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.

Available Extensions

Git

Distributed version control system.

Required for...

• The Git storage module to synchronize content with a remote repository.

Pandoc

Converts between markup formats.

Required for...

• Importing content from other wikis and formats such as MediaWiki, AsciiDoc, Textile or DocBook.

Puppeteer

Headless Chromium browser.

Warning

Installing it downloads a Chromium build of a few hundred megabytes, unless the server already provides one through PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH.

Required for...

• Exporting pages as PDF.
• Rendering content elements on the server, such as Mermaid or PlantUML diagrams.
• Re-rendering pages on the server

Sharp

Processes and transforms images.

Required for...

• Cropping/resizing user avatars.
• Generating thumbnails of uploaded images.
• Optimizing site assets such as logos and background images.