Wiki privacy ratings
Team wikis, documentation and knowledge base software.
8 wikis and knowledge bases are rated against 9 public criteria, and 8 have enough evidence for a letter grade. Of the 5 with a known jurisdiction, 4 are based in a Five Eyes country, and 5 in the wider Fourteen Eyes.
Open-source wikis and knowledge bases only · Criteria for this category · Suggest an addition · Markdown
| Name | Grade | Score | Data | Jurisdiction | Open source | No trackers or telemetry | No ads or data sales | Independent audit | Transparency report | Tells users about requests | TLS configuration | Security headers | Modern web standards |
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Self-hosted wiki platform that organizes documentation into shelves, books, chapters and pages. Built with PHP and Laravel, with a WYSIWYG and Markdown editor, search and role-based permissions. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | United Kingdom Five Eyes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Wiki software developed by the Wikimedia Foundation that runs Wikipedia. Self-hosted PHP application with page history, templates, a visual editor and a large extension ecosystem. |
Grade C | 65 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | Yes | Partial | Yes | No | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Self-hosted enterprise wiki written in Java, with structured data, scripting and an extension system for building wiki applications. Developed by XWiki SAS and its community. |
Grade C | 65 | 100% | France Nine Eyes | Yes | Partial | Yes | No | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Self-hosted wiki built on Node.js, with Markdown, visual and HTML editors, Git storage sync, full-text search and many authentication options. |
Grade D | 50 | 100% | – | Yes | No | Yes | No | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Team knowledge base and wiki with real-time collaborative editing, Markdown support and integrations such as Slack. Available as a hosted service or self-hosted. |
Grade D | 44 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Partial | Yes | Not tested yet |
Atlassian's team wiki for writing, organizing and sharing pages and documentation. Available as a hosted cloud service and as a self-managed Data Center edition. |
Grade D | 41 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | No | No | Partial | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Not tested yet |
Self-hostable collaborative wiki and documentation tool with real-time editing, spaces, permissions, comments and diagram support. Also offered as a paid cloud service. |
Grade F | 35 | 100% | – | Partial | No | Yes | No | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Self-hosted wiki software written in PHP that stores pages in plain text files, so it needs no database. Includes access control, authentication connectors and a large plugin collection. |
Grade F | 30 | 100% | – | Yes | No | No | No | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Questions
What is the most private option among wikis and knowledge bases?
No pick has been made yet. The table above is sorted by score, based on public evidence.
How are wikis and knowledge bases rated?
Each entry answers 9 questions: open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests, TLS configuration, security headers and modern web standards. Answers need links to evidence. See the full criteria.
Does jurisdiction matter?
Jurisdiction decides which laws can compel a provider to hand over data. Each entry shows its country and whether it is in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes. The data a provider can hand over depends mostly on what it stores and who holds the keys. Read about jurisdictions and the CLOUD Act.