Open Source GitBook AlternativesDocumentation Generators & Team Collaboration Tools like GitBook

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   BookStack

    135 likes

   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.

   118 BookStack alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Wiki Engine
   • Team Collaboration

   Origin

   • United Kingdom

   Platforms

   • Self-Hosted
   • PHP
   • Cloudron
   • Docker

   • United Kingdom

   

   

   

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   Negative comment by BonZho · Aug 17, 2021

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

   Negative comment by Alexandre ZANNI · Jul 19, 2023

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

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   • BookStack is Free and Open SourceGitBook is Freemium and Proprietary
   • BookStack is a Wiki Engine GitBook is a Documentation Generator
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   Sigil

    131 likes

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

   35 Sigil alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Ebook Editor

   Origin

   • Serbia

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • PortableApps.com

   • Serbia

   

   

   

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   Foam

    55 likes

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

   270 Foam alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Note-taking

   Platforms

   • Self-Hosted
   • Visual Studio Code

   

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   DokuWiki

    191 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...

   102 DokuWiki alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Self-Hosted
   • Cloudron

   • Germany
   • EU

   

   

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   Docusaurus

    24 likes

   Docusaurus is a project for easily building, deploying, and maintaining open source project websites.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Documentation Generator
   • Static Site Generator

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Self-Hosted

   • United States

   

   

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   Positive comment by BonZho · Aug 17, 2021

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

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   • Docusaurus is Free and Open SourceGitBook is Freemium and Proprietary
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   Wiki.js

    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 (.

   83 Wiki.js alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Wiki Engine

   Origin

   • Canada

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Self-Hosted
   • Cloudron

   • Canada

   

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   MkDocs

    22 likes

   MkDocs is static site generator that's geared towards building project documentation. Documentation source files are written in Markdown, and configured with a single YAML configuration file.

   80 MkDocs alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (BSD-2-Clause)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Documentation Generator
   • Static Site Generator

   Origin

   • United Kingdom

   Platforms

   • Self-Hosted
   • Python

   • United Kingdom

   

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    Read The Docs

     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.

    40 Read The Docs alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    • Documentation Generator

    Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Online

    • Global

    

    

    

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    Quartz – Static Site Generator

     6 likes

    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)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Static Site Generator
    • Note-taking

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
    • npm

    • United States

    

    

    

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    Sphinx

     26 likes

    Sphinx is a tool that makes it easy to create intelligent and beautiful documentation, written by Georg Brandl and licensed under the BSD license.

    52 Sphinx alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Documentation Generator

    Origin

    • Germany
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
    • Self-Hosted

    • Germany
    • EU

    

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    mdBook

     13 likes

    Gitbook alternative in Rust.

    66 mdBook alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MPL-2.0)

    Application type

    • Static Site Generator

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Rust

    • United States

    

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    Positive comment by Guest · Nov 7, 2019

    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.

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    • mdBook is Free and Open SourceGitBook is Freemium and Proprietary
    • mdBook is a Static Site Generator GitBook is a Documentation Generator
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    VitePress

     8 likes

    Simple, powerful, and fast. Meet the modern SSG framework you've always wanted.

    63 VitePress alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Documentation Generator
    • Static Site Generator

    Origin

    • Singapore

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
    • npm

    • Singapore

    

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