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Outline vs DokuWiki: catalog facts
OutlineDokuWiki
Freemium

Hosted plans are paid. Self-hosting is possible under the source-available Business Source…

Free

Free and open source.

Web, Self-hosted Self-hosted
  • Fast collaborative editor with slash commands and nested collections
  • No database needed; pages are plain text files
  • Easy to back up by copying a folder
  • Source-available under the Business Source License, not open source
  • The hosted plan is paid and self-hosting needs Postgres, Redis and object storage
  • You have to host and maintain it yourself
  • Wiki markup rather than a visual block editor
Self-hosted, Web application, Hosted service Self-hosted
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: GPL-2.0
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

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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