Wikigit is a collaborative wiki built on a simple idea: let git and GitHub be the database, and let this site be the only interface. Pages read instantly without ever rebuilding the site, and anyone can edit a page in the site itself — no account and no token, the way Wikipedia works.1
Everything you are reading is a Markdown file in a public GitHub repository. When that file changes, this page changes — there is no publish step and no build to wait for.
The big idea edit
A traditional wiki runs a server, a database, and an editor of its own. Wikigit runs almost none of that. Instead it composes systems that already exist:
- git keeps every version of every page (the revision history).
- GitHub stores the files and hosts the discussions.
- A free CDN delivers pages to readers worldwide.
- One small Worker turns “someone typed an edit” into a saved change.
The result is a full wiki — reading, editing, history, talk pages, moderation — with almost no infrastructure to run.
Start here edit
| If you want to… | Go to |
|---|---|
| Read and edit your first page | [[getting-started |
| Understand the moving parts | [[how-it-works |
| Learn the words (wiki, git, CDN…) in plain language | [[concepts |
| See everything Wikigit can do | [[features |
| Learn how edits are reviewed and trusted | [[governance |
| Get help writing and formatting pages | [[help |
Try it right now edit
Click Edit at the top of this page. You will see the Markdown that produced it, with a live preview beside the text. Change a word, write a short summary, and publish — your change becomes a commit in the repository, and the page updates with no rebuild.2
Prefer to start a fresh page? Open a link to something that does not exist yet, like A page that does not exist, and you will get a red link inviting you to create it.
Why it is built this way edit
Running a wiki usually means running infrastructure. Wikigit’s bet is that the hardest parts — versioning, storage, identity, discussion, global delivery — are already solved by tools you can use for free. The only piece that genuinely must exist is a tiny relay that can write a commit on your behalf; everything else is borrowed. The reasoning is laid out in How it works.
See also edit
- Features — the full tour, mapped to what is built.
- Governance & moderation — trust tiers, protection, and the admin console.
- Wikipedia and wiki software on Wikipedia.
References edit
“Wikipedia-level friction” means you can edit and save without creating an account or pasting a token — the lowest barrier a public wiki can offer while still attributing each change. ↑
Because pages are fetched at runtime from the CDN, a commit is live as soon as the cache refreshes. No site build runs when content changes — see the read path. ↑