Confluence vs Wiki.js
Thinking of swapping Confluence for the open-source Wiki.js? Here’s the honest trade-off.
28k JavaScript AGPL-3.0 6 days ago
What you give up vs Confluence
- No real-time collaborative editing.
- No database/table views or relational content.
- The long-awaited 3.x rewrite has been slow and partly unstable.
- Requires a separate database (Postgres/MySQL) to be configured.
What you gain
- • Full data ownership — self-host Wiki.js on your own infrastructure.
- • No per-seat SaaS bill (Confluence: per-user fees and Atlassian lock-in).
- • Open-source code you can audit and extend (AGPL-3.0).