GitBook Alternatives

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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GitBook alternatives are mainly Documentation Generators, but if you're looking for Static Site Generators or Team Collaboration Tools 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. KiloDoc icon
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    Create, share, and print vibrant docs without the headache of formatting text — for everything from notes to massive user manuals.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. ReadMe icon
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    ReadMe is a completely customizable and collaborative place for dynamic API and/or product documentation. Users can play around with the API right in the docs, automatically generated from a Swagger / OAS file. It also works as a knowledge base platform.

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    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. Leanpub icon
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    Platform for drafting, updating, publishing, and selling ebooks or online courses with plain text, Markdown, or PDF/EPUB support. Enables GitHub/Dropbox sync, provides quizzes for learners, offers ongoing updates, and grants authors an 80% royalty rate.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. DocFX icon
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    DocFX generates Documentation directly from source code (.NET, RESTful API, JavaScript, Java, etc...) and Markdown files.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Docsy icon
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    Docsy is a pre-configured Hugo theme that provides the core features and behaviors needed to create a technical documentation site.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Homebrew
    • Docker
     
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    Create powerful beautiful documentation, hassle-free. DeveloperHub is hosted documentation portals service for Product and API Docs. Write your user guides, knowledge base, API and product documentation.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  7. Doclets.io icon
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    Doclets.io is the missing hosted and automated API-Doc generation service for Javascript. By simplifying API-Doc setup it enables you to actually focus on writing documentation!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Docz icon
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    Zero config documentation static website generator.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Node.JS
    • npm
     
  9. MarkBind icon
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    A tool for generating static websites from Markdown-like syntax. Optimized for content-heavy instructional websites, e.g. course websites, tutorials, project/product documentation, textbooks. MarkBind source files can be as simple as basic Markdown, but you can also use a mix of...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Node.JS
     
  10. Blogdown icon
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    The goal of the blogdown package is to provide a powerful and customizable website output format for R Markdown. Use dynamic R Markdown documents to build webpages featuring:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. NextBook icon
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    NextBook is quick and easy way to buid technical books or documentation that support modern standards and run blazingly fast. It's built with MDX and Next.js and works by compiling markdown or MDX down to plain static html.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
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    I want to use MDX and own my data.

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    • NextBook is Free and Open SourceGitBook is Freemium and Proprietary
    • NextBook is CustomizableGitBook is not according to our users
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