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Best overallWeKnora

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Healthier optionsWeKnora, La Suite Docs, Quarkdown, GROWI

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Verified open/source-visibleWeKnora, La Suite Docs, Quarkdown, GROWI

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WeKnora

Open-source LLM knowledge platform for queryable RAG, autonomous reasoning, and self-maintaining wiki workflows.

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Health97

Shipping95

Score96

Confidence90

Stars35.9k

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La Suite Docs

A collaborative note taking, wiki and documentation platform that scales. Built with Django and React.

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Health97

Shipping95

Score96

Confidence90

Stars17k

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Quarkdown

🪐 Markdown with superpowers: from ideas to papers, presentations, websites, books, and knowledge bases.

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Health95

Shipping94

Score95

Confidence90

Stars16.3k

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GROWI

:anchor: GROWI - Team collaboration software using markdown

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Health97

Shipping97

Score97

Confidence90

Stars1.5k

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LeafWiki

Lightweight self-hosted wiki for long-lived documentation with Markdown on disk.

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Health96

Shipping94

Score95

Confidence90

Stars1.2k

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Frappe Wiki

Open-source wiki built on Frappe.

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Health95

Shipping95

Score95

Confidence90

Stars453

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Docusaurus

Easy to maintain open source documentation websites.

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Health94

Shipping91

Score93

Confidence90

Stars66.6k

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Wiki.js

Wiki.js | A modern and powerful wiki app built on Node.js

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Health89

Shipping93

Score91

Confidence90

Stars29.1k

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BookStack

A platform to create documentation/wiki content built with PHP & Laravel

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Health92

Shipping90

Score91

Confidence90

Stars19.1k

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CryptPad

Collaborative office suite, end-to-end encrypted and open-source.

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Health93

Shipping90

Score92

Confidence90

Stars8k

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TypeDB

TypeDB: built for systems, not records.

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Health92

Shipping91

Score92

Confidence90

Stars4.5k

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OpenDeepWiki is the open-source version of the DeepWiki project, aiming to provide a powerful knowledge management and collaboration platform. The project is mainly developed using C# and TypeScript, supporting modular design, and is easy to expand and customize.

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Health91

Shipping88

Score90

Confidence90

Stars3.6k

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