Best Wiki Software 2026

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Wiki software enables teams to create and maintain collaborative knowledge repositories with linked articles, version history, and structured navigation. The best wikis offer intuitive editing, powerful search, permission management, and integration with development tools. Whether building an internal company wiki or public documentation, the choice depends on your editing preferences, hosting requirements, and the technical sophistication of your contributor base.

Notion

Free personal, Plus $10/user/mo
price
Block-based WYSIWYG
editor
Full-text, AI-powered
search
Workspace, page-level
permissions
No
self-hosting
No
git integration

Wiki.js

Free, open source
price
Markdown, WYSIWYG, raw HTML
editor
Full-text, Elasticsearch support
search
Groups, path-based rules
permissions
Yes, Docker/Node.js
self-hosting
Yes, Git sync/backup
git integration

Confluence

Free 10 users, Standard $6.05/user/mo
price
WYSIWYG block editor
editor
Full-text, Atlassian Intelligence
search
Space and page-level
permissions
Data Center (enterprise)
self-hosting
No native git
git integration

BookStack

Free, open source
price
WYSIWYG and Markdown
editor
Full-text search
search
Role-based, entity-level
permissions
Yes, PHP/MySQL
self-hosting
No
git integration

MediaWiki

Free, open source
price
Wikitext, VisualEditor
editor
Full-text, CirrusSearch
search
Namespace-based, extensions
permissions
Yes, PHP/MySQL
self-hosting
No native git
git integration

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