Open Source Self-Hosted GitBook Alternatives

GitBook is not available as a self-hosted solution but there are plenty of alternatives for power users and business that want to host a solution on-premise. The best open source Self-Hosted alternative is BookStack. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to GitBook 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 GitBook are Foam, DokuWiki, Wiki.js and Docusaurus.

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GitBook alternatives are mainly Documentation Generators, but if you're looking for Static Site Generators or Wiki Engines you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Self-Hosted + Open Source and Free. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to GitBook.
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  1. BookStack icon

    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 metaphors of Books, Chapters & Pages.

    107 BookStack alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
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    Comments about BookStack as an Alternative to GitBook
    BonZho
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    is not like gitbook,is more another php site generate for a online book if you're a writter.

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

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    • Some users think BookStack is a great GitBook alternative, some don't.

    • BookStack is the most popular Web-based, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to GitBook.

    • BookStack is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to GitBook.

    • BookStack is Free and Open SourceGitBook is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Foam

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

    247 Foam alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Visual Studio Code
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    DokuWiki

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    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...

    93 DokuWiki alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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  5. Wiki.js icon

    Wiki.js

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    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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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  6. Docusaurus icon

    Docusaurus

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

    50 Docusaurus alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
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    Comments about Docusaurus as an Alternative to GitBook
    BonZho
    Positive
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    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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    Quartz – Static Site Generator

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    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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
    • npm
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  10. MkDocs icon

    MkDocs

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    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.

    69 MkDocs alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
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    Sphinx

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

    49 Sphinx alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
    • Self-Hosted
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  12. Archivy icon

    Archivy

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    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

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Docker
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  13. Docsify.js icon

    Docsify.js

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    docsify generates your documentation website on the fly. Unlike GitBook, it does not generate static html files. Instead, it smartly loads and parses your Markdown files and displays them as website. All you need to do is create an index.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
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    Comments about Docsify.js as an Alternative to GitBook
    Guest
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    Almost the same as GitBook

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks Docsify.js is a great GitBook alternative.

    • Docsify.js is Free and Open SourceGitBook is Freemium and Proprietary
  14. Starlight icon

    Starlight

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    Starlight is the web framework for building modern documentation websites. Comes with navigation, search, i18n, syntax highlighting, dark mode, and more included. Supports React, Svelte, Vue, Tailwind CSS, Markdown, and MDX. All free + open source!

    43 Starlight alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
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