Open Source Self-Hosted MediaWiki Alternatives

There are many alternatives to MediaWiki as a self-hosted solution if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Self-Hosted alternative is TiddlyWiki. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to MediaWiki and many of them are open source and available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Self-Hosted alternatives to MediaWiki are Docmost, Ibis Wiki, DokuWiki and WackoWiki.

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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

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Xfce
    • RemoteStorage
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  2. Docmost icon
     52 likes

    Open-source wiki and documentation solution offering real-time collaborative editing, robust permissions, group management, spaces for organizing content, inline commenting, full-page history, advanced full-text search, nested pages, attachments, and flexible storage.

    147 Docmost alternatives

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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • Docker
    • Cloudron
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  3. 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!

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    • Online
    • Docker
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    • PostgreSQL
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  4. DokuWiki icon
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    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...

    102 DokuWiki alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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  5. WackoWiki icon
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    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.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  6. XWiki icon
     103 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...

    148 XWiki alternatives

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  7. La Suite Docs icon
     25 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Python
    • Typescript
    • JavaScript
    • React
    • Django
    • Next.js
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  8. BookStack icon
     134 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.

    118 BookStack alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
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    Page Editing
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  9. Foam icon
     55 likes

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

    268 Foam alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Visual Studio Code
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  10. Wiki.js icon
     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 (.

    84 Wiki.js alternatives

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    • Cloudron
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  11. 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.

    15 Otter Wiki alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  12. LeafWiki icon
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    LeafWiki gives you a focused space to create, structure, and maintain a personal or shared knowledge base. It helps you turn scattered notes, instructions, ideas, and reference material into clear wiki pages that are easy to read, update, and organize.

    15 LeafWiki alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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