Looking for a Markdown-based wiki

firebreathingbunny@kbin.social to Selfhosted@lemmy.world – 43 points –

I'm looking for a wiki solution (either remotely hosted or self-hosted is fine) that takes Markdown input.

Thanks.

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Dokuwiki has a plugin that lets you use markdown instead of their proprietary markup.

+1 Dokuwiki. It is a little complicated than most to configure the first time, but once you have everything running, it will work without complaints. Also, the whole wiki is stored as plain text files, which is awesome for backups.

piling on for Dokuwiki. Have been running it personally and for an org (2 different wikis) for like 7 or 8 years. No problems, and it's own syntax is pretty easy too. I've migrated a few times too and love that it's just plain text files

I'm a big fan of Bookstack. The Docker images work great, also in Kubernetes. SSO is easy to set up as well, so if you're using something like Authentik for SSO, you can integrate it pretty easily.

By default it uses a WSYWIG editor, but you can change the default to Markdown. Also, the ability to use the built-in draw.io diagram tool is great if you are documenting anything like code paths or network setup.

I researched using Bookstack but you can access the pictures even if you do not have an account and have the right URL, anybody can see the picture/attachment file in any browser.

Not having well-implemented access control was a big No No for us.

I love Bookstack!

The diagram tool can be used to markup anything. Besides the obvious, I've also put pictures as the background and then marked up those to diagram out some work I was doing around the house.

I hope the dev makes his way over here, he was very active on Reddit.

I'm currently hosting a wiki.js
you can either use markdown or a visual editor

My only gripe with wiki.js was the use of SQL for local storage. My wiki must be future proof and locking myself in an obscure SQL database was the deal breaker. I know that you can sync with a Git repo, but it felt like an overkill.

You could always just use a github repo as a wiki. It would render markdown pages in your browser, and it comes with built in version control!

You can also use Gitea/Forgejo, since it's selfhostable and FOSS, or GitLab CE.

https://github.com/logseq/logseq

I switched from Tiddlywiki to Logseq 3-4 months ago and LOVE Logseq.

Part of the reason I didn't like Tiddlywiki was it kept everything in a single html file (including embedded images -- eww) which made it annoying to move information around. (Note there is an option to run your own server which gives you extra flexibility, but I wasn't interested in doing that.)

With Logseq, it's separate markdown file per journal entry / wiki page. I like the addons that are available as well as the queries, e.g., {{query (todo doing)}} displays my do now tasks on my journal page.

Here's a Beginner's Guide on how to use LogSeq: YouTube video by Keep Productive

Aren't you worried that Logseq doesn't use "pure" Markdown?

wikijs comes to mind, it's deploy-able with a single docker command:

docker run -d \
--name=wikijs \
--restart=unless-stopped \
--publish 8080:3000 \
--env "DB_TYPE=sqlite" \
--env "DB_FILEPATH=/wiki/db.sqlite" \
--volume wikijs:/wiki \
--volume wikijs:/wiki/data/content \
ghcr.io/requarks/wiki:2

I also self-host WikiJS and am quite happy with it. FYI though if you're setting it up I'd instead configure it to use Postgres as the database, as I recall reading that they're planning on removing SQLite support at some point. Unfortunately though that does mean you lose a one-liner like this.

Okay, thanks for the heads up! I don't actively use wikijs yet, I'll setup a stack using postgres when I do

Not sure if it's the kind of thing you had in mind, but I like TiddlyWiki for certain things like note-taking. (See here for saving/hosting options).

Obsidian is a fantastic note taking app that focuses on cross-linked notes, so is effectively a personal wiki.

It has a paid add on that lets you publish it to a website, or you can just do it yourself since the files are all Markdown.

It's slightly out of topic of selfhosting but have you tried Obsidian?I personally feel like personal wiki must be in Obsidian.

I personally use Grav. It's fully markdown bases and store the content in markdown files as well, instead of a database.
The Learn2 theme is the one for a documentation-style look. Check out the official documentation for how it looks and here's my own customized version.

I think you should specify whether you're looking for a wiki for personal use or shared use.

If you're looking for personal use, something like standard notes can be a great option.

If you're looking for shared use, and don't care about encryption, wiki.js is IMO your best bet.

There's currently no option that does both. Skiff exists as an encrypted collaborative notes option but it doesn't (to my knowledge) allow any kind of self hosting.

nb is a command line and local web note‑taking, bookmarking, archiving, and knowledge base application.

We use wiki.js at work and it is great. A nice benefit is you can track your articles in a git repository for granular change tracking.

I stopped using it because it wasn't the best for the use case I was looking for but I'll plug SilverBullet. It is a well made program and seems very powerful from what I've seen