LeafWiki

Fast wiki for people who think in folders, not feeds. Fast editing. Tree navigation. Markdown on disk.

Actively maintained

At a glance

GitHub stars
1.2k
Last activity
2026-11-02
Latest release
v0.14.2
2026-10-22
Commits (12 mo)
851
License
MIT
Language / platform
Docker, Go

Maintenance health: Actively maintained — Commits in the last 3 months.

Run LeafWiki yourself

  • RAM: ~512 MB server (1 vCPU)
  • Docker: yes

Estimated monthly server cost

ProviderPlan size~ USD / month
Vultr512 MB$3.5Deploy →
DigitalOcean512 MB$4Deploy →
Akamai (Linode)1 GB$5Deploy →

Rough estimate from the app's stack and category, not a benchmark. Several light apps can share one server. Some hosting links may be affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you; it never affects which apps we list.

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