Indie Wikis

What Indie Wikis is

Indie Wikis provides free wiki hosting for indie game developers and helps set up and manage a wiki for a game or mod. It handles hosting, spam protection, templates, and content moderation, with no hosting fees for projects it accepts. To qualify, a game or mod needs an established community with a vested interest and enough complexity to justify a wiki; Indie Wikis decides whether a project meets those conditions. Prospective wiki owners are asked to contact the service about eligibility. Owners receive 60% of advertising revenue, with the share open to negotiation, and payments are monthly. The service is available on the web, offers a free plan, and has no free trial. Visitors may browse anonymously. The privacy policy says the site may collect names and email addresses that users provide voluntarily, and may use cookies. Advertising partners, including Google AdSense, may use cookies for targeted advertising. The policy says personal identification information is not sold, traded, or rented, and that information may be shared with service providers for limited purposes with user permission.

Who it suits

Indie Wikis suits indie game or mod developers looking for a managed wiki and whose project has an established community and enough complexity to warrant one. It may also suit wiki owners who want to receive a share of advertising revenue rather than pay hosting fees, subject to approval.

Limits

The free plan is limited to indie games or mods with an established community and sufficient complexity, and approval is required. Qualifying wiki owners pay no hosting fees and receive 60% of advertising revenue, with the share negotiable.

Getting started

1. Visit https://www.indiewikis.com/.
2. Contact Indie Wikis to ask whether your game or mod qualifies.
3. If approved, set up a wiki with the service's hosting and management.

Verdict

Choose Indie Wikis if you develop an indie game or mod and want managed wiki hosting without hosting fees. The main reason to look elsewhere is that project acceptance depends on Indie Wikis deciding it meets the community and complexity criteria.