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BookStack vs MediaWiki: catalog facts
BookStack	MediaWiki
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Free Free and open software with no charge.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Fixed hierarchy makes large documentation sets easy to navigate Granular permissions plus LDAP, SAML and OIDC sign-in	Proven at very large scale by Wikipedia Large library of extensions
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	Needs a server and some administration to install and maintain Wiki markup and setup take time to learn
Self-hosted, Web application	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License not stated
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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