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DokuWiki vs An Otter Wiki: catalog facts
DokuWiki	An Otter Wiki
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
No database needed; pages are plain text files Easy to back up by copying a folder	Git backend with full page history Extended Markdown with tables, formulas and diagrams
You have to host and maintain it yourself Wiki markup rather than a visual block editor	Mermaid diagrams and Git server are experimental Deliberately minimal feature set
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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