W
Lightweight, mutli-user, flat-file-database Wiki engine. Create pages quickly and edit them in your Web browser using Mardown/HTML/CSS/JS. The main difference with other wiki is that you are encouraged to customize each page style individually.
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Still maintained? Yes: 104 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v3.19.0 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Wikis: Confluence alternatives.
At a glance
W quick facts
- Health score
- 77/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 57
- Last commit
- 4 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v3.19.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
Top alternatives to W
In its own words
The project's README opens: "W is a lightweight CMS tool, meant to help you design a website using a unique approach. It's targeting artists, or experimental projects."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
W scores 77/100, #12 of 24 in Wikis: 104 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v3.19.0, 24 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 57 stars add 7.1 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 12.9 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
104 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v3.19.0 released 24 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 7.1 / 20
57 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 104
- Last 90 days
- 331
- Last 12 months
- 4 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #12 of 24 tools in Wikis by health , between Dokuwiki (#11) and WackoWiki (#13) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | v3.19.0 · 24 days ago |
| Stars | 57 |
| Open issues | 133 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | vincent-peugnet/wcms ↗ |
W vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with W (Wikis), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiki-Go | 91 | 624 | GPL-3.0 | 18 days ago |
| WikiDocs | 90 | 533 | MIT | 5 days ago |
| W (this tool) | 77 | 57 | AGPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
| django-wiki | 59 | 1.9k | GPL-3.0 | 14 days ago |
| Zim | 58 | 2.2k | GPL-2.0 | 6 days ago |
| Gitit | 37 | 2.3k | GPL-2.0 | 5 days ago |
W: common questions
Is W still maintained?
W had 104 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 4 days ago; the latest tagged release, v3.19.0, is from 24 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.