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. Pmwiki icon

    Pmwiki

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    PmWiki is a wiki-based system for collaborative creation and maintenance of websites.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. SlimWiki icon

    SlimWiki

     10 likes

    SlimWiki is an easy to use Wiki / knowledge sharing platform for teams with a beautifully simple editing experience.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • TH flagThailand
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  4. Balsa Knowledgebase icon

    Balsa Knowledgebase

     5 likes

    Balsa has a company-wide knowledgebase that you can store and share your most important documents within the company, using highest security standards.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Balsa Knowledgebase screenshot 1
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    ikiwiki

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    Ikiwiki is a wiki compiler. It converts wiki pages into HTML pages suitable for publishing on a website. Ikiwiki stores pages and history in a revision control system such as Subversion or Git. There are many other features, including support for blogging, as well as a large...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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    knowen

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    Knowen is an experiment in progress that is being designed to organize, preserve, and expand human knowledge - placing it in a hierarchical knowledge base (graph) that makes it readily available to learners of all backgrounds and ages.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  9. Helpie Knowledge Base Wiki Plugin icon

    Helpie Knowledge Base Wiki Plugin

     6 likes

    The Most Advanced WordPress Knowledge Base Plugin Build a WordPress Knowledge Base with access control, frontend editing, and many more power-packed | Helpie Knowledge Base Plugin

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Wordpress
    Helpie Content Control
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  10. Ema Personal Wiki icon

    Ema Personal Wiki

     8 likes

    Ema Personal Wiki uses Markdown to freely create and manage structured notes, like a website. Using WikiWords you can create notebook with linkable pages for tracking your notes, todo lists, bookmarks, your life - in the most flexible way.

    49 Ema Personal Wiki alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
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  11. Moment Docs icon

    Moment Docs

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    Fast. Collaborative. Programmable. A truly-offline offline mode. Moment is a powerful, modern docs platform based entirely on Markdown files stored locally in git repositories on your device.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
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  12. Padland icon

    Padland

     4 likes

    Padland is a tool to manage, share, remember and read collaborative documents based on the Etherpad technology.

    54 Padland alternatives

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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    Markdoc

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    Markdoc is a lightweight Markdown-based wiki system. It’s been designed to allow you to create and manage wikis as quickly and easily as possible.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
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  14. Boardist icon

    Boardist

     12 likes

    Perfect personal productivity tool 🙀 Never lose your data again and store your notes, links, files, and a lot more. The whole infrastructure is designed to help an advanced user to be in a good shape with data.

    242 Boardist alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  15. Dashup icon

    Dashup

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    Dashup is a platform that lets anyone build unique digital workflows and systems. Select from templates or use our modules to capture, transform, display and share information in one workspace. Start free then scale as you need.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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