# gollum/gollum

A simple, Git-powered wiki with a local frontend and support for many kinds of markup and content.

Repository: https://github.com/gollum/gollum
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gollum
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: wiki, gollum, documentation-tool, jruby-support, documentation, markdown, ruby
Last push: 2025-11-24T22:15:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 47/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 53, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6001, "days_push": 282, "days_rel": 618, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 14318, forks 1559 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:06.746544+00:00)

## What it is
Gollum is a simple Git-powered wiki with a built-in local web frontend for editing and viewing pages. It supports many markup formats and is compatible with GitHub and GitLab wikis, letting users clone and edit those wikis locally.

## Use cases
- run a personal wiki backed by git
- edit my GitHub wiki locally
- self-host a documentation wiki with version history
- write wiki pages in markdown and other markups
- browse and revert old versions of wiki pages
- clone a GitLab wiki and view it offline

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, file-based wiki where content lives in a git repository
- you need local editing of GitHub/GitLab wikis
- you value version control, multiple markup formats, and offline access

## When to avoid
- you need a multi-user wiki with fine-grained access control and user management
- you want a database-backed wiki with rich plugins like MediaWiki or Confluence
- you need a hosted collaborative wiki for large teams

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, markdown, web-framework, self-hosted
- domain: documentation, developer-tools, self-hosted, web-development
- platform: cross-platform, ruby, self-hosted
- tags: wiki, git-based, versioned-content, local-wiki, github-wiki-compatible, web-server, docker

## Member repositories
- gollum/gollum (main) score 47

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:06.746544+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 2026-08-29T17:12:39.091559+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gollum/gollum (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:06.746544+00:00, sha bd99804c8299)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.