LeafWiki
Wikis & DocumentationLightweight self-hosted wiki with Markdown stored on disk
Replaces DokuWiki, Confluence
Best SQLite Wikis & Documentation for self-hosting
The 4 best SQLite wikis & documentation you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
WikidPad
Wikis & DocumentationSingle-user wiki notebook for thoughts and ideas
Replaces OneNote, Evernote
WackoWiki
Wikis & DocumentationLightweight and easy-to-install multilingual wiki
Replaces Confluence, Notion
PhpWiki
Wikis & DocumentationClassic PHP wiki engine, the first wiki in PHP
Replaces Confluence
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeafWiki | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 64 MB | MIT | 1,183 |
| WikidPad | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 128 MB | BSD-3-Clause | 211 |
| WackoWiki | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 128 MB | BSD-3-Clause | 55 |
| PhpWiki | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 128 MB | GPL-2.0 | 50 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: LeafWiki (1,183 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: LeafWiki (from 64 MB RAM, against 128 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 2 of 4 use BSD-3-Clause; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged SQLite within the wikis & documentation category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.