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BookStack vs LeafWiki: catalog facts
BookStack	LeafWiki
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
Fixed hierarchy makes large documentation sets easy to navigate Granular permissions plus LDAP, SAML and OIDC sign-in	Single binary with no external database or runtime Markdown files on disk make backup and external editing simple
PHP, MySQL and a web server are required; there is no single-binary option The rigid structure gets in the way if you want a free-form wiki	API key access is still in development Narrower feature set than Wiki.js or Outline
Self-hosted, Web application	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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