Web-based Wikipedia Alternatives

There are many alternatives to Wikipedia as a web app if you are looking for a replacement. The best Online alternative is Encyclopædia Britannica, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Wikipedia and many of them are available as a web app so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Online alternatives to Wikipedia are Scholarpedia, Grokipedia, Wikiless and World History Encyclopedia.

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Wikipedia alternatives are mainly Encyclopedias, but if you're looking for Online Education Services or Dictionaries you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Wikipedia.
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  1. The Encyclopædia Britannica is a general English-language encyclopaedia published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., a privately-held company. The articles in the Britannica are aimed at educated adult readers, and written by a staff of about 100 full-time editors and...

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  2. Scholarpedia icon
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    Scholarpedia is a peer-reviewed open-access encyclopedia written and maintained by scholarly experts from around the world. Scholarpedia is inspired by Wikipedia and aims to complement it by providing in-depth scholarly treatments of academic topics.

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  3. Grokipedia icon
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    Grokipedia is an online encyclopedia created by xAI that positions itself as an alternative to Wikipedia. Articles are generated and later labeled as “fact checked by .

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  4. Metapedia icon
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    Metapedia is an electronic encyclopedia which focuses on culture, art, science, philosophy and politics.

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  5. Citizendium icon
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    Citizendium, powered by MediaWiki, is "an open wiki project dedicated to creating a free, comprehensive, and reliable repository of structured knowledge". Unlike with Wikipedia, a contributor must register using their real name and verify their identity.

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  6. HandWiki icon
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    HandWiki is a wiki encyclopedia dedicated to scientific computing and science. This wiki can be used for collaborative editing of articles about applications of computers and software programs in different areas of science, finance and engineering.

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  7. Oppia icon
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    Oppia is a free, open-source learning platform. Full of interactive activities called 'explorations', Oppia helps curious minds learn and teach.

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  8. WikiIndex icon
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    Welcome to WikiIndex, a wiki of all wiki, wiki people, wiki software, wiki farms, and wiki ideas, a 'work in progress' founded in 2006.

    44 WikiIndex alternatives

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  9. WikiSpooks.com icon
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    WikiSpooks is a global alternative encyclopedia on politics, spy craft, deep state intelligence, and conspiracies, free of corporate influence, partisan politics, or government propaganda for historians and truth-seekers to read, edit, and share.

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  10. Metacademy icon
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    Metacademy - a free open source platform for efficient, personalized learning.

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