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Gollum

A simple, Git-powered wiki with a sweet API

Wikis & Documentation ★ 14.3k stars Medium setup MIT

Gollum is an open-source wiki system built on top of Git, where every page is a file in a Git repository. It powers the wikis found on GitHub and supports many markup languages.

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Key features

  • Git-backed page storage
  • Multiple markup languages
  • Powers GitHub wikis
  • Full history via Git

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Pages are plain files in Git
  • Easy version control

Trade-offs

  • No fine-grained ACLs
  • Ruby toolchain required

Gollum replaces

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