Outline vs Wiki.js

Outline

Beautiful wiki and knowledge base

Wiki.js

Powerful modern wiki platform

Feature Outline Wiki.js
Category Knowledge & Docs Knowledge & Docs
Sub-category Wiki / Notes Wiki / Notes
Maturity stable stable
Complexity beginner beginner
Performance tier medium medium
License BSL AGPL-3.0
License type copyleft copyleft
Pricing fully free fully free
GitHub stars 30.0K 26.0K
Contributors 0 0
Commit frequency weekly weekly
Plugin ecosystem none none
Docs quality good good
Backing org Outline Requarks
Funding model vc_backed community
Min RAM 512 MB 512 MB
Min CPU cores 1 1
Scaling pattern single_node single_node
Self-hostable Yes Yes
K8s native No No
Offline capable No No
Vendor lock-in none none
Languages TypeScript Node.js
API type REST REST
Protocols HTTP HTTP
Deployment docker docker
SDK languages
Team size fit solo, small, medium solo, small, medium
First release 2020 2020
Latest version

When to use Outline

  • Primary: team-documentation
  • Primary: knowledge-sharing
  • Primary: internal-wiki

When to use Wiki.js

  • Primary: company-wiki
  • Primary: documentation
  • Primary: knowledge-base
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