GitBook Alternatives

Sites and apps similar to GitBook include BookStack, which is free and open source. Other options are Sigil, Nuclino, Foam and DokuWiki. You're spoiled for choice with Documentation Generators like GitBook: we list more than 100 alternatives for self-hosting, Linux, Mac, Windows and iPad.

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  1. Docuowl icon
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    🦉 A documentation generator. Contribute to docuowl/docuowl development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Homebrew
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  2. 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 (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Node.JS
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  3. hexo-theme-doc is a documentation theme for Hexo, the fast and powerful blog framework powered by Node.js. It differs from other Hexo themes by allowing you to present documentation—especially REST API documentation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • npm
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  4. DocPad icon
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    DocPad is a dynamic static-site generator. That is a content management system that takes content from several sources, like files on your computer, and renders them into incredibly fast static output.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Reedsy icon
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    Reedsy allows authors to find and work with the best publishing professionals: from developmental editors to book cover designers, publicists and translators. Reedsy also provides a powerful and elegant editor, a beautiful production tool that takes care of the formatting and...

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
    Write and collaborate on projects
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  6. SkyDocs icon
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    SkyDocs is a software that takes your MarkDown files and build a complete website with some magic tricks !

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java
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  7. Couscous icon
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    Static website generator designed for documentation. Couscous turns Markdown documentation into beautiful websites. It's GitHub Pages on steroids.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  8. Bookdown icon
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    The bookdown package is a free and open-source R package built on top of R Markdown to make it really easy to write books and long-form articles/reports.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java Mobile
    • Self-Hosted
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  9. Jigsaw is a framework for rapidly building static sites using the same modern tooling that powers your web applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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  10. Presidium icon
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    Presidium is a software documentation management system for agile teams, and their users, made from commonly used open source components.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • GitHub Pages
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  11. owl is a minimalistic and very fast web application that allows you to organize a simple knowledge base from Markdown files.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  12. Doctave icon
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    Doctave lets you use docs-as-code without having to manage complicated tooling or infrastructure. Write your docs in Git, and Doctave will automatically publish your documentation site when you commit your changes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Online
    • Rust
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Homebrew
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