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Best Multi-User Wikis & Documentation for self-hosting

The 25 best Multi-User wikis & documentation you can self-host, ranked by community traction.

At a glance

AppDeploy effortDifficultyMin. RAMLicense★ Stars
GollumUnder-an-hour setupMedium256 MBMIT14,333
Read the DocsUnder-an-hour setupHard2,048 MBMIT8,394
MediaWikiUnder-an-hour setupMedium512 MBGPL-2.05,199
RanetoUnder-an-hour setupEasy256 MBMIT2,903
HelpyUnder-an-hour setupMedium1,024 MBMIT2,469
Documize CommunityUnder-an-hour setupMedium512 MBAGPL-3.02,422
GititRead-the-docs projectMedium512 MBGPL-2.02,277
Django WikiUnder-an-hour setupMedium256 MBGPL-3.01,939
Otter WikiUnder-an-hour setupEasy128 MBMIT1,559
XWikiUnder-an-hour setupMedium2,048 MBLGPL-2.11,317

Quick picks

Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Multi-User within the wikis & documentation category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.

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