Alternatives to Read the Docs

Confluence

Confluence suits teams that need shared documentation alongside project collaboration, particularly those using Jira.

BlueSpice

BlueSpice suits companies that need shared documentation, controlled access, and workflows for company knowledge.

GitBook

GitBook suits teams that need to publish branded documentation and review changes through branches or Git synchronization.

Mintlify

Mintlify suits teams producing developer documentation with contributors across technical and non-technical roles.

Slite

Slite may suit teams that need a shared knowledge base with document verification, maintenance workflows, and search across connected tools.

BookStack

BookStack suits people or teams able to host and maintain their own information platform.

Paligo

Paligo suits organizations that manage technical documentation, policies, procedures, or knowledge content across teams and languages.

XWiki

XWiki suits organizations building internal knowledge bases, intranets, public sites or business applications.

Elium

Elium targets global operations, customer service, IT support, AI and data, and strategy and research teams.

Intercom suits businesses that need customer messaging across web and mobile, with both automated answers and agent handoff.

Scalar

Scalar suits development teams building and documenting APIs from OpenAPI documents, especially those using GitHub workflows.

Lark

Lark's Starter plan is described for small teams with simple communication needs.

Zoho Learn

It is intended for organizations and teams of any size and industry, including those handling employee, customer, partner, or compliance training.

Docmost suits teams that need shared documentation with real-time editing, structured views, and migration from common documentation tools.

Stack Internal

It suits enterprises that need governed knowledge for staff and AI agents, with permissions, connectors, and searchable answers.

Wiki.js

Wiki.js suits teams or individuals who want to host their own documentation platform across Linux, macOS, or Windows.

Hudu

Hudu suits IT teams that need to organize client documentation, credentials, assets, and recurring processes.

Papyrs

Papyrs suits teams that need a shared internal space for documentation, updates, forms, and discussions.

Redocly

Redocly suits developers, technical writers, product managers, and executives working on API documentation and governance.