Most teams start with good intentions. Someone creates a shared Google Doc. Another person sets up a Notion workspace. Before long, your company's knowledge lives in fifteen different places, and nobody can find anything when they actually need it. That's the problem an enterprise wiki solves.
BlueSpice started as a good idea. Take MediaWiki, the engine behind Wikipedia, and make it usable for companies. Add a visual editor, better permission controls, some enterprise features on top. In theory, you get Wikipedia's reliability with a modern coat of paint. In practice, you still get MediaWiki
Most enterprise wikis die the same way. Not with a dramatic crash, but with a slow fade into irrelevance. Someone searches for the onboarding checklist and gets 14 results, 11 of which are outdated. A new hire asks where the expense policy lives and three people point to three different
Nuclino has built a solid reputation as a clean, fast wiki tool for teams that want to stop losing information in scattered Google Docs and Slack threads. And honestly, that reputation is well earned. The editor feels snappy, the interface stays out of your way, and getting new team members
If you've recently started using Confluence, one of the first things you'll need to wrap your head around is spaces. Spaces are the backbone of how Confluence organizes content, and getting them right from the beginning can save you a lot of headaches down the road.
Outline is a team wiki launched in 2016 that allows teams to create, organize, and edit documents. It supports rich text, media embedding, and basic integrations. The platform uses a hierarchical structure for content and offers permission controls and search functionality, making it a straightforward option for internal documentation or
Wiki software has quietly become essential infrastructure for modern teams. Every startup, government, development group, and enterprise division needs somewhere to store documentation, process guides, and the accumulated wisdom that makes organizations function. Self-hosting matters because it gives you ownership of your data, ensures compliance with internal policies, and removes
If your company is engaged in aerospace, defense, sophisticated production, or any other industry requiring sensitive military technology, you’re likely subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). While many firms invest in physical system security and hardware access restrictions, they often overlook documentation workflows (particularly wikis and
On September 9, 2025, Atlassian officially announced it will retire the Confluence Data Center edition, marking the end of its enterprise-focused on-premises software. Introduced in 2013, Data Center was created for organizations that needed more reliability, governance, and administrative control than the standard self-managed deployments could offer. It became the
XWiki is an open-source wiki platform first released in 2004 by Ludovic Dubost. Built on Java, it offers a wide range of features for knowledge management, including structured data, advanced permissions, extensions, and scripting capabilities. Over the years, XWiki has built a reputation as a highly customizable and extensible solution
Launched in 2015, Guru is an AI-powered knowledge management software. Guru boosts team productivity by making information readily available and easy to edit in real time. By nature, Guru arranges information into collections, boards, and cards. Boards and cards can be assigned to members of the team for the purpose
MediaWiki is an open-source software developed by the Wikimedia Foundation. The software facilitates collaborative content creation and knowledge sharing. Users can create, update, and organize wiki pages efficiently, making it perfect for creating knowledge bases, documentation repositories, and other projects. The platform supports many languages, extensions and plugins, and version