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

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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 Demo

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