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Best Lightweight Wikis & Documentation for self-hosting

The 16 best Lightweight wikis & documentation you can self-host, ranked by community traction.

MkDocs

Wikis & Documentation

Documentation site generator for technical teams

Replaces Confluence, GitBook

★ 22.3k Easy setup BSD-2-Clause

Gollum

Wikis & Documentation

A simple, Git-powered wiki with a sweet API

Replaces Confluence, Notion

★ 14.3k Medium setup MIT

MDwiki

Wikis & Documentation

CMS-free wiki that renders Markdown in the browser

Replaces Confluence

★ 3.2k Easy setup GPL-3.0

Raneto

Wikis & Documentation

Free, open, simple Markdown-powered knowledge base

Replaces Confluence, Zendesk Guide

★ 2.9k Easy setup MIT

Otter Wiki

Wikis & Documentation

Lightweight Git-backed documentation wiki

Replaces Confluence, Notion

★ 1.5k Easy setup MIT

LeafWiki

Wikis & Documentation

Lightweight self-hosted wiki with Markdown stored on disk

Replaces DokuWiki, Confluence

★ 997 Easy setup MIT

Kiwix

Wikis & Documentation

Offline reader for Wikipedia and other knowledge

Replaces Wikipedia online

★ 913 Easy setup GPL-3.0

Feather Wiki

Wikis & Documentation

Tiny single-file personal wiki for note taking

Replaces Notion, TiddlyWiki

★ 900 Easy setup MIT

Daux.io

Wikis & Documentation

Flat-file documentation generator rendered from Markdown

Replaces GitBook, Confluence

★ 827 Easy setup MIT

Realms Wiki

Wikis & Documentation

Git-backed wiki that stores pages as Markdown

Replaces Confluence

★ 824 Medium setup GPL-2.0

Doctave

Wikis & Documentation

Markdown documentation site generator with search

Replaces Confluence, GitBook

★ 669 Easy setup MIT

Wikmd

Wikis & Documentation

File-based wiki using Markdown and Git

Replaces Confluence, Notion

★ 424 Easy setup MIT

Pepperminty Wiki

Wikis & Documentation

Complete wiki engine contained in a single PHP file

Replaces DokuWiki, MediaWiki

★ 206 Easy setup MPL-2.0

YesWiki

Wikis & Documentation

Easy-to-use wiki for collaborative websites

Replaces Confluence, Notion

★ 134 Easy setup AGPL-3.0

WackoWiki

Wikis & Documentation

Lightweight and easy-to-install multilingual wiki

Replaces Confluence, Notion

★ 55 Easy setup BSD-3-Clause

PhpWiki

Wikis & Documentation

Classic PHP wiki engine, the first wiki in PHP

Replaces Confluence

★ 50 Medium setup GPL-2.0

Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Lightweight within the wikis & documentation category. Compare them on the individual app pages for setup difficulty and resource requirements.