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, Ibis Wiki and DokuWiki.

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  1. BoltWire icon
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    BoltWire is an easy to use web development system with surprising flexibility and power. Our innovative architecture plus best-in-class forms processing makes it easy to create complex, interactive, web applications fast. Best of all, it's FREE...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  2. KiloDoc icon
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    Create, share, and print vibrant docs without the headache of formatting text — for everything from notes to massive user manuals.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. Noteship icon
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    Noteship is a personal information manager that combines notes, todos, and reminders and is based on simple files and folders.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. W icon
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    W is a lightweight CMS tool written in PHP, meant to help you design a surprising website using it's unique approach. It's targeting artists, or experimental projects.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Papirux icon
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    A memo system to increase efficiency of meetings by publishing meeting memos before meetings take place in a team work environment. Memos are stored in private spaces as PDF and get reviewed with a signature process if needed before publication.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  6. Lessons Learned Server is a light-weight knowledge-base web application with powerful editing capabilities. Based on PHP and MySQL. Available as a downloadable server application or via cloud hosting.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  7. An entire wiki in a single PHP file. Intended for small - medium sized wikis. Supports themes, multiple users, and uses a module-based approach to allow features to be added and removed at will.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. UserPress icon
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    UserPress is a wiki plugin for WordPress offering sophisticated functionality wrapped in a simple, intuitive interface. UserPress allows users to edit and create content using your front-end theme (as opposed to the wp-admin area), much like Wikipedia.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
     
  9. EditThis icon
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    A free wikifarm project allowing to keep private wiki and build it up through MediaWiki syntax.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • MediaWiki
     
  10. Bookplay icon
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    Design internal playbooks to keep your sales team up to speed, decrease ramp up time, and shorten your sales cycle. Check the video on the right to see if that's what you need.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  11. Miki icon
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    Miki from Mimix is the fastest, easiest way to build a beautiful self-hosted wiki for your team, project, or business. Create a hosted wiki in the cloud or a private wiki that lives only on your machine or network.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    MarkWiki aims to be dead simple. MarkWiki was born out of frustration with bad documentation tools behind a company firewall that were too complex.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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