Alternatives to BookStack
Self-hosted wiki that organises documentation into shelves, books, chapters and pages. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
BookStack
Self-hosted wiki that organises documentation into shelves, books, chapters and pages.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as BookStack.
Wiki.js
Modern self-hosted wiki with Markdown editing and Git synchronisation.
Wiki.js is also a free self-hosted wiki, with Markdown editing and optional Git storage of pages, and a free-form structure instead of shelves, books and chapters.
Outline
Team knowledge base with a fast editor and deep integrations.
Outline is a team knowledge base with a fast collaborative editor and nested collections, but it is source-available under BSL and self-hosting needs Postgres, Redis and object storage.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
HedgeDoc
Collaborative Markdown editor for notes written together in real time.
Notion
All-in-one workspace combining notes, databases, wikis, and task boards.
TriliumNext Notes
A hierarchical note app where one note can live in several places at once, with a server you can host.
SilverBullet
Keep linked Markdown notes in a self-hosted browser workspace.
