Overview
Extensions are optional dependencies you can install to enable more features on your wiki. They are usually OS/platform-specific binaries that cannot be bundled with Wiki.js.
Tip
The docker image includes all the extensions by default.
| Extension | Description | Used For | Importance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Git | Distributed version control system. | The Git storage module to synchronize content with a remote repository. |  OptionalOnly if you're using the Git storage module |
| Pandoc | Converts text between markup formats. | Importing content from other wikis and formats such as MediaWiki, Textile or DocBook. | Optional Only if you're importing non-markdown / asciidoc content |
| Puppeteer | Headless chromium browser. | Rendering pages on the server (e.g. importing content via storage modules / other wikis, re-rendering pages in the background). Note that installing it downloads a Chromium build of a few hundred megabytes. |
 Highly recommended |
| Sharp | Processes and transforms images. | Rendering image thumbnails, resizing images, optimizing site assets (logos/backgrounds), etc. | Highly recommended |