The 10 Best Self-hosted Wiki Software for Linux System

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MediaWiki

MediaWiki is an outstanding self-hosted Wiki software for editing rich multimedia and developing collaborative projects. It is based on the Open Source Technology Project (OST), which allows the distribution of software modules. The main difference between MediaWiki and other wiki software is that MediaWiki uses a lightweight wiki markup, which is easier to learn in the aspect of HTML.

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Wiki.js

The best thing is Wiki.js supports the maximum types of available databases, including MySQL and MariaDB. It has a built-in authentication feature that supports password encrypted file sharing. It allows integrating with other authentication services along with 2FA such as Google, GitHub, Microsoft, and many more. Wiki.js offers a wide range of features, which makes it one of the best wiki software.

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DokuWiki

Dokuwiki is a highly flexible and easy-to-use open source wiki software that does not require a database. Many users love it due to its ease to use and fluent syntax. The lack of limitations, backup, and installation make it the favorite of any user who wishes to maintain a collaborative website.

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BookStack

Another powerful self-hosted Wiki software for Linux is BookStack. One of the most attractive features of BookStack is its cross-book sorting capability. It can sort all books based on tags such as title, author name, publisher, and genre. Users can even use it to search for particular titles based on a keyword. Other features of this open-source software include image management and searchable links.

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TiddlyWiki

TiddlyWiki is one of the many Wiki Software for Linux. But it is unique because it is a non-linear notebook. So you can use it to create your regular notes, organizing your task, even for brainstorming. Individual pages in TiddlyWiki are known as a tiddler. It has options to create and customize your tiddlers with dropdown menus.

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XWiki

XWiki is a mindblowing open source wiki software. It is a Java-based enterprise wiki software. It has many professional features such as File Management, Blog, Comments & Notes, and many more. There are many templates and more than 600 plugins available for XWiki. It also has a WYSIWYG editor similar to BookStack.

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Tiki Wiki

Here comes Tiki Wiki, which is a very interesting self-hosted Wiki software for Linux. You can say it is all in one software. Because it is a combination of Wiki and Content Management System (CMS). Even it is an online office suite also. So anyone who is searching for a better wiki for multi-purpose can select Tiki Wiki easily for his task.

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PhpWiki

PhpWiki is one of the oldest Wiki software on the Internet. It is used as an open-source solution to blog systems, making it free for anyone to use. Though PhpWiki began as a clone of WikiWikiWeb. The original aim of this project was to develop a free home for any number of languages that could be used for collaborative development.

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Confluence

Besides an enterprise wiki, this software also has a Software As A Service (SAAS) license. Instead of using the wiki markup language, Confluence Wiki uses a language based on XHTML. But if you use wiki markup language to create your documentation on Confluence Wiki, it will automatically convert the language into the native language.

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Pmwiki

PmWiki keeps track of edited pages with page history. So users can easily find out differences between previous and recent pages. Besides, it has a page indexing feature to create dynamic page lists. Even you can categorize your page via the Pagelist feature. It has spam protection features such as blocking words and IP addresses.

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