MediaWiki Alternatives

MediaWiki is described as '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' and is a very popular Wiki Engine in the education & reference category. There are more than 50 alternatives to MediaWiki for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Windows, Linux and SaaS apps. The best MediaWiki alternative is TiddlyWiki, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MediaWiki are Google Docs, Docmost, Ibis Wiki and WackoWiki.

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  1. YesWiki icon
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    Interoperable website engine built for easy cooperation: create, feed and display collaborative database, encapsulated tools and websites... it works great as a central station to welcome and redirect collaborators.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • MySQL Community Edition
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  2. Raneto icon
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    Raneto is an open source Knowledgebase platform that uses static Markdown files to power your Knowledgebase.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
     
  3. MoinMoin icon
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    MoinMoin is an advanced, easy to use and extensible WikiEngine with a large community of users. MoinMoin's storage mechanism is based on flat files and folders, rather than a database. MoinMoin supports plugins and can be extended via Macros and Actions.

    17 MoinMoin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. OneBar icon
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    OneBar is a Q&A Knowledge Base for your team. It is like StackOverflow or Quora, but it’s private for your team, optimized for collaboration, and integrates with the systems that you use at work.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Slack
     
  5. ProWiki icon
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    ProWiki is a collaborative knowledge management tool for teams and organizations.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  6. Docsify.js icon
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    docsify generates your documentation website on the fly. Unlike GitBook, it does not generate static html files. Instead, it smartly loads and parses your Markdown files and displays them as website. All you need to do is create an index.

    52 Docsify.js alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Comments about Docsify.js as an Alternative to MediaWiki
    Alexandre ZANNI
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    docsify is nice but it's not a wiki but a static site

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    • Docsify.js is Free and Open SourceMediaWiki is also Free and Open Source
  7. Herodotus icon
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    Herodotus has been designed as easy to use archival software, created to serve as an offline information reference when internet access in unavailable. Herodotus is not designed to be a personal "wayback machine", instead its focus is on providing a handy offline...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. SlimWiki icon
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    SlimWiki is an easy to use Wiki / knowledge sharing platform for teams with a beautifully simple editing experience.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Pmwiki icon
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    PmWiki is a wiki-based system for collaborative creation and maintenance of websites.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Ikiwiki is a wiki compiler. It converts wiki pages into HTML pages suitable for publishing on a website. Ikiwiki stores pages and history in a revision control system such as Subversion or Git. There are many other features, including support for blogging, as well as a large...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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