LeafWiki
A fast wiki for people who think in folders, not feeds. Fast editing. Tree navigation. Markdown on disk.
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Still maintained? Yes: 352 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.14.2 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Wikis: Confluence alternatives.
At a glance
LeafWiki quick facts
- Health score
- 92/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 1,204
- Last commit
- 2 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.14.2, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Self-hosted wiki. Single Go binary. SQLite + Markdown stored on disk."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
LeafWiki scores 92/100, #5 of 24 in Wikis: 352 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.14.2, 8 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,204 stars add 12.3 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 7.7 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
352 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v0.14.2 released 8 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 12.3 / 20
1.2k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 352
- Last 90 days
- 845
- Last 12 months
- 2 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #5 of 24 tools in Wikis by health , between Otter Wiki (#4) and XWiki (#6) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Docker, Go |
| Latest release | v0.14.2 · 8 days ago |
| Stars | 1,204 |
| Open issues | 38 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | perber/leafwiki ↗ |
LeafWiki vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with LeafWiki (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 |
| Otter Wiki | 93 | 1.6k | MIT | 5 days ago |
| LeafWiki (this tool) | 92 | 1.2k | MIT | 2 days ago |
| WikiDocs | 90 | 533 | MIT | 5 days ago |
| Raneto | 46 | 2.9k | MIT | 8 months ago |
LeafWiki: common questions
Is LeafWiki still maintained?
LeafWiki had 352 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 days ago; the latest tagged release, v0.14.2, is from 8 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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