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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