TiddlyWiki
Wikis & DocumentationA non-linear personal web notebook in a single file
Replaces Notion, OneNote
Best Offline-First Wikis & Documentation for self-hosting
The 11 best Offline-First wikis & documentation you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Dendron
Wikis & DocumentationHierarchical note-taking and personal knowledge wiki
Replaces Notion, Confluence
MDwiki
Wikis & DocumentationCMS-free wiki that renders Markdown in the browser
Replaces Confluence
zk
Wikis & DocumentationPlain-text note-taking and Zettelkasten assistant
Replaces Roam Research, Obsidian
Zim
Wikis & DocumentationA desktop wiki and personal knowledge base
Replaces OneNote, Notion
Kiwix
Wikis & DocumentationOffline reader for Wikipedia and other knowledge
Replaces Wikipedia online
Feather Wiki
Wikis & DocumentationTiny single-file personal wiki for note taking
Replaces Notion, TiddlyWiki
Doctave
Wikis & DocumentationMarkdown documentation site generator with search
Replaces Confluence, GitBook
OutWiker
Wikis & DocumentationTree-structured notes and wiki desktop application
Replaces Notion, OneNote
Tiddloid
Wikis & DocumentationHost and edit single-file TiddlyWiki wikis
Replaces Evernote, OneNote
WikidPad
Wikis & DocumentationSingle-user wiki notebook for thoughts and ideas
Replaces OneNote, Evernote
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TiddlyWiki | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 64 MB | BSD-3-Clause | 8,689 |
| Dendron | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 512 MB | GPL-3.0 | 7,467 |
| MDwiki | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 64 MB | GPL-3.0 | 3,192 |
| zk | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 64 MB | GPL-3.0 | 2,836 |
| Zim | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 128 MB | GPL-2.0 | 2,209 |
| Kiwix | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 256 MB | GPL-3.0 | 963 |
| Feather Wiki | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 32 MB | MIT | 900 |
| Doctave | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 128 MB | MIT | 671 |
| OutWiker | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 256 MB | GPL-3.0 | 337 |
| Tiddloid | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 64 MB | BSD-3-Clause | 283 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: TiddlyWiki (8,689 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: Feather Wiki (from 32 MB RAM, against 512 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 5 of 11 use GPL-3.0; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Offline-First within the wikis & documentation category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.