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wiki vs Yuxi
wiki has 28,937 GitHub stars, 3,314 forks, 182 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Yuxi has 7,064 stars, 1,110 forks, 90 open issues and last shipped yesterday. wiki leads on adoption by 310% (28,937 vs 7,064 stars). wiki is written in Vue under AGPL-3.0; Yuxi is written in Python under MIT. wiki has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, Yuxi 16%. Yuxi 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 | Yuxi | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 29K | ★ 7.1K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Vue | Python |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.3K | ⑂ 1.1K |
| 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 Yuxi if
- You want the Yuxi feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and Yuxi 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 Yuxi
Yuxi is a self hosted, multi tenant knowledge agent platform built in Python under the MIT license. It places knowledge base retrieval, knowledge graphs, LangGraph multi agent orchestration, MCP and Skills, sandboxed tools and permission management inside one workspace, with a Vue 3 and Ant Design front end and a FastAPI back end driven by a LangGraph and ARQ worker layer. The project ships as a Docker Compose deployment and lives in the Python ecosystem, with storage split across PostgreSQL, Redis, MinIO, Milvus and Neo4j, and document processing handled by MinerU, PaddleX and RapidOCR.
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Frequently asked questions
Is wiki or Yuxi more popular?
wiki has 28,937 GitHub stars and Yuxi has 7,064. wiki has the larger community by that measure.
Are wiki and Yuxi free?
Both are open source. wiki is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Yuxi under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between wiki and Yuxi?
wiki is written in Vue and Yuxi in Python. 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 Yuxi?
Choose wiki if you want the larger community (28,937 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Yuxi if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.