# DokuWiki

6 Hacker News commenters recommended DokuWiki and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free self-hosted wiki that stores pages as human-readable files rather than in a database, and people find it low-trouble and reliable to run over time.

## Why people recommend it

- Low-trouble, reliable self-hosted app (2 comments): "one of the most useful and low trouble self-hosted apps I've used" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48189003)) "I like how DokuWiki has been chugging along" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48913257))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Confluence](https://hackerapproved.com/p/confluence.md): 38 recommend
- [TiddlyWiki](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tiddlywiki.md): 19 recommend
- [MediaWiki](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mediawiki.md): 15 recommend
- [Outline](https://hackerapproved.com/p/outline.md): 10 recommend
- [OzBrain](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ozbrain.md): 8 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "DokuWiki", https://hackerapproved.com/p/dokuwiki/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).