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 Mac apps. The best MediaWiki alternative is Google Docs, which is free. Other great apps like MediaWiki are TiddlyWiki, Docmost, Ibis Wiki and DokuWiki.

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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
     
  2. Free open source software combining the best of wiki and CMS with community building-features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PHP
     
  3. Ema Personal Wiki uses Markdown to freely create and manage structured notes, like a website. Using WikiWords you can create notebook with linkable pages for tracking your notes, todo lists, bookmarks, your life - in the most flexible way.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
     
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    Knowen is an experiment in progress that is being designed to organize, preserve, and expand human knowledge - placing it in a hierarchical knowledge base (graph) that makes it readily available to learners of all backgrounds and ages.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Boardist icon
     11 likes

    Perfect personal productivity tool 🙀 Never lose your data again and store your notes, links, files, and a lot more. The whole infrastructure is designed to help an advanced user to be in a good shape with data.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  6. The Most Advanced WordPress Knowledge Base Plugin Build a WordPress Knowledge Base with access control, frontend editing, and many more power-packed | Helpie Knowledge Base Plugin

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Wordpress
     
  7. Dashup icon
     4 likes

    Dashup is a platform that lets anyone build unique digital workflows and systems. Select from templates or use our modules to capture, transform, display and share information in one workspace. Start free then scale as you need.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. Journalify icon
     29 likes

    Journalify is a modern, intuitive platform that enables users to transform their life through journaling. It provides a space where you can focus on writing, free from worries about privacy and accessibility.

    174 Journalify alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Fast. Collaborative. Programmable. A truly-offline offline mode. Moment is a powerful, modern docs platform based entirely on Markdown files stored locally in git repositories on your device.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. MDwiki icon
     18 likes

    MDwiki is a CMS/Wiki completely built in HTML5/Javascript and runs 100% on the client. No special software installation or server side processing is required. Just upload the mdwiki.html shipped with MDwiki into the same directory as your markdown files and you are good to go!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Markdoc is a lightweight Markdown-based wiki system. It’s been designed to allow you to create and manage wikis as quickly and easily as possible.

    9 Markdoc alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
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