# ikiwiki

Wiki compiler that builds wiki pages into a static website, storing page history in a revision control system, with blogging support.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/ikiwiki/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-23
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-23

## Record

### Links

- home: https://ikiwiki.info/
- docs: https://ikiwiki.info/setup/
- plugins: https://ikiwiki.info/plugins/
- forum: https://ikiwiki.info/forum/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Joey
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: wiki, ssg
- hosting: perl, static
- language: unknown
- runtime: perl
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: yes, translating individual wiki pages with po files

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static, per-request
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: apt-get install ikiwiki on Debian and Ubuntu

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: GPL-2.0-or-later

### Releases

- currentMajor: 3
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-02-01

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: unknown
- packagistDownloads: unknown
- npmWeeklyDownloads: unknown
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 7
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://ikiwiki.info/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://ikiwiki.info/download/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://ikiwiki.info/setup/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://ikiwiki.info/ (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://ikiwiki.info/ (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://ikiwiki.info/features/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://ikiwiki.info/install/ (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://ikiwiki.info/download/ (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://ikiwiki.info/install/ (read 2026-10-23)
- adminUi: https://ikiwiki.info/setup/ (read 2026-10-23)
- i18n: https://ikiwiki.info/features/ (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://ikiwiki.info/features/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://ikiwiki.info/features/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://ikiwiki.info/features/ (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://ikiwiki.info/freesoftware/ (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://ikiwiki.info/freesoftware/ (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://ikiwiki.info/news/ (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://ikiwiki.info/news/ (read 2026-10-23)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

ikiwiki is a wiki compiler written in Perl. It converts wiki pages into HTML pages that form a static website, and it supports blogging. Pages are plain files, and page history is kept in a revision control system such as Subversion or git when one is used, so a page can be changed with a text editor and committed. The [setup tutorial](https://ikiwiki.info/setup/) covers installing and creating a wiki. Joey and many contributors develop the project.

## Worth knowing

Editing pages in a web browser and the other optional wiki features need CGI. A host that serves only static files gets the built site without them.

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