DokuWiki
Ranked 7 of 9 wiki software by recommenders
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.
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.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 75%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Low-trouble, reliable self-hosted app
“one of the most useful and low trouble self-hosted apps I've used”
Comment from 19 May 2026 in “The Quiet Renovation at Bitwarden” “I like how DokuWiki has been chugging along”
Comment from 14 Jul 2026 in “DokuWiki Release 2026-07-14 "Mort"”
Other wiki software people recommend
The four most recommended other wiki software, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confluence | 38 | 80 | 32% | 11 | 12 yrs3 owners | — |
| TiddlyWiki | 19 | 1 | 95% | 7 | — | Approved |
| MediaWiki | 15 | 9 | 63% | 8 | 6 yrs3 owners | — |
| Outline | 10 | 0 | 100% | 7 | — | Approved |
| DokuWikiThis page | 6 | 2 | 75% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“because I wanted a simpler Markdown-based solution written in Python”
“I like how DokuWiki has been chugging along”
“I use it to track things I'm learning and document rollout procedures and commands I need for things.”
“I think they decided to go the right way”
“one of the most useful and low trouble self-hosted apps I've used”
“stores its data as human-readable files, not in a database”
“none of them are particularly good”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.