XWiki
XWiki is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Wikis & Knowledge Bases category, licensed LGPL-2.1 and written mainly in Java. It is a self-hosted alternative to Confluence and ships a Docker image. It has 1,325 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 1,325
- Forks
- 675
- Open issues
- 0
- Commits, last 12 months
- 3,683
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- xwiki-platform-18.9.0-rc-1Oct 19, 2026
- Created
- Mar 10, 2011
- License
- LGPL-2.1Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 3,683 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 3,683 |
| Latest release | xwiki-platform-18.9.0-rc-1 (Oct 19, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 95 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Open pull requests | 262 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Mar 10, 2011 |
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About XWiki
Second generation wiki that allows the user to extend its functionalities with a powerful extension-based architecture.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform.
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Is XWiki free and open source?
Yes. XWiki is open-source software released under the LGPL-2.1 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 XWiki with Docker?
Yes. XWiki 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.
What are the best alternatives to XWiki?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to XWiki include SiYuan, Outline and Wiki.js. XWiki itself is a self-hosted alternative to Confluence.
Is XWiki actively maintained?
The most recent commit to XWiki was on Oct 26, 2026 with 3,683 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is xwiki-platform-18.9.0-rc-1, published Oct 19, 2026. It had 0 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.