GitBook AlternativesDocumentation Generators & Team Collaboration Tools like GitBook

GitBook is described as 'Tool for building beautiful books using Git and Markdown. It can generate your book into multiple formats:' and is a popular documentation generator in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to GitBook, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Linux, Mac and Windows apps. The best GitBook alternative is BookStack, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to GitBook are Sigil, Foam, Nuclino and DokuWiki.

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  1. BookStack icon
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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 metaphors of Books, Chapters & Pages.

    109 BookStack alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
     
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    BookStack vs GitBook Comments
    BonZho
    Negative
    5

    is not like gitbook,is more another php site generate for a online book if you're a writter.

    Alexandre ZANNI
    Negative
    1

    BookStack is a knowledge base, it's dynamic. Gitbook is a static website generator for books and documentation.

    • BookStack is Free and Open SourceGitBook is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. Sigil icon
     125 likes

    Sigil is a multi-platform ebook editor. It is designed to edit books in ePub format.

    29 Sigil alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
     
  3. Foam icon
     52 likes

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

    250 Foam alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Visual Studio Code
     
  4. Nuclino icon
     134 likes

    Nuclino is a unified workspace where teams can bring all their knowledge, docs, and projects together in one place. It’s a modern, simple, and blazingly fast way to collaborate, without the chaos of files and folders, context switching, or silos.

    340 Nuclino alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • iPad
     
  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...

    94 DokuWiki alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
     
  6. 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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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
     
  7. Docusaurus icon
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    Docusaurus is a project for easily building, deploying, and maintaining open source project websites.

    51 Docusaurus alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Docusaurus vs GitBook Comments
    BonZho
    Positive
    0

    its Open Source and not Freemium like gitbook with pay plans and limitations, is mainteined for Facebook inc, Opensource projects.

    • Docusaurus is Free and Open SourceGitBook is Freemium and Proprietary
  8. Confluence icon
     69 likes

    Trusted by 8,000 businesses, Confluence is the leading collaboration software and enterprise wiki for intranets and knowledge management. Free 30-day trial.

    146 Confluence alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Cloudron
     
  9. mdBook icon
     13 likes

    Gitbook alternative in Rust.

    57 mdBook alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Rust
     
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    mdBook vs GitBook Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    The Gitbook CLI application is no longer maintained, since they moved to a commercial solution. mdBook is a new and currently maintained implementation which is easy to install and is (for the most part) compatible with gitbook.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • mdBook is Free and Open SourceGitBook is Freemium and Proprietary
  10. Slite icon
     109 likes

    Designed for remote teams, it streamlines workflows by unifying documentation, discussion, and task execution. Features include a powerful editor, video explainers, sketch tools, integrations with Slack, Google Drive, project management tools, and advanced search capabilities.

    98 Slite alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  11. Quartz is a set of tools that helps you publish your digital garden and notes as a website for free. Quartz v4 features a from-the-ground rewrite focusing on end-user extensibility and ease-of-use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
    • npm
     
  12. Read The Docs icon
     31 likes

    Read the Docs hosts documentation for the open source community. It supports Sphinx docs written with reStructuredText, and can pull from your Subversion, Bazaar, Git, and Mercurial repositories. The code is open source, and available on github.

    42 Read The Docs alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
     
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