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Realms Wiki

Git-backed wiki that stores pages as Markdown

Wikis & Documentation ★ 825 stars Medium setup GPL-2.0

Realms Wiki is a lightweight, self-hosted wiki that stores all pages as Markdown files in a Git repository. This gives full version history and lets pages be edited either through the web UI or directly in Git.

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Key features

  • Git-backed pages
  • Markdown editing
  • Full version history
  • Simple web UI

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Released under the GPL-2.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Written in Python
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 256 MB RAM

Trade-offs

  • Maintenance has slowed
  • Basic feature set

Is Realms Wiki secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Realms Wiki's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

Realms Wiki replaces

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