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wiki vs agent-beacon
wiki has 28,950 GitHub stars, 3,316 forks, 182 open issues and last shipped yesterday. agent-beacon has 905 stars, 64 forks, 13 open issues and last shipped today. wiki leads on adoption by 3,099% (28,950 vs 905 stars). wiki is written in Vue under AGPL-3.0; agent-beacon is written in Go under MIT. wiki has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, agent-beacon 7%. agent-beacon was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| wiki | agent-beacon | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 29K | ★ 905 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Vue | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-21 | 2026-09-22 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.3K | ⑂ 64 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick wiki if
- You weight community size — 29K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Vue
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick agent-beacon if
- You want the agent-beacon feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and agent-beacon fits your workflow better
About wiki
Wiki.js is a modern, lightweight wiki application built on NodeJS and distributed as open source under the AGPL 3.0 licence, aimed at teams and organisations that want to publish and maintain their own documentation and knowledge base rather than renting a hosted one.
About agent-beacon
Agent Beacon is an MIT licensed, local first memory layer for AI coding agents that captures full session history across Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenCode and 20+ other harnesses, then turns useful workflows, corrections and debugging patterns into knowledge that future agents can reuse — built for developers and teams who want agent knowledge to compound across tools instead of disappearing when a session ends.
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Frequently asked questions
Is wiki or agent-beacon more popular?
wiki has 28,950 GitHub stars and agent-beacon has 905. wiki has the larger community by that measure.
Are wiki and agent-beacon free?
Both are open source. wiki is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and agent-beacon under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between wiki and agent-beacon?
wiki is written in Vue and agent-beacon in Go. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, wiki or agent-beacon?
Choose wiki if you want the larger community (28,950 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose agent-beacon if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.