shouldiuse.io

VERDICT

Should I use Home – GNOME Wiki Archive?

Not disclosed - wiki.gnome.org

Skip. There is nothing to buy: wiki.gnome.org is GNOME's retired, free community wiki and no longer updated. Use handbook.gnome.org for current docs; no buyer should adopt this site.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~20 public sources. Site is retired, not a commercial product, so buyer-fit criteria apply loosely.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depthArchived docs only, no features.
  • Support quality
  • Security postureNo security page found for wiki.

Pricing

$0

Free

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes

Best for

  • GNOME contributors needing archived docs
  • Researchers tracing old project decisions
  • Open-source history lookups

Not for

  • Anyone shopping for wiki or docs software
  • Teams wanting live, maintained documentation
  • Production doc hosting
  • Buyers expecting vendor support or SLAs

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Site is retired and frozen; pages may be stale or wrong

medium

Users flagged outdated pages as far back as 2021

low

No security page found for the wiki itself

low

CVEs in evidence concern GNOME software, not this wiki

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Free public archive of GNOME project knowledge
  • Redirects readers to current docs at.org
  • Broad coverage of GNOME development and community pages
  • Still draws 8.21K daily visitors

Cons

  • Officially retired; content no longer updated
  • Community reports pages 'super outdated'
  • No vendor, pricing, or support behind it
  • Development activity moved to.org

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/22/2026 - 7 sources - No wiki-specific vulnerabilities found; CVEs in sources concern GNOME desktop software, not the retired wiki.

official x1review x1security x3news x2
  • GNOME Keyring CVE-2018-19358, Affects the GNOME Keyring API on desktops, not the wiki site itself.
  • GLib flaw among 376 GNOME CVEs, OpenCVE lists 376 GNOME-vendor CVEs including a GLib flaw; unrelated to the wiki.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • $0

    Starting price

  • 7

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. Free public archive, zero cost.
  • Ease of use: 2/5. Retired; stale pages mislead readers.
  • Feature depth. Archived docs only, no features.
  • Support quality: 1/5. Retired; no support offered.
  • Security posture. No security page found for wiki.
  • Free Price community wiki, no paid plans
  • 8.21K Daily visitors per EasyCounter
  • 19.7K Daily pageviews per EasyCounter
  • 1,159 Global site rank per EasyCounter

Pricing

Free

$0

  • Public read-only wiki archive
  • No paid plans or accounts

Security

No wiki-specific vulnerabilities found; CVEs in sources concern GNOME desktop software, not the retired wiki.

  • GNOME Keyring CVE-2018-19358Affects the GNOME Keyring API on desktops, not the wiki site itself.⁴
  • GLib flaw among 376 GNOME CVEsOpenCVE lists 376 GNOME-vendor CVEs including a GLib flaw; unrelated to the wiki.⁵

What users say

Users found the wiki useful for GNOME contributions but repeatedly flagged stale content before its retirement.

“Some pages on Gnome Wiki are super outdated.”
Reddit, r/gnome
“If you're a technical writer or just like to write Docs or want to contribute to GNOME I nicely invite you to read our https://wiki.gnome.org/”
Reddit, r/gnome
Full analysis

Based on ~20 public sources. Site is retired, not a commercial product, so buyer-fit criteria apply loosely.

Not a product: retired GNOME community wiki, free and frozen. Use handbook.gnome.org for current docs.

Methodology

Based on ~20 public sources. Site is retired, not a commercial product, so buyer-fit criteria apply loosely.

Sources

  1. Home – GNOME Wiki Archivewiki.gnome.org
    official
  2. Some pages on Gnome Wiki are super outdated - Redditreddit.com
    review
  3. Wiki.gnome.org report - EasyCountereasycounter.com
    news
  4. GNOME/Keyring - ArchWikiwiki.archlinux.org
    security
  5. Gnome CVEs - OpenCVEapp.opencve.io
    security
  6. cve-2021-28153 - NVDnvd.nist.gov
    security
  7. GNOME - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
    news

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