# Dokuwiki

> Dokuwiki is a free, open-source app you can self-host in the wikis & knowledge bases category. Easy to use, lightweight, standards-compliant wiki engine with a simple syntax allowing reading the data outside the wiki. All data is stored in plain text files, therefore no database is required. It has 4,727 GitHub stars, is released under the GPL-2.0 license. It is a self-hosted alternative to Confluence.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/dokuwiki/dokuwiki |
| Website | https://www.dokuwiki.org/DokuWiki |
| GitHub stars | 4,727 |
| Forks | 920 |
| Open issues | 390 |
| License | GPL-2.0 |
| License type | Open source |
| Language | PHP |
| Docker image | No |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Categories | Wikis & Knowledge Bases |
| Commits, last 12 months | 440 |
| Last commit | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Latest release | release-2026-07-14c (Sep 2, 2026) |
| Created | Jan 3, 2010 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: wiki-engine, php, dokuwiki, wiki

## Install

Dokuwiki installs natively; follow the README at https://github.com/dokuwiki/dokuwiki.

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## Dokuwiki replaces

- [Confluence alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/confluence): Atlassian's team wiki and documentation workspace.

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