django-wiki
Wiki system with complex functionality for simple integration and a superb interface. Store your knowledge with style: Use django models.
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Still maintained? Yes: 9 commits in the last 90 days, latest release releases/0.13 (Jul 2026).
Comparisons in Wikis: Confluence alternatives.
At a glance
django-wiki quick facts
- Health score
- 59/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 1,941
- Last commit
- 14 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- releases/0.13, Jul 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: ".. |Docs| image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/django-wiki/badge/?version=latest :target: https://django-wiki.readthedocs.io/ .. |Build status| image:: https://circleci.com/gh/django-wiki/django-wiki.svg?style=shield :target: https://circleci.com/gh/django-wiki/django-wiki .. |Coverage Status| image:: https://codecov.io/github/django-wiki/django-wiki/coverage.svg?branch=main :target: https://codecov.io/github/django-wiki/django-wiki?branch=main .. |PyPi| image:: https://badge.fury.io/py/wiki.svg :target: https://pypi.org/project/wiki/ .. |Downloads| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/dm/wiki.svg :target: https://pypi.org/project/wiki/ .. |IRC| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/irc-%23django--wiki%20on%20libera.chat-blue.svg :target: https://web.libera.chat/?channel=#django-wiki."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
django-wiki scores 59/100, #15 of 24 in Wikis: 9 commits in the last 90 days earn 10.5 of 35 points, the latest release (releases/0.13, 3 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,941 stars add 13.2 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 24.5 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 10.5 / 35
9 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
releases/0.13 released 3 months ago
- Stars 13.2 / 20
1.9k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 9
- Last 90 days
- 24
- Last 12 months
- 14 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #15 of 24 tools in Wikis by health , between AmuseWiki (#14) and Zim (#16) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Python |
| Latest release | releases/0.13 · 3 months ago |
| Stars | 1,941 |
| Open issues | 48 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | django-wiki/django-wiki ↗ |
django-wiki vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with django-wiki (Wikis), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outline | 98 | 41k | BUSL-1.1 | today |
| Wiki.js | 98 | 29k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| docmost Community Edition | 97 | 22k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| BookStack | 90 | 304 | MIT | 12 days ago |
| W | 77 | 57 | AGPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
| django-wiki (this tool) | 59 | 1.9k | GPL-3.0 | 14 days ago |
django-wiki: common questions
Is django-wiki still maintained?
django-wiki had 9 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 14 days ago; the latest tagged release, releases/0.13, is from 3 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.