Self-Hosted MediaWiki Alternatives

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

Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
MediaWiki alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. TiddlyWiki icon
     314 likes

    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...

    194 TiddlyWiki alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Xfce
    • RemoteStorage
     
    |
    1
  2. Docmost icon
     51 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.

    117 Docmost alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Cloudron
     
  3. Ibis Wiki icon
     26 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!

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Docker
    • Self-Hosted
    • PostgreSQL
     
    |
    1
  4. DokuWiki icon
     191 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...

    97 DokuWiki alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
     
  5. WackoWiki icon
     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.

    24 WackoWiki alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. La Suite Docs icon
     23 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.

    94 La Suite Docs alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Python
    • Typescript
    • JavaScript
    • React
    • Django
    • Next.js
     
  7. BookStack icon
     133 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.

    113 BookStack alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
     
    |
    2
  8. XWiki icon
     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...

    134 XWiki alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
    |
    1
  9. Foam icon
     54 likes

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

    259 Foam alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Visual Studio Code
     
  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 (.

    80 Wiki.js alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
     
    |
    4
  11. Otter Wiki icon
     6 likes

    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
     
  12. Dokit icon
     13 likes

    A web-based solution for sharing know-how: work instructions, procedures, knowledge base, product support, enterprise wiki.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
12 of 34 MediaWiki alternatives