Wiki.js
Wiki.js is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Wikis & Knowledge Bases category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in TypeScript. It is a self-hosted alternative to Confluence and ships a Docker image. It has 29,091 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- Wikis & Knowledge Bases
- TypeScript
- AGPL-3.0
- Docker
- Active
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 29,091
- Forks
- 3,333
- Open issues
- 7
- Commits, last 12 months
- 274
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- 3.0.0-beta.705Oct 26, 2026
- Created
- Aug 16, 2016
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 274 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases9 releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 274 |
| Latest release | 3.0.0-beta.705 (Oct 26, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 9 |
| Releases, all time | 146 |
| Open issues | 7 |
| Open pull requests | 0 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Aug 16, 2016 |
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About Wiki.js
Modern, lightweight and powerful wiki app using Git and Markdown.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/requarks/wiki.
Topics
- wiki
- nodejs
- git
- documentation
- cross-platform
- markdown
- open-source
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Is Wiki.js free and open source?
Yes. Wiki.js is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Wiki.js with Docker?
Yes. Wiki.js provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
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Is Wiki.js actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Wiki.js was on Oct 26, 2026 with 274 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 3.0.0-beta.705, published Oct 26, 2026. It had 7 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.