GROWI: an Open-source Markdown-based Wiki Engine for Teams

What is GROWI?

GROWI is a new open-source Wiki engine for teams that supports real-time editing

It is built on top of Node.js and MongoDB. It also uses Redis, and ElasicSearch for full-text search functionality.

Features

1. It uses Markdown by default: (Create hierarchical pages with Markdown)
2. Comes with a split-pane viewer
3. Real-time collaboration for users
4. Simple yet powerful asset management
5. Comes with a built-in diagramming editor that uses Draw.io.
6. Multiple Text keymaps:  Vim, Emacs, and Sublime Text
7. It has a built-in Emoji (using EmojiOne v3)
8. Multiple themes support
9. Team customization
10. Full-text search support
11. Authentication and group management based on Passport
12. Supports login using SAML, LDAP, and OAuth (GitHub, Twitter, Google)
13. Allows users to create a public wiki that is edited by guests and anonymous users
14. Internal comments and chat
15. Slack integration and notification
16. Developer-friendly documentation
17. Insert Math formulas easy
18. Built-in history and revision engine
19. Supports multiple languages
20. Mattermost, IFTTT Integration
21. Easy installation using Docker
22. Rich shortcuts library

Dependencies

• Node.js v14.x or v16.x
• npm 6.x
• yarn
• MongoDB 4.x

Optional Dependencies

• Redis 3.x
• ElasticSearch 6.x or 7.x (needed when using Full-text search)
• CAUTION: Following plugins are required
• Japanese (kuromoji) Analysis plugin
• ICU Analysis Plugin

License

GROWI is open source software developed by WESEEK, Inc. and released under the MIT license.

Resources

• Source code
• Website