Writerside AlternativesDocumentation Generators and other similar apps like Writerside

Writerside is described as 'The most powerful development environment – now adapted for writing documentation' and is a documentation generator in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Writerside for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Linux, Web-based, Mac and Windows apps. The best Writerside alternative is BookStack, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Writerside are GitBook, Docusaurus, Code Hike and Archivy.

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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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
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    • BookStack is the most popular Web-based, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Writerside.

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

    • BookStack is Free and Open SourceWriterside is Free and Proprietary
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    Code Hike

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    Code Hike is an open-source library that bridges the gap between Markdown and React to help you create technical content that takes advantage of the modern web.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
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    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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    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

    Platforms

    • 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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
    • Self-Hosted
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    • Sphinx is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to Writerside.

    • Sphinx is Free and Open SourceWriterside is Free and Proprietary
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    Notaku

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    Turn you Notion into documentation, knowledge base and blog websites.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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    Read The Docs

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    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.

    42 Read The Docs alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  15. 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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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