MediaWiki Alternatives

MediaWiki is described as 'Free software wiki package written in PHP, originally for use on Wikipedia. It is now used by several other projects of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation and by many other wikis' and is a very popular Wiki Engine in the education & reference category. There are more than 50 alternatives to MediaWiki for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Windows, Linux and SaaS apps. The best MediaWiki alternative is Google Docs, which is free. Other great apps like MediaWiki are TiddlyWiki, Docmost, DokuWiki and Ibis Wiki.

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  1. Zoho Wiki icon

    Zoho Wiki

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    Zoho Wiki is Free Hosted Wiki with WYSIWYG Editor, Access Control, Versioning, Search Engine Friendly, Tags, Dashboard, Moveable Sitemap, RSS. Create pages in your wiki, Collaborate with anyone, Share information with Organization or Group or Everyone in the world.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • IN flagIndia
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  2. MoinMoin icon

    MoinMoin

     12 likes

    MoinMoin is an advanced, easy to use and extensible WikiEngine with a large community of users. MoinMoin's storage mechanism is based on flat files and folders, rather than a database. MoinMoin supports plugins and can be extended via Macros and Actions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU
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  4. Print(Notes) icon

    Print(Notes)

     6 likes

    A cross-platform markdown notes app inspired by Google Keep and Obsidian, made with Flutter.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • F-Droid
    Print(Notes) screenshot 1
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  6. YesWiki icon

    YesWiki

     3 likes

    Interoperable website engine built for easy cooperation: create, feed and display collaborative database, encapsulated tools and websites... it works great as a central station to welcome and redirect collaborators.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • MySQL Community Edition
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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  7. Slab icon

    Slab

     11 likes

    Slab is a knowledge hub for the modern workplace. We help teams unlock their full potential through shared learning and documentation. Slab features a beautiful editor, blazing fast search, and dozens of integrations like Slack, GitHub, and G Suite.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • US flagUnited States
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  9. G

    Gollum wiki

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    A simple, Git-powered wiki with a sweet API and local frontend.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby
    Gollum wiki screenshot 1
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  10. ShoutWiki icon

    ShoutWiki

     5 likes

    ShoutWiki is a free, ad-supported wiki hosting company that offers hosting support to individuals, companies, schools, universities, as well as a diverse range of communities. MediaWiki is the syntax of hosted wiki-sites.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • MediaWiki
    http://gartenbuch.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Hauptseite
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  11. OneBar icon

    OneBar

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    OneBar is a Q&A Knowledge Base for your team. It is like StackOverflow or Quora, but it’s private for your team, optimized for collaboration, and integrates with the systems that you use at work.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Slack
    • US flagUnited States
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  12. Raneto icon

    Raneto

     9 likes

    Raneto is an open source Knowledgebase platform that uses static Markdown files to power your Knowledgebase.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
    • Cloudron
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
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  13. ProWiki icon

    ProWiki

     3 likes

    ProWiki is a collaborative knowledge management tool for teams and organizations.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  14. Herodotus icon

    Herodotus

     4 likes

    Herodotus has been designed as easy to use archival software, created to serve as an offline information reference when internet access in unavailable. Herodotus is not designed to be a personal "wayback machine", instead its focus is on providing a handy offline...

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    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    Herodotus screenshot 1
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  15. Recall: Summarize & Save icon

    Recall: Summarize & Save

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    Your personal encyclopedia! Summarize any online content and save it to your knowledge base where it's automatically organized and interlinked for easy rediscovery.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
    Recall: Summarize & Save screenshot 1
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