Probably old hat to some…but documentation is important. Just for once…I am trying to keep documentation AHEAD of the inevitable bork that destroys everything… so that in 3 months time I don’t have to reconstitute everything out of thin air and swearing.
Anyhow, I came across this lovely little repo a while ago and though “yes, next time, use this”
https://github.com/Zavy86/WikiDocs
And so I am :)
I’ll let the author speak to the perks (no affiliation, I just like wikidocs and wanted to share it)
- Open source
- Plain text files
- No database required
- Markdown syntax
- YAML Frontmatter
- Editor full WYSIWYG
- Support for KaTeX math
- Support for Mermaid diagrams
- Unlimited page revisions
- Uploading and downloading attachments
- Uploading images (also from clipboard)
- Content can be categorized in namespaces
- Public and private browsing
- Desktop and remote sync
- Syntax highlighting
- Multiple languages
- Dark mode
While I show off a happy snap



I used otter wiki for mine.
I tried both, as well as others, when searching for my wiki, ended up with otterwiki too, it’s just really good, I specially liked that the markdown files don’t need metadata hidden in each one of them, and the concept of the entire wiki being a repository. Also, being able to just drop markdown files wherever and the wiki will pick them up and put them in the correct order