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Wiki|DocsBookStack
Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence; donations accepted.

 Free

The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…

Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Content stays as portable Markdown files
  • Standalone desktop app plus self-hosted server
  • Fixed hierarchy makes large documentation sets easy to navigate
  • Granular permissions plus LDAP, SAML and OIDC sign-in
  • Version 2 is a recent full rewrite
  • Supported desktop operating systems not stated in the research
  • PHP, MySQL and a web server are required; there is no single-binary option
  • The rigid structure gets in the way if you want a free-form wiki
Downloadable app, Self-hosted Self-hosted, Web application
Open source Open source
License: MIT License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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