BookStack Alternatives

BookStack is described as 'Free and open source knowledge management platform built on PHP. The system has been built around simplicity to ensure that adding information to it is not a chore. The content structure is built on the metaphors of Books, Chapters & Pages' and is a very popular Wiki Engine in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to BookStack for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Windows, Linux and Mac apps. The best BookStack alternative is Notesnook, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like BookStack are TiddlyWiki, Docmost, Ibis Wiki and DokuWiki.

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BookStack alternatives are mainly Note-taking Tools, but if you're looking for Team Collaboration Tools or Todo List Managers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Self-Hosted + Open Source. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to BookStack.
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BookStack is a free and open source knowledge management platform built on PHP. The system has been built around simplicity to ensure that adding information to it is not a chore. The content structure is built on the...

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BookStack alternatives page was last updated Jun 3, 2025
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  1. Slab icon

    Slab

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    Slab is a knowledge hub for the modern workplace. We help teams unlock their full potential through shared learning and documentation. Slab features a beautiful editor, blazing fast search, and dozens of integrations like Slack, GitHub, and G Suite.

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Top Slab Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Support for MarkDown
    3.  Real time collaboration
    4.  WYSIWYG Support
    5.  Support for @mentions
    6.  Third party integrations
    7.  Integrated Search
    8. Asana icon  Asana integration
    9. Trello icon  Trello integration
    10.  Wiki
    11.  Activity history
    12.  Built-in editor

    Slab VS BookStack

     
  2. Phonemos icon

    Phonemos

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    All your content in one collaborative place. Sleek, easy to use, GDPR-compliant and affordable.

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    Platforms

    • Online
    A powerful and easy to understand editor

    Phonemos Features

    1.  Wiki
    2.  Knowledge base
    3.  Knowledge Management
    4.  Wiki-like interface

    Phonemos VS BookStack

     
  4. Book Reviews icon

    Book Reviews

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    Discover books you'll love! Unbeatable ebook deals, handpicked reviews, and comments from popular authors. Find your favourite e-books from the world's leading e-books portal! Over 20 million titles.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Book Reviews Features

    1.  Reading
    2.  Reviews and Recommendations

    Book Reviews VS BookStack

     
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    Notaku

    Turn you Notion into documentation, knowledge base and blog websites.

    https://notaku.website
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  6. MarkWiki

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    MarkWiki aims to be dead simple. MarkWiki was born out of frustration with bad documentation tools behind a company firewall that were too complex.

    71 MarkWiki alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    Discontinued

    MarkWiki is unmaintained since January 2017 according to the GitHub repo

    MarkWiki Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Wiki

    MarkWiki VS BookStack

     
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    Nute

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    Nute is a super simple lightning fast one page note taking app.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Nute Features

    1.  Progressive Web App

    Nute VS BookStack

     
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    Foswiki

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    Foswiki is the free and open source enterprise collaboration platform. Foswiki is a wiki, so you and your team members can collaborate and edit pages directly in the web browser. For advanced collaboration, Foswiki lets you enter macros to automate pages and build entire applicat.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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    Foswiki Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Real time collaboration
    3.  Wiki

    Foswiki VS BookStack

     
  10. hello ivy icon

    hello ivy

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    A beautiful, uncluttered all-in-one tool. Write, plan, take notes, capture ideas and get organized.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    hello ivy VS BookStack

     
  11. ShoutWiki icon

    ShoutWiki

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    ShoutWiki is a free, ad-supported wiki hosting company that offers hosting support to individuals, companies, schools, universities, as well as a diverse range of communities. MediaWiki is the syntax of hosted wiki-sites.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • MediaWiki
    http://gartenbuch.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Hauptseite

    ShoutWiki Features

    1.  Wiki

    ShoutWiki VS BookStack

     
  12. Tadaa - Dynamic Workflow icon

    Tadaa - Dynamic Workflow

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    Tadaa is the new dynamic workflow for Product Teams making project development easy to build, view and deep dive. Teams suffer from the traditional isolated information flow on multiple softwares. So we’re moving to a visible continuous flow on one platform where you can follow...

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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    Tadaa - Dynamic Workflow VS BookStack

     

  13. knowen

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    Knowen is an experiment in progress that is being designed to organize, preserve, and expand human knowledge - placing it in a hierarchical knowledge base (graph) that makes it readily available to learners of all backgrounds and ages.

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • IN flagIndia

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    knowen Features

    1.  Knowledge base
    2.  Wiki

    knowen VS BookStack

     
  14. Zoho Wiki icon

    Zoho Wiki

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    Zoho Wiki is Free Hosted Wiki with WYSIWYG Editor, Access Control, Versioning, Search Engine Friendly, Tags, Dashboard, Moveable Sitemap, RSS. Create pages in your wiki, Collaborate with anyone, Share information with Organization or Group or Everyone in the world.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • IN flagIndia

    Platforms

    • Online
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    Zoho Wiki Features

    1.  Tagging
    2.  Wiki
    3.  Dashboard

    Zoho Wiki VS BookStack

     
  15. MoinMoin icon

    MoinMoin

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    MoinMoin is an advanced, easy to use and extensible WikiEngine with a large community of users. MoinMoin's storage mechanism is based on flat files and folders, rather than a database. MoinMoin supports plugins and can be extended via Macros and Actions.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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    MoinMoin Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Wiki

    MoinMoin VS BookStack

     
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