🆚 DokuWiki vs. MediaWiki

Type

Wiki software
Wiki software

About

DokuWiki is an easy-to-use open source wiki software that does not require a database, written in PHP.

MediaWiki is an open-source wiki software written in PHP and originally developed for Wikipedia, designed for collaborative content creation, version control, and large-scale knowledge management.

It supports MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and SQLite databases, uses caching and replication for high-traffic environments, provides a wikitext parser and full revision history with rollback, and can be extended with over 2,000 extensions.

Headquarters

Berlin, Germany
San Francisco, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

Wiki Software › Rank #2
Wiki Software › Rank #1

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

MediaWiki technology is 5 times more popular than DokuWiki.
Total websites

Market share

Wiki Software

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

MediaWiki is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while DokuWiki is more popular in Slovenia and Estonia.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Russia
Netherlands
Canada
Japan
Czech Republic
Switzerland

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

MediaWiki is more popular than DokuWiki in all market segments.
Blogs/Wiki
Education/Reference
Games
Business
Software/Hardware
Entertainment
Marketing/Merchandising
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Technical Information
Technical/Business Forums

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#71,772
#73,099
#129,953
#130,964
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See also

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