XWiki
Open-source enterprise wiki for team knowledge management, available as cloud or self-hosted.
📍 France 🇫🇷, Paris
Product overview
XWiki is an open-source enterprise wiki platform based in Paris, founded in 2004 by Ludovic Dubost. It is one of the oldest active wiki solutions in Europe, used by organizations including Amazon, Lenovo, Air France, Naval Group, and SNCF. The product serves as a knowledge management and collaboration hub where teams create structured documentation with nested pages, version control, and granular permissions. XWiki stands apart from most tools on this list through its open-source model and digital sovereignty focus. The cloud version runs on OVHcloud infrastructure in France, making it one of the few collaboration tools hosted entirely on European servers outside US jurisdiction. The company is fully employee-owned with no external investors. A free community edition supports self-hosting, while the cloud version starts free for up to 25 users. XWiki also develops CryptPad, a separate end-to-end encrypted collaboration suite. The platform supports over 40 languages and includes a built-in app builder for creating custom applications without code. KEY FEATURES: - WYSIWYG editor with structured wiki pages, version history, and granular permissions - Cloud hosted on OVHcloud (France) or fully self-hosted on-premise - Built-in app builder for creating custom wiki applications without code - Over 900 extensions via the XWiki extension marketplace - Multi-wiki management with support for 40+ languages
