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wiki vs Storyden
wiki has 28,937 GitHub stars, 3,314 forks, 182 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Storyden has 337 stars, 37 forks, 84 open issues and last shipped 6 days ago. wiki leads on adoption by 8,487% (28,937 vs 337 stars). wiki is written in Vue under AGPL-3.0; Storyden is written in Go under MPL-2.0. wiki has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, Storyden 11%. wiki 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 | Storyden | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 29K | ★ 337 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MPL-2.0 |
| Written in | Vue | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-12 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.3K | ⑂ 37 |
| 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 Storyden if
- You want the Storyden feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MPL-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and Storyden 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 Storyden
Storyden is an open source web forum platform written in Go and released under the Mozilla Public License 2.0. It describes itself as a modern, secure and extensible platform for building communities, and takes what its README calls a fresh new take on traditional bulletin board forum software. The project lives in the Go ecosystem and ships as a container image, with documentation hosted at storyden.org. It is positioned as a community hub that combines a discussion forum, a wiki and a place to publish content, an homage to the forums of the 2000s rebuilt on modern foundations.
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Frequently asked questions
Is wiki or Storyden more popular?
wiki has 28,937 GitHub stars and Storyden has 337. wiki has the larger community by that measure.
Are wiki and Storyden free?
Both are open source. wiki is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Storyden under MPL-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between wiki and Storyden?
wiki is written in Vue and Storyden 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 Storyden?
Choose wiki if you want the larger community (28,937 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Storyden if its feature set, stack or MPL-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.