# dokuwiki/dokuwiki

The DokuWiki Open Source Wiki Engine

Repository: https://github.com/dokuwiki/dokuwiki
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dokuwiki
Homepage: http://www.dokuwiki.org
Language: PHP
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: wiki-engine, php, dokuwiki, wiki
Last push: 2026-08-25T11:36:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 97, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6086, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 22, "gap_med": 20, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4707, forks 919 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:57.328684+00:00)

## What it is
DokuWiki is an open-source wiki engine written in PHP that stores content in plain text files, requiring no database. It has been actively maintained since 2004 and supports plugins, access control, and versioning.

## Use cases
- self-host a team knowledge base without a database
- set up project documentation wiki
- build an internal company wiki with access control
- run a community documentation site on shared PHP hosting
- keep versioned plain-text documentation in git-friendly files

## When to choose
- you need a lightweight wiki on plain PHP hosting without a database
- you want simple file-based storage that is easy to back up
- you need a mature, plugin-extensible wiki with fine-grained ACLs

## When to avoid
- you need a modern single-page application experience or WYSIWYG-first editing
- you want a headless/API-first wiki to integrate into a custom frontend
- you need heavy structured data or relational queries over wiki content

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: documentation, web-framework, plugin-system
- domain: documentation, web-development, self-hosted, cms
- platform: php, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: wiki-engine, flat-file, no-database, gpl, collaboration, web-server

## Member repositories
- dokuwiki/dokuwiki (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:57.328684+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:19:10.249281+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dokuwiki/dokuwiki (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:57.328684+00:00, sha fafe3d57a8d7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.