Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to LocalWiki, the open platform for local knowledge
LocalWiki is an open platform designed for creating and sharing local knowledge within communities. Launched in 2015, it enables users to collaboratively document information about their neighborhoods, cities, and… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. LocalWiki, the open platform for local knowledge launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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My friend and I have been working on this open-source project for over a year, and we just launched our site and released our software: http://localwiki.org It's a way for local communities to share information, knowledge, and preserve local history. Inspired by a project we started in Davis, California, in 2004 called Davis Wiki (http://daviswiki.org), which today is the most used news and information source in Davis and by many metrics the world's largest and most participatory local wiki. By our estimates, half the local residents visit it in the course of a week, and 1 in 7 residents…
2011 · localwiki.org · its alternatives →
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XWiki▲71Open Source collaborative platform to create team wikis
2021 · xwiki.com · its alternatives →
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BookStack is a simple, open-source, self-hosted, easy-to-use platform for organising and storing information.
2022 · bookstackapp.com · its alternatives →
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LocalWiki▲65Collect, share & open the world's local knowledge
2015 · localwiki.org · its alternatives →
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2013 · document.ly · its alternatives →
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A publication dedicated to full transparency in fact-checking. Every source document is available with annotations to guide the reader, and every fact-checking conversation is out in the open.
2019 · sourcedfact.com · its alternatives →
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2012 · hackpad.com · its alternatives →
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Simple Wikis for Teams & Individuals, Intuitive, collaborative and beautiful knowledge sharing. An minimalist writing experience that allows you to focus on your content.
2014 · slimwiki.com · its alternatives →
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N. Voloboev is a developer and coder that has worked on several projects, and right now is creating a full wiki dedicated to the things he has learned during his time on them.
2019 · wiki.nikitavoloboev.xyz · its alternatives →
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2011 · wiki.pageforest.com · its alternatives →
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An app for contributing hyperlocal stories
2018 · posts.google.com · its alternatives →
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Matterwiki▲227A simple, beautiful, and open source wiki for teams
2017 · nishantarora.org · its alternatives →
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2012 · piki.heroku.com · its alternatives →
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Qwiki▲119Find and Read Articles on Wikipedia from your Mac menu bar!
2016 · getqwiki.co · its alternatives →
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2011 · banksytheluckystiff.github.com · its alternatives →
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Simply Local▲113Hyperlocal social network with channels, area-broadcast
2022 · simplylocalx.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I’m Omar from Mutable.ai. We want to introduce Auto Wiki (https://wiki.mutable.ai/), which lets you generate a Wiki-style website to document your codebase. Citations link to code, with clickable references to each line of code being discussed. Here are some examples of popular projects: React: https://wiki.mutable.ai/facebook/react Ollama https://wiki.mutable.ai/jmorganca/ollama D3: https://wiki.mutable.ai/d3/d3 Terraform: https://wiki.mutable.ai/hashicorp/terraform Bitcoin:…
2024 · wiki.mutable.ai · its alternatives →
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Localhy▲11Share business ideas, earn from referrals & grow locally
2025 · local-hy.netlify.app · its alternatives →
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Maps & Wikipedia combined, a new way to discover the world
2022 · en.nearbywiki.org · its alternatives →
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