Open Source Self-Hosted BookStack Alternatives

There are many alternatives to BookStack as a self-hosted solution if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Self-Hosted alternative is TiddlyWiki. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to BookStack and many of them are open source and available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Self-Hosted alternatives to BookStack are Ibis Wiki, Docmost, MediaWiki and DokuWiki.

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BookStack alternatives are mainly Note-taking Tools, but if you're looking for Wiki Engines or Task Management Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Self-Hosted + Open Source and Self-Hosted. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to BookStack.
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  1. TiddlyWiki icon
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    TiddlyWiki is a single html file with all the characteristics of a wiki - including all of the functionality (including editing, saving, tagging and searching) and the style sheet. Because its a single file, its very portable - you can email it, put it on a web server or share...

    184 TiddlyWiki alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Xfce
    • RemoteStorage
     
  2. Ibis Wiki icon
     24 likes

    Ibis is a federated encyclopedia which uses the ActivityPub protocol, just like Mastodon or Lemmy. Users can create, browse, edit articles and use many other features. If you want to start a wiki for a TV series, a video game, or an open source project, then Ibis is for you!

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    • Online
    • Docker
    • Self-Hosted
    • PostgreSQL
     
  3. Docmost icon
     46 likes

    Docmost is an open-source collaborative wiki and documentation software. It is an open-source alternative to Confluence and Notion.

    105 Docmost alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Docker
     
  4. MediaWiki icon
     183 likes

    MediaWiki is a free software wiki package written in PHP, originally for use on Wikipedia. It is now used by several other projects of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation and by many other wikis.

    89 MediaWiki alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
    • Sandstorm
     
  5. DokuWiki icon
     190 likes

    DokuWiki is a standards compliant, simple to use Wiki, mainly aimed at creating documentation of any kind. It is targeted at developer teams, workgroups and small companies. It has a simple but powerful syntax which makes sure the datafiles remain readable outside the Wiki and...

    95 DokuWiki alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
     
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    DokuWiki vs BookStack Comments
    Wolfram Schmidt
    Positive
    0

    DokuWiki is pretty powerful once you get used to using the syntax. Once you use it you can be working very fast on DokuWiki.

    • DokuWiki is Free and Open SourceBookStack is also Free and Open Source
    • DokuWiki is LightweightBookStack is not according to our users
  6. XWiki icon
     98 likes

    XWiki is the ultimate open-source structured wiki designed to enhance business collaboration and efficiency. Tailored for tech-savvy professionals, XWiki’s extensibility, customization, and flexibility make it indispensable for managing large projects and datasets, while...

    120 XWiki alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  7. Foam icon
     52 likes

    Foam is a personal knowledge management and sharing system inspired by Roam Research, built on Visual Studio Code and GitHub.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Visual Studio Code
     
  8. Wiki.js icon
     52 likes

    Write your content in the widely used and simple Markdown format, using the built-in visual editor. Unlike other wiki software that save content in a database with a difficult to extract format, Wiki.js saves all your content directly into Markdown (.

    76 Wiki.js alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
     
  9. Archivy icon
     13 likes

    A self-hosted knowledge repository that allows you to safely preserve useful content that contributes to your own personal, searchable and extensible wiki.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Docker
     
  10. TiddlyRoam icon
     21 likes

    TiddlyRoam is your open source external brain. TiddlyRoam allows you to quickly create your own wiki. You can add fragments of thoughts and findings whenever they come to you. TiddlyRoam will link them and help you spot the patterns.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • Self-Hosted
    • TiddlyWiki
     
  11. Twake icon
     28 likes

    Twake is a real-time teamwork platform. It is a suite of collaborative tools that includes the specificities of some bestsellers (Slack, Trello, Google Drive...). We provide professional messaging, storage space, online collaborative editors (Words, Excel, PowerPoint), task...

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Twake vs BookStack Comments
    Alexandre ZANNI
    Negative
    2

    Twake is an office suite, not a knowledge base app

    • Twake is Freemium and Open SourceBookStack is Free and Open Source
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