Quartz vs Wiki.js
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted apps from related categories
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare Quartz with
choose an app… Hugo AppFlowy AFFiNE Memos Astro Gatsby Ghost Jekyll SiYuan Logseq Hexo Outline Halo Trilium Notes Focalboard Notable Docmost Obsidian Eleventy BookStack VitePress Zola Docs by Suite Numerique Notesnook Gollum Zettlr Pelican MarkText Workspace Typecho Leantime TiddlyWiki Anytype Gridsome Metalsmith Publii Middleman WriteFreely Harp Lektor Wintersmith DocPad VuePress Nikola Scully Lume Plume Saber Ech0 Marmite ActivityPub for WordPress Mataroa GoBlog PageCord
Compare Wiki.js with
choose an app… AppFlowy AFFiNE Docusaurus Memos Mark Text Joplin Plane SiYuan Logseq Outline Trilium Notes TriliumNext Notes Khoj Karakeep ArchiveBox Focalboard Notable MkDocs Docmost Super Productivity Wekan Obsidian Linkwarden BookStack Foam Docs by Suite Numerique Omnivore OpenProject Answer Notesnook Gollum Habitica Self-Hosted Zettlr VNote Wallabag MarkText Workspace Planka Self-hosted LiveSync Shiori Leantime Linkding Blinko git-bug Kanboard Laverna TiddlyWiki Anytype Reor Read the Docs nb Notes Floccus Kaneo Dendron Buku Taskwarrior TagSpaces MediaWiki DokuWiki Shaarli Pinry MDwiki Raneto Documize Community Django Wiki ZenTao Otter Wiki XWiki LeafWiki Daux.io Realms Wiki
Feature Quartz Wiki.js Category Blogging Platforms Notes & Knowledge Base License MIT AGPL-3.0 Language TypeScript Vue Setup difficulty Easy Medium Min. RAM 256 MB 512 MB Deployment source, binary docker, bare-metal GitHub stars ★ 12,960 ★ 28,727 First released 2021 2017 Replaces Notion, Medium Confluence, Notion
Why pick each one
Choose Quartz if… Great for note publishing Fast static output Quartz details Choose Wiki.js if… Flexible and full-featured Many auth options Good content management Wiki.js details
Frequently asked questions Is Quartz or Wiki.js better? Neither is universally better. Wiki.js has the larger community, while Quartz is simpler to set up (easy difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.
Are Quartz and Wiki.js free and open-source? Yes. Quartz is licensed under MIT and Wiki.js under AGPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Quartz and Wiki.js with Docker? Quartz: check the project docs for container support. Wiki.js: yes.