Comparison

Wiki.js vs DokuWiki

Wiki.js and DokuWiki both land on Depends.

Wiki.js

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Confidence: Medium

Great fit if a technical person will own hosting, upgrades, and patching of a free, powerful wiki.

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Confidence: Medium

Adopt it if you're technical, want a free self-hosted wiki, and can live with markup editing.

Wiki.js versus DokuWiki
Compare	Wiki.js	DokuWiki
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Technical self-hosters	Self-hosters and homelab users
Who it's not for	Non-technical teams wanting one-click setup	Non-technical teams . you must learn wiki markup syntax
Privacy	Multiple public CVEs including recent authentication bypass (through 2.5.314) and privilege escalation . patch discipline is mandatory.^⁷	Actively maintained with a security page, but recent CVEs include a plugin RCE and XSS . patching is your job.
Support quality	Community support; paid help via hosts	Community forums only, no vendor
Public sentiment	Self-hosters praise its power and flexibility but repeatedly flag it as heavy to run and maintain.^⁵	Self-hosters consistently praise its simplicity and no-database design; complaints center on dated editing and upgrade friction.¹⁵
Biggest gotcha	Running it well needs ongoing ops: upgrades, backups, CVE patching. Recent bypass CVEs hit older versions.^⁷	Plugins add risk: runcommand plugin RCE (CVE-2025-51958) shows third-party code can be critical