · 48 | 617 | Go, Docker | 22 Sept 2026 | |
| 15 | Gitit Wiki program that stores pages and uploaded files in a git repository, which can then be modified using the VCS command | Slowing · 42 | 2.3k | Haskell | — | |
| 16 | AmuseWiki Amusewiki is based on the Emacs Muse markup, remaining mostly compatible with the original implementation. It can work a | Slowing · 37 | 220 | Perl, Docker | — | |
| 17 | Raneto Knowledgebase platform that uses static Markdown files. | At risk · 34 | 2.9k | Nodejs | 11 Mar 2026 | |
| 18 | Documize Modern Docs + Wiki software with built-in workflow, single binary executable, just bring MySQL/Percona. | At risk · 22 | 2.4k | Go | 19 Sept 2025 | |
| 19 | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware with the most built-in features. | Unrated | — | PHP | — | |
| 20 | BookStack Organize and store information. Stores documentation in a book like fashion. | Unrated | — | PHP, Docker | — | |
| 21 | Feather Wiki A lightning fast and infinitely extensible tool for creating personal non-linear notebooks, databases, and wikis that is | Unrated | — | Javascript | — | |
| 22 | Mediawiki Wiki software package that powers Wikipedia and all other Wikimedia projects, serving hundreds of millions of users each | Unrated | — | PHP | — | |
| 23 | PmWiki Wiki-based system for collaborative creation and maintenance of websites. | Unrated | — | PHP | — | |
| 24 | WiKiss Wiki, simple to use and install. | Unrated | — | PHP | — |
Which one should you run?
If you want the safest bet on longevity, Outline is the best-maintained project in this category right now at 92/100. XWiki is the closest runner-up (85/100) — see the side-by-side comparison.
A health score measures whether a project is alive and shipping. It does not measure whether it has the feature you need. Use it to rule options out, then compare on features.