Open Source MediaWiki AlternativesTop Wiki Engines and other similar apps like MediaWiki

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   TiddlyWiki

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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...

   184 TiddlyWiki alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Note-taking
   • Todo List Manager

   Origin

   • United Kingdom

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online
   • BSD
   • Self-Hosted
   • Xfce
   • RemoteStorage

   

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   Guest

   Negative comment•May 22, 2019

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   Single user only. More a note taking app than a true wiki.

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   

   

   • TiddlyWiki is Free and Open SourceMediaWiki is also Free and Open Source
   • TiddlyWiki is Customizable and LightweightMediaWiki is not according to our users
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   Docmost

    46 likes

   Docmost is an open-source collaborative wiki and documentation software. It is an open-source alternative to Confluence and Notion.

   104 Docmost alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

   Application types

   • Note-taking
   • Todo List Manager

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Self-Hosted
   • Software as a Service (SaaS)
   • Docker

   

   

   

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   Ibis Wiki

    24 likes

   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!

   30 Ibis Wiki alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Wiki Engine

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Online
   • Docker
   • Self-Hosted
   • PostgreSQL

   

   

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   DokuWiki

    190 likes

   DokuWiki is a standards compliant, simple to use Wiki, mainly aimed at creating documentation of any kind. It is targeted at developer teams, workgroups and small companies. It has a simple but powerful syntax which makes sure the datafiles remain readable outside the Wiki and...

   94 DokuWiki alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application type

   • Wiki Engine

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Self-Hosted
   • Cloudron

   

   

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   WackoWiki

    13 likes

   WackoWiki is a light and easy to install multilingual Wiki-engine. Supports WYTIWYG-editing, page rights (ACLs), page comments, file uploads, email notification, design themes (skins) and much more. Compatible with PHP 8.0 - 8.5 and MariaDB / MySQL / SQLite.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)

   Application type

   • Wiki Engine

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Online
   • Self-Hosted

   

   

   

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   La Suite Docs

    22 likes

   Collaborative platform for real-time note-taking, documentation, and wikis, featuring offline editing, granular permissions, AI-assisted writing, multiple export formats, user-friendly formatting, scalable team support, customizable templates, and open-source licensing.

   76 La Suite Docs alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application types

   • Note-taking
   • Team Collaboration

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Online
   • Self-Hosted
   • Docker

   

   

   

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   BookStack

    130 likes

   BookStack is a free and open source knowledge management platform built on PHP. The system has been built around simplicity to ensure that adding information to it is not a chore. The content structure is built on the metaphors of Books, Chapters & Pages.

   109 BookStack alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application types

   • Wiki Engine
   • Team Collaboration

   Origin

   • United Kingdom

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Online
   • Self-Hosted
   • PHP
   • Cloudron

   

   

   

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   Guest

   Negative comment•Feb 5, 2021

   0

   Not a true wiki. Its a CMS.

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   Guest

   Negative comment•Feb 13, 2021

   0

   More a CMS app than a true wiki.

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   

   

   • BookStack is Free and Open SourceMediaWiki is also Free and Open Source
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    XWiki

     98 likes

    XWiki is the ultimate open-source structured wiki designed to enhance business collaboration and efficiency. Tailored for tech-savvy professionals, XWiki’s extensibility, customization, and flexibility make it indispensable for managing large projects and datasets, while...

    119 XWiki alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (LGPL-2.1)

    Application types

    • Note-taking
    • Team Collaboration

    Origin

    • France
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker

    

    

    

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    Guest

    Positive comment•Mar 7, 2018

    1

    From my experience, XWiki is way more adaptable to business use cases than MediaWiki : changing the theme or setting-up a mail server was very easy for example. XWiki also includes a nice extension manager with tons of available extensions. The main downside of XWiki is that it is harder to install than simple PHP applications ; it also take more system memory by default.

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    • XWiki is Free and Open SourceMediaWiki is also Free and Open Source
    • XWiki is Privacy focusedMediaWiki is not according to our users
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    Foam

     52 likes

    Foam is a personal knowledge management and sharing system inspired by Roam Research, built on Visual Studio Code and GitHub.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Note-taking

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Visual Studio Code

    

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    Wiki.js

     52 likes

    Write your content in the widely used and simple Markdown format, using the built-in visual editor. Unlike other wiki software that save content in a database with a difficult to extract format, Wiki.js saves all your content directly into Markdown (.

    76 Wiki.js alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

    Application type

    • Wiki Engine

    Origin

    • Canada

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron

    

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    Lunatica

    Negative comment•Nov 30, 2020

    3

    Wiki.js is for technical documentation (just take a look at its UI), while MediaWiki is made primarily for Wikipedia which is an encyclopedia, but can be also adapted for technical writing. So Wiki.js is not a replacement for MediaWiki when the use case is for encyclopedia or similar writing.

    jon k

    Negative comment•Jan 13, 2022

    0

    Still has a ways to go, many glitches and missing features

    Review by a new / low-activity user.

    Guest

    Positive comment•Sep 26, 2017

    0

    Modern node js based wiki, bring the future to your data, uses flat files stored on a git repo, with markdown notation

    Review by a new / low-activity user.

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    • Wiki.js is Free and Open SourceMediaWiki is also Free and Open Source
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    wikidPad

     181 likes

    wikidPad is a Wiki-like notebook for storing your thoughts, ideas, todo lists, contacts, or anything else you can think of to write down. What makes wikidPad different from other notepad applications is the ease with which you can cross-link your information.

    213 wikidPad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Note-taking
    • Todo List Manager

    Origin

    • Germany
    • EU

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    

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    Fileverse

     18 likes

    Trustless collaboration platform with decentralized file-sharing, collaborative editing, cheap storage, privacy controls, onchain team and community access, website and blog publishing, open workflows, customizable spaces, and alternatives to traditional online suites.

    122 Fileverse alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Team Collaboration
    • Word Processor

    Platforms

    • Online

    

    

    

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