Self-hosted alternatives to BookStack
Looking for a different self-hosted wiki than BookStack? These 22 apps store team documentation and knowledge on your own server.
About BookStack: Open-source wiki that organizes documentation in a book-like structure.
| App | Health | Stars | License | Docker | RAM (est.) | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outline | Active | 41.3k | BUSL-1.1 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Wiki.js | Active | 29.3k | AGPL-3.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| docmost Community Edition | Active | 22.3k | AGPL-3.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| TiddlyWiki | Active | 8.7k | BSD-3-Clause | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Dokuwiki | Active | 4.7k | GPL-2.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Gitit | Active | 2.3k | GPL-2.0 | – | 512 MB | $3.5/mo |
| django-wiki | Active | 1.9k | GPL-3.0 | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Otter Wiki | Active | 1.6k | MIT | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| XWiki | Active | 1.3k | LGPL-2.1 | ✓ | 2 GB | $10/mo |
| LeafWiki | Active | 1.2k | MIT | ✓ | 512 MB | $3.5/mo |
| Wiki-Go | Active | 625 | GPL-3.0 | ✓ | 512 MB | $3.5/mo |
| Raneto | Maintained | 2.9k | MIT | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| WikiDocs | Active | 533 | MIT | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Documize | Maintained | 2.4k | AGPL-3.0 | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| AmuseWiki | Active | 221 | GPL-1.0 | ✓ | 512 MB | $3.5/mo |
| Tiki | Active | 86 | LGPL-2.1 | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| W | Active | 57 | AGPL-3.0 | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| WackoWiki | Active | 55 | BSD-3-Clause | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Feather Wiki | Maintained | 97 | AGPL-3.0 | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Mediawiki | Unknown | – | GPL-2.0 | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| PmWiki | Unknown | – | GPL-3.0 | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| WiKiss | Unknown | – | GPL-2.0 | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
The options in detail
1. Outline
Extensible wiki for your team.
Active Last commit 2026-11-10. 10+ releases in the past year. Latest release v1.12.0 (2026-10-23). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
2. Wiki.js
Modern, lightweight and powerful wiki app using Git and Markdown.
Active Last commit 2026-11-10. Latest release 3.3.0 (2026-11-09). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
3. docmost Community Edition
Collaborative wiki and documentation software (alternative to Confluence, Notion).
Active Last commit 2026-11-10. 10+ releases in the past year. Latest release v0.97.0 (2026-10-25). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
4. TiddlyWiki
Reusable non-linear personal web notebook.
Active Last commit 2026-11-04. Latest release v5.4.1 (2026-07-10). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
5. Dokuwiki
Easy to use, lightweight, standards-compliant wiki engine with a simple syntax allowing reading the data outside the wiki. All data is stored in plain text files, therefore no database is required.
Active Last commit 2026-11-10. 4 releases in the past year. Latest release release-2026-07-14c (2026-09-02). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
6. Gitit
Wiki program that stores pages and uploaded files in a git repository, which can then be modified using the VCS command line tools or the wiki's web interface.
Active Last commit 2026-11-07. 4 releases in the past year. Latest release 0.16.1 (2026-11-07). Needs roughly 512 MB RAM. How to run it →
7. django-wiki
Wiki system with complex functionality for simple integration and a superb interface. Store your knowledge with style: Use django models.
Active Last commit 2026-10-16. 1 release in the past year. Latest release releases/0.13 (2026-07-31). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
8. Otter Wiki
Simple, easy to use wiki software using markdown.
Active Last commit 2026-11-08. Latest release v2.26.3 (2026-11-05). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
9. XWiki
Second generation wiki that allows the user to extend its functionalities with a powerful extension-based architecture.
Active Last commit 2026-11-09. Latest release xwiki-platform-18.4.8 (2026-11-03). Needs roughly 2 GB RAM. How to run it →
10. LeafWiki
Fast wiki for people who think in folders, not feeds. Fast editing. Tree navigation. Markdown on disk.
Active Last commit 2026-11-09. 10+ releases in the past year. Latest release v0.14.2 (2026-10-22). Needs roughly 512 MB RAM. How to run it →
11. Wiki-Go
Modern, feature-rich, databaseless flat-file wiki platform.
Active Last commit 2026-11-08. 10+ releases in the past year. Latest release v1.9.4 (2026-11-08). Needs roughly 512 MB RAM. How to run it →
12. Raneto
Knowledgebase platform that uses static Markdown files.
Maintained Last commit 2026-03-18. Latest release 0.18.1 (2026-03-11). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
13. WikiDocs
Databaseless markdown flat-file wiki engine.
Active Last commit 2026-10-25. Latest release 2.0.2 (2026-10-25). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
14. Documize
Modern Docs + Wiki software with built-in workflow, single binary executable, just bring MySQL/Percona.
Maintained Last commit 2026-05-18. Latest release v5.14.0 (2025-09-19). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM incl. mysql. How to run it →
15. AmuseWiki
Amusewiki is based on the Emacs Muse markup, remaining mostly compatible with the original implementation. It can work as a read-only site, as a moderated wiki, or as a fully open wiki or even as a private site.
Active Last commit 2026-11-02. 10+ releases in the past year. Latest release v_2.618-devel-1 (2026-10-06). Needs roughly 512 MB RAM. How to run it →
16. Tiki
Wiki CMS Groupware with the most built-in features.
Active Last commit 2026-11-13. Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
17. W
Lightweight, mutli-user, flat-file-database Wiki engine. Create pages quickly and edit them in your Web browser using Mardown/HTML/CSS/JS. The main difference with other wiki is that you are encouraged to customize each page style individually.
Active Last commit 2026-11-09. Latest release v3.19.0 (2026-10-06). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
18. WackoWiki
Light and easy to install multilingual Wiki-engine.
Active Last commit 2026-11-09. Latest release 6.3.1 (2026-11-09). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
19. Feather Wiki
Lightning fast and infinitely extensible tool for creating personal non-linear notebooks, databases, and wikis that is entirely self-contained, runs in your browser, and is only 58 kilobytes in size.
Maintained Last commit 2026-08-02. 2 releases in the past year. Latest release 1.9.1 (2026-07-20). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
20. Mediawiki
Wiki software package that powers Wikipedia and all other Wikimedia projects, serving hundreds of millions of users each month.
Unknown Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
21. PmWiki
Wiki-based system for collaborative creation and maintenance of websites.
Unknown Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
22. WiKiss
Wiki, simple to use and install.
Unknown Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
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