Lichen Alternatives

Lichen is described as 'Sign in with your Bluesky account, create wikis, and write in plain markdown with [[wikilinks]]. Your data lives on your own PDS: it persists independently of this app, and your Bluesky identity works everywhere on ATProto' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are eight alternatives to Lichen for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Linux, Docker and Mac apps. The best Lichen alternative is TiddlyWiki, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Lichen are Ibis Wiki, MediaWiki, Miraheze and Otter Wiki.

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  1. TiddlyWiki icon
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    TiddlyWiki is a single html file with all the characteristics of a wiki - including all of the functionality (including editing, saving, tagging and searching) and the style sheet. Because its a single file, its very portable - you can email it, put it on a web server or share...

    206 TiddlyWiki alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Xfce
    • RemoteStorage
     
  2. Ibis Wiki icon
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    Ibis is a federated encyclopedia which uses the ActivityPub protocol, just like Mastodon or Lemmy. Users can create, browse, edit articles and use many other features. If you want to start a wiki for a TV series, a video game, or an open source project, then Ibis is for you!

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Docker
    • Self-Hosted
    • PostgreSQL
     
  3. MediaWiki icon
     184 likes

    MediaWiki is a free software wiki package written in PHP, originally for use on Wikipedia. It is now used by several other projects of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation and by many other wikis.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
    • Sandstorm
     
  4. Miraheze icon
     34 likes

    Miraheze is a wiki farm (hosts wikis) for free and with no ads, it also provides custom domains, extensions and many other features. It is based on MediaWiki.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • MediaWiki
     
  5. Otter Wiki icon
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    An Otter Wiki is Python-based software for collaborative content management, called a wiki. The content is stored in a git repository, which keeps track of all changes. Markdown is used as Markup language. An Otter Wiki is written in python using the microframework Flask.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  6. Wikiful icon
     10 likes

    Wikiful is an online platform that makes it easy to build and share a wiki. Access and edit your wiki instantly from any device using the straightforward editor. Make wikis public or private, add collaborators, and share content effortlessly.

    18 Wikiful alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. note.garden icon
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    note.garden is a web app implementation of the Zettelkasten method, inspired by others’ digital gardens.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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