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 100 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, Docusaurus and Wiki.js.

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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.

    118 BookStack alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • PHP
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
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  2. Foam icon
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    Foam is a personal knowledge management and sharing system inspired by Roam Research, built on Visual Studio Code and GitHub.

    268 Foam alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Visual Studio Code
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  3. DokuWiki icon
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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...

    102 DokuWiki alternatives

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    • Cloudron
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  4. Docusaurus icon
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    Docusaurus is a project for easily building, deploying, and maintaining open source project websites.

    61 Docusaurus alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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

    84 Wiki.js alternatives

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

    79 MkDocs alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
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  7. 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.

    27 Quartz – Static Site Generator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
    • npm
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  8. Sphinx icon
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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.

    52 Sphinx alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
    • Self-Hosted
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  9. LeafWiki icon
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    LeafWiki gives you a focused space to create, structure, and maintain a personal or shared knowledge base. It helps you turn scattered notes, instructions, ideas, and reference material into clear wiki pages that are easy to read, update, and organize.

    15 LeafWiki alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  10. Archivy icon
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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 (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Docker
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  11. Docsify.js icon
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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 (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
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