DokuWiki
Sign in to saveDokuWiki is an open source wiki application licensed under GPLv2 and written in the PHP programming language. It works on plain text files and thus does not need a database. Its syntax is similar to the one used by MediaWiki. It is often recommended as a more lightweight, easier to customize alternative to MediaWiki. The 'Doku' in DokuWiki is short for Dokumentation which in German means documentation.
Key facts
- Software.logo
- Dokuwiki logo.svg
- Software.name
- DokuWiki
- Software.screenshot
- DokuWiki release 2020-07-29.png
- Software.caption
- The home page of a default DokuWiki installation
- Software.collapsible
- yes
- Software.developer
- Andreas Gohr, et al.
- Software.programming language
- PHP
- Software.operating system
- Cross-platform
- Software.size
- ~2.5 MB (compressed)
- Software.language count
- 74
- Software.genre
- Wiki software
- Software.license
- GPLv2
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.dokuwiki.org/el:dokuwiki
- Image
- DokuWiki release 2020-07-29.png
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- issue tracker URL
- github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki/issues
- Commons category
- DokuWiki
- inception
- 2004-06-00
- software version identifier
- 2025-05-14
- translation contribution URL
- translate.dokuwiki.org
- source code repository URL
- github.com/dokuwiki/dokuwiki
- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/dokuwiki
- publication date
- 2004-00-00
- external data available at URL
- www.wikimatrix.org/show/dokuwiki
- official donation page URL
- www.dokuwiki.org/donate
- official forum URL
- forum.dokuwiki.org
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- Release history
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- DokuWiki based software projects
- Notes
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
DokuWiki is an open source wiki application licensed under GPLv2 and written in the PHP programming language. It works on plain text files and thus does not need a database. Its syntax is similar to the one used by MediaWiki. It is often recommended as a more lightweight, easier to customize alternative to MediaWiki. The 'Doku' in DokuWiki is short for Dokumentation which in German means documentation.
Because DokuWiki does not require a database, it can be installed on local PCs, flash drives, and folders synced with file hosting services or file synchronization programs such as Dropbox or Syncthing.