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XWiki vs Outline: catalog facts
XWikiOutline
Free

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

Freemium

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

Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Extension-based architecture for adding applications
  • WYSIWYG editor with real-time collaboration
  • Fast collaborative editor with slash commands and nested collections
  • Heavier to install and run than lightweight wikis
  • Breadth of features takes time to learn
  • Source-available under the Business Source License, not open source
  • The hosted plan is paid and self-hosting needs Postgres, Redis and object storage
Self-hosted Self-hosted, Web application, Hosted service
Open source Closed source
License: LGPL-2.1 License not stated
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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