--- title: "Wiki.js: A Free, Open-Source, Modern Knowledge Base - Solving Team Knowledge Sharing Problems" description: "An introduction to the feature highlights of the open-source knowledge base software Wiki.js, including Markdown editing, flowcharts, social login, group permissions, and Docker deployment. It is a suitable replacement for OneNote as a team knowledge sharing platform." canonical_url: "https://blog.markkulab.net/en/post/wiki-js-knowledge-base-system" author: "Mark Ku" author_url: "https://blog.markkulab.net/en/author/mark-ku" site: "Mark Ku's Tech Notes" date_published: "2023-08-23 01:01:35 +0800" category: "Management" tags: ["wiki.js", "knowledge base", "documentation", "docker", "team", "open source"] language: "en" license: "CC BY 4.0" license_url: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" attribution: "when reusing or quoting, credit the author and link back to the original" --- # Wiki.js: A Free, Open-Source, Modern Knowledge Base - Solving Team Knowledge Sharing Problems > **TL;DR** — 歡迎收聽 Mark 的技術雜談，我是主持人璦廷。在團隊協作中，你是否覺得用傳統工具管理知識總有些力不從心呢？ 過去許多團隊習慣使用 OneNote，但往往無法完全滿足工程師的需求。今天，讓我們來看看一款免費開源的現代化知識庫軟體：Wiki.JS。 這個重點值得注意，Wiki.JS 不僅支援 Docker 輕鬆佈署，編輯功能也非常強大。它支援多種編輯器，能直接在文件中插入流程圖與留言討論。在管理層面，它整合了企業常用的 Teams 等多種社群登入，並提供非常細緻的群組權限設定，確保內部資料的安全與隱私。 此外，它還能串接流量分析工具，幫助我們掌握團隊的閱讀熱區。Wiki.JS 底層採用 Vue 與 Node.js 開發，搭配 MySQL 資料庫，擁有極高的客製化彈性與豐富的外掛生態。 總結來說，Wiki.JS 是一個能大幅提升知識共享效率的優秀平台。不妨思考看看，你們團隊目前的知識庫，是否也到了該升級的時候了呢？ ## Context Many companies and departments face challenges in effectively sharing data and knowledge. We used to use OneNote, but received feedback from many engineers that it wasn't the ideal tool. While searching for a better solution, I discovered Wiki.js. ## Cost Wiki.js supports collaborative maintenance by multiple users at no extra cost. It's open-source and supports Docker deployment. ![Wiki.js Open Source details: 50M+ downloads, 2160](https://blog.markkulab.net/content/markku/posts/wiki-js-knowledge-base-system/images/1.png) ## Who's Using It? ![Logos of Cloudflare, DigitalOcean, GitHub, Netlify, and other services](https://blog.markkulab.net/content/markku/posts/wiki-js-knowledge-base-system/images/2.png) ## A Complete Ecosystem ![Wiki.js integrations with AWS, Git, Azure, Google Cloud, OpenID, Facebook logos](https://blog.markkulab.net/content/markku/posts/wiki-js-knowledge-base-system/images/3.png) ## Feature Highlights ### Flowcharts: Can be displayed directly within documents. ![Wiki.js split editor showing markdown and flowchart preview](https://blog.markkulab.net/content/markku/posts/wiki-js-knowledge-base-system/images/4.png) ### Commenting: Discussions can take place below the document. ![Wiki.js document with flowchart shapes and comments section](https://blog.markkulab.net/content/markku/posts/wiki-js-knowledge-base-system/images/5.png) ### Editing Interface: The interface is very similar to HackMD, but it supports multiple editors and even allows you to insert flowcharts. You can double-click to edit directly, but you have to click "Save" in the top-right corner to save your changes. ![Wiki.js editor selection dialog with Markdown and Visual Editor options](https://blog.markkulab.net/content/markku/posts/wiki-js-knowledge-base-system/images/6.png) ![Wiki.js editor displaying flowchart shapes and a comment section](https://blog.markkulab.net/content/markku/posts/wiki-js-knowledge-base-system/images/7.png) ![Wiki.js flowchart editor with shapes, grid, and diagram options](https://blog.markkulab.net/content/markku/posts/wiki-js-knowledge-base-system/images/8.png) ### Social Integration: Can integrate with various social logins, and even supports company Teams accounts. ![Wiki.js authentication settings showing local strategy and integration options](https://blog.markkulab.net/content/markku/posts/wiki-js-knowledge-base-system/images/9.png) ### Group Permissions and Login Settings: Supports group-based access permissions and allows setting a login URL. ![Wiki.js admin interface showing unmodifiable system group settings for Administr](https://blog.markkulab.net/content/markku/posts/wiki-js-knowledge-base-system/images/10.png) ### Granular Permission Management: You can not only set basic access permissions but also configure more in-depth access rights for each group. ![Wiki.js analytics settings showing Google Analytics configuration](https://blog.markkulab.net/content/markku/posts/wiki-js-knowledge-base-system/images/11.png) ### Traffic and Heatmap Analysis: Wiki.js is compatible with and supports various traffic analysis tools, such as Hotjar, to help you gain deep insights into user behavior. ![Wiki.js administration dashboard showing pages, users, groups, and version](https://blog.markkulab.net/content/markku/posts/wiki-js-knowledge-base-system/images/12.png) ### Multi-language Support and Backend Features: Wiki.js supports multiple languages and offers a suite of powerful backend management features. ![Wiki.js modules page showing analytics and authentication backend integrations](https://blog.markkulab.net/content/markku/posts/wiki-js-knowledge-base-system/images/13.png) ### Customization and Extensibility The frontend of Wiki.js uses Vue and Node.js, with MySQL as the database. It is highly customizable and has numerous plugins to choose from. [See more modules](https://js.wiki/modules) ![Wiki.js Modules page listing various analytics and authentication integrations](https://blog.markkulab.net/content/markku/posts/wiki-js-knowledge-base-system/images/13.png) ### Docker + MySQL Commands ``` docker run -d -p 8080:3000 --name wiki --restart unless-stopped -e "DB_TYPE=mariadb " -e "DB_HOST=192.168.0.106" -e "DB_PORT=33066" -e "DB_USER=wiki" -e "DB_PASS=password" -e "DB_NAME=wiki" ghcr.io/requarks/wiki:2 ``` --- ## About this article and its author Originally published on [Mark Ku's Tech Notes](https://blog.markkulab.net/en/post/wiki-js-knowledge-base-system) License: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — when reusing or quoting, credit the author and link back to the original ### About the author **[Mark Ku](https://blog.markkulab.net/en/author/mark-ku)** — Software Solution Provider - 10+ years senior software engineer, now an AI Builder - Focused on large-platform architecture — North-American e-commerce, AI SaaS subscription billing - Combining AI Agents and automation to build evolvable product foundations ### Free tools built by the author All of these are free to use: - [Free PDF Sign Tool](https://blog.markkulab.net/en/tools/pdf-sign): Online PDF sign tool — draw, type, or upload a signature, then drag, resize, and download. 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