wikijs
Wikijs(https://github.com/Requarks/wiki) A modern, lightweight and powerful wiki app built on NodeJS.
Platform availability
Available on 6 of 6 install platforms
Also on Docker Hub and GitHub
Health score
82/100 Excellent
- Maintained
- 79last commit 13 days ago
- Popular
- 8928,981 GitHub stars
- Easy to install
- 706 install platforms, Docker image
- Light to run
- 95512 MB minimum RAM, runs on ARM
How is this calculated?
A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.
Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 6 days ago
- GitHub stars
- 28,981
- Open issues
- 163
- Last commit
- 2026-09-22
- Latest release
- v2.5.315
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Activity
- rising
Checked 7 days ago - source: GitHub (Requarks/wiki)
Resources & Compatibility
Minimum requirements: 512 MB RAM, 1 CPU core(s), 1 GB disk. ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.
Checked 7 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs
First-install notes
No first-install notes yet.
Variants
Alternatives (12)
- BookStack - Bookstack(https://codeberg.org/bookstack/bookstack) is a free and open source Wiki designed for creating beautiful documentation.
- Confluence - Confluence is Atlassian's self-hosted team wiki and project documentation server.
- DokuWiki - DokuWiki is a self-hosted, database-free open-source wiki that stores pages as plain text files.
- Foam
- GitBook - GitBook is a tool for building beautiful books using Git and Markdown.
- MediaWiki - MediaWiki with WYSIWYG VisualEditor extension and Parsoid service.
- MkDocs - MkDocs is static site generator that's geared towards building project documentation.
- Nuclino - Nuclino is a digital workspace that acts as a "collective brain" for your team.
- TiddlyWiki - TiddlyWiki is a single html file with all the characteristics of a wiki - including all of the functionality (including editing, saving, ta…
- Walling
- XWiki - XWiki is a free wiki software platform written in Java with a design emphasis on extensibility.
- doku - Doku is a simple, lightweight web-based application that allows you to monitor Docker disk usage in a user-friendly manner.
Checked 4 days ago - source: AlternativeTo
Common questions
Is the main Wiki.js GitHub repository safe to run in production?
No, it is marked as a BETA version of the upcoming 3.0 release and not for production use. The current stable release is the 2.x line in a separate repository.
How do I configure user login and registration?
Use the Authentication module to configure how users can log in and register to the wiki.
How can I back up or sync wiki content?
Use the Storage module to back up or sync the content of the wiki with external storage services.
Does self-hosting Wiki.js include reverse proxy configuration?
Yes, self-hosting guidance for Wiki.js covers deploying and configuring an instance, including installation and reverse proxy setup.
Answers sourced from docs.requarks.io, github.com, www.selfhostedninja.com
Community
- Wiki.js for a large organisation : r/selfhosted - Reddit (reddit)
- Is wikiJS basically a dead project? : r/selfhosted - Reddit (reddit)
- r/selfhosted on Reddit: Wiki.js: The most powerful and extensible open ... (reddit)
- Starting a new wiki, any reason to not use WikiJS? : r/selfhosted - Reddit (reddit)
Collected 7 days ago - public community threads