How much does it cost to self-host WackoWiki?

WackoWiki can be self-hosted starting at $4.13/mo on hetzner CAX11. Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk.

Is WackoWiki actively maintained?

WackoWiki has a composite health score of 67/100 across activity, maturity, community, security, sustainability, and adoption. See /methodology/ for the formula.

How hard is WackoWiki to self-host?

WackoWiki has a self-hosting difficulty score of 2/5 (1 = one-click, 5 = complex Kubernetes setup).

WackoWiki by WackoWiki

PHP BSD-3-Clause

WackoWiki is a light and handy Wiki-engine.

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Verdict 67/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 2 months ago

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Health score
 67 /100 
6-dim composite

Self-hosts from

$4.13 /mo

hetzner · CAX11

Difficulty

2 /5

Docker + read README

GitHub stars

9 forks

About WackoWiki

From the project's README at github.com/WackoWiki/wackowiki. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

WackoWiki is a light and easy to install multilingual Wiki-engine. Supports WYTIWYG-editing, page rights (ACLs), design themes (skins), file upload, email notification and much more. Compatible with PHP 8.0 - 8.5 and MariaDB / MySQL / SQLite. Instructions and help

WackoWiki community welcomes everyone, but before you ask a question, please get yourself familiar with the help content.

We invite you to join any of our networks and stay up to date with the newest developments.

If you found a bug, or have an idea for new functionality, feel free to report it on the issue tracker - just use search beforehand.

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity

maturity

100

community

security

sustainability

adoption

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

Signal	Value	Source
GitHub stars	55	github.com/WackoWiki/wackowiki
GitHub forks	9	github.com/WackoWiki/wackowiki

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age	6.3 years	since Jan 2020
Last commit	3 days ago	May 4, 2026
Releases shipped	69	last: 2 months ago

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

Provider	Plan	Specs	Monthly
hetzner	CAX11	2c · 4GB · 40GB	$4.13 USD	Deploy →
vultr	VC2	1c · 1GB · 25GB	$5 USD	Deploy →
linode	Nanode 1GB	1c · 1GB · 25GB	$5.12 USD	Deploy →
digitalocean	Basic Regular 1GB	1c · 1GB · 25GB	$6 USD	Deploy →

Ready to self-host WackoWiki?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Deploy on hetzner → $4.13/mo Read install docs on GitHub

Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.

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