LeafWiki – My Take on a Simpler, Self-Hosted Wiki
LeafWiki – Recap After the First Release One evening, over a beer and a classic dev-rant, a colleague and I hit on a familiar problem: Why is setting up a simple wiki always such a hassle? At work, we’re currently using Wiki.js — a powerful tool, but way too overengineered for our use case. All we really wanted was: Markdown Simple structure No database No dependencies So I started building a tiny tool from scratch: LeafWiki. What LeafWiki Can Do Today LeafWiki is a minimalist, self-hosted wiki that focuses on structure and simplicity: Single statically-linked Go binary No database All content stored as Markdown files Per-page uploads for images and files Real tree structure (not a flat list) Basic role system (admin/editor) You can copy, back up, or version the content freely — no lock-in. Where It’s At: MVP Is Live

LeafWiki – Recap After the First Release
One evening, over a beer and a classic dev-rant, a colleague and I hit on a familiar problem:
Why is setting up a simple wiki always such a hassle?
At work, we’re currently using Wiki.js — a powerful tool, but way too overengineered for our use case. All we really wanted was:
- Markdown
- Simple structure
- No database
- No dependencies
So I started building a tiny tool from scratch: LeafWiki.
What LeafWiki Can Do Today
LeafWiki is a minimalist, self-hosted wiki that focuses on structure and simplicity:
- Single statically-linked Go binary
- No database
- All content stored as Markdown files
- Per-page uploads for images and files
- Real tree structure (not a flat list)
- Basic role system (admin/editor)
You can copy, back up, or version the content freely — no lock-in.