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wiki vs markdoc

wiki has 28,937 GitHub stars, 3,314 forks, 182 open issues and last shipped yesterday. markdoc has 8,476 stars, 252 forks, 29 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. wiki leads on adoption by 241% (28,937 vs 8,476 stars). wiki is written in Vue under AGPL-3.0; markdoc is written in TypeScript under MIT. wiki has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, markdoc 3%. wiki was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (documentation, markdown), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.

Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.

wiki ★ 29K markdoc ★ 8.5K category Content & Publishing

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Side by side

wiki markdoc
GitHub stars ★ 29K ★ 8.5K
License AGPL-3.0 MIT
Written in Vue TypeScript
Last push 2026-09-17 2026-09-16
Forks ⑂ 3.3K ⑂ 252
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

full wiki profile →

pick markdoc if

  • You want the markdoc feature set and don't need the biggest community
  • You prefer the MIT license terms
  • Your stack matches TypeScript
  • You evaluated both and markdoc fits your workflow better

full markdoc profile →

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.

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About markdoc

Markdoc is an MIT licensed, Markdown based authoring framework and toolchain written in TypeScript, built for teams that need custom documentation sites and content experiences on top of a syntax their writers already know.

read the full markdoc overview →

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Frequently asked questions

Is wiki or markdoc more popular?

wiki has 28,937 GitHub stars and markdoc has 8,476. wiki has the larger community by that measure.

Are wiki and markdoc free?

Both are open source. wiki is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and markdoc under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.

What is the difference between wiki and markdoc?

wiki is written in Vue and markdoc in TypeScript. 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 markdoc?

Choose wiki if you want the larger community (28,937 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose markdoc if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.