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XWikiBookStack
Free

Free and open source under the LGPL-2.1 licence; professional support is available.

 Free

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

Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Extension-based architecture for adding applications
  • WYSIWYG editor with real-time collaboration
  • Fixed hierarchy makes large documentation sets easy to navigate
  • Granular permissions plus LDAP, SAML and OIDC sign-in
  • Heavier to install and run than lightweight wikis
  • Breadth of features takes time to learn
  • 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
Self-hosted Self-hosted, Web application
Open source Open source
License: LGPL-2.1 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

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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