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Docspell vs Wiki.js
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Docspell and Wiki.js — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
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Docspell vs Wiki.js: at a glance
What is Docspell?
Docspell's tagged releases stopped in 2025; the upload API only moves on the nightly.
No numbered release has landed since 0.43.0, which was itself a fixes-and-dependencies close-out. Work continues on the rolling nightly tag, where the current build adds optional priority to upload metadata, returns file keys and job ids from the upload API, and exposes a secured endpoint to fetch a file by key. That is real API surface, but it reaches only users willing to run nightly builds.
What is Wiki.js?
Wiki.js 3.0 beta adds math, personal access tokens and nav automations; Postgres 17 now required.
Wiki.js runs two tracks: 2.x stable, which now gets only security patches, and a 3.0 beta still labeled 'not for production'. Over the past month the beta added Excalidraw live collaboration, SCIM provisioning, notifications, annotations, a glossary, draft recovery and multi-replica git sync. The newest beta adds inline KaTeX/MathJax math, personal access tokens, navigation-menu automations and search suggestions, and raises the minimum database to PostgreSQL 17.
Docspell vs Wiki.js: editorial side-by-side
Docspell
2.5COLLAB
Docspell's tagged releases stopped in 2025; the upload API only moves on the nightly.
◆ Current state
No numbered release has landed since 0.43.0, which was itself a fixes-and-dependencies close-out. Work continues on the rolling nightly tag, where the current build adds optional priority to upload metadata, returns file keys and job ids from the upload API, and exposes a secured endpoint to fetch a file by key. That is real API surface, but it reaches only users willing to run nightly builds.
◆ Where it's heading
The project is drifting toward nightly-only distribution: contributors keep landing work, maintainers keep not cutting tags. The newest additions cluster on programmatic ingestion — a caller submitting a document, then retrieving it by key — which points at Docspell being shaped as a component other systems feed rather than a standalone archive.
◆ Prediction
The upload-API work in #3338 is the most likely core of a next tagged release if one is cut. Whether the tagged line resumes at all is not readable from these notes.
Wiki.js
6.3COLLAB
Wiki.js 3.0 beta adds math, personal access tokens and nav automations; Postgres 17 now required.
◆ Current state
Wiki.js runs two tracks: 2.x stable, which now gets only security patches, and a 3.0 beta still labeled 'not for production'. Over the past month the beta added Excalidraw live collaboration, SCIM provisioning, notifications, annotations, a glossary, draft recovery and multi-replica git sync. The newest beta adds inline KaTeX/MathJax math, personal access tokens, navigation-menu automations and search suggestions, and raises the minimum database to PostgreSQL 17.
◆ Where it's heading
Headline features are in place, and recent betas fill out editor ergonomics, identity and API plumbing, and operational safety rather than adding new editors. Personal access tokens and API keys bound to page rules extend the access model to automation clients, and the Postgres 17 floor shows the team is still willing to set hard infrastructure requirements before 3.0 locks.
◆ Prediction
More betas pairing editor and admin polish with API, multi-node and v2-import fixes are the likely next step. The entries still give no date for 3.0 dropping its beta label.
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Wiki.js 3 beta.672 adds inline math and personal access tokens, and raises the floor to Postgres 17.
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Recent activity from Docspell and Wiki.js
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 1d agoWiki.jsWiki.js 3 beta adds math, access tokens; requires Postgres 17
- 4d agoWiki.jsWiki.js 3 beta adds draft recovery, slash menu, multi-replica git sync
- 6d agoWiki.js3.0 beta adds OIDC/SAML claim options and hardens v2 import
- 8d agoWiki.jsWiki.js 3.0 beta adds glossary auto-linking and non-Latin paths
- 13d agoWiki.jsWiki.js 3 beta adds inline annotations and translation completeness
- 15d agoWiki.jsWiki.js 3 beta adds notifications, RTL support, and broken-link detection
- 1mo agoDocspellNightly adds upload priority and a file-key download endpoint
- 1y agoDocspell0.43.0 closes the tagged history with fixes and maintenance
- 2y agoDocspell0.42.0 hardens the Nix module and adds vertical Japanese OCR
- 2y agoDocspell0.41.0 swaps the HTTP stack from blaze to ember
- 3y agoDocspell0.40.0 gathers fixes, a Nix flake, and Ukrainian support
- 3y agoDocspell0.39.0 lets OIDC and local accounts share an identity
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Docspell and Wiki.js?
Both compete on the same themes — self-hosted — within Collab. Wiki.js is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Docspell better than Wiki.js?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Wiki.js is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Collab products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Docspell?
Top Docspell alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Docspell alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/docspell for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Wiki.js?
Top Wiki.js alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Wiki.js alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/wikijs for the full list with editorial commentary on each.