WWikis

Quickstart

Generate your first wiki in under five minutes.

Wikis dashboardWikis dashboard

Prerequisites

  • A running Wikis instance (see Self-hosting if you need to set one up)
  • An account — default admin credentials are admin@wikis.dev / changeme123 (change these immediately after first login)
  • An LLM API key configured in your .env (e.g. LLM_PROVIDER=openai + LLM_API_KEY=sk-…)

Steps

Navigate to your Wikis instance (default: http://localhost:3000). You will see the main dashboard with a search bar and any existing wikis.

Click the + Add a repository card. A dialog appears asking for:

  • Repository URL or Local Path — paste any public repo URL, e.g. https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World
  • Branch — defaults to main
  • Access Token — only needed for private repositories
Generate Wiki dialog with a repo URL filled inGenerate Wiki dialog with a repo URL filled in

Wikis auto-detects the provider from the URL and shows a confirmation below the field.

Click the Generate Wiki button. Wikis will:

  1. Clone and index the repository
  2. Plan the wiki structure
  3. Write all pages in parallel

You are redirected to the wiki viewer where you can watch progress in real time. Generation typically takes 2–10 minutes depending on repository size and your LLM provider.

Once generation completes, browse pages in the left sidebar. Click any page to read its content. Use the On This Page panel on the right to jump between headings.

A generated wiki pageA generated wiki page

Type a question in the Ask bar at the bottom of the screen and press Enter. Wikis searches the indexed codebase and returns a grounded answer.

Try: "What is the overall architecture of this project?"

What's next?