BookStack vs NextWiki
BookStack
bookstackapp.comNextWiki
next-wiki.comSide by side
| Figure | BookStack | NextWiki |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | £37.50/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 0 |
| Spec score · Wiki Software | 9.0 (#3) | 7.0 (#32) |
| API | The project describes a growing REST API for automation and importing content. | The demo documentation says NextWiki uses tRPC for internal communication and that a dedicated public REST API may be considered in the future. |
| Authentication | BookStack supports OIDC, SAML2 and LDAP, plus social-based secondary authentication options. | The README says credential and OAuth login are supported, while noting that only password login is currently implemented. |
| Organization | Content is organized into Books, Chapters and Pages. | It supports tags and categories, and users can move or rename pages and folders. |
| Product | BookStack is a simple, self-hosted, easy-to-use platform for organising and storing information. | NextWiki is an open-source wiki system for creating and managing knowledge bases. |
| Search | Content is fully searchable at book level or across all books, chapters and pages, with direct paragraph linking. | Search supports full-text and fuzzy matching, with highlighted results. |
Plans
BookStack
- BookStack self-hostedFree
- Community SupportFree
- Professional Support Plan£450 a year
- Enterprise Support Plan£4,500 a year
In their own words
BookStack
BookStack is a free, open-source platform for organizing and storing information on a self-hosted instance. It organizes content into Books, Chapters and Pages, with a WYSIWYG editor and an optional Markdown editor with live preview. Search works within a book or across books, chapters and pages, and users can link directly to paragraphs. The editor includes diagrams.net drawing capability. Authentication supports OIDC, SAML2 and LDAP, as well as social-based secondary authentication options. Built-in multi-factor authentication can be enforced by role and uses TOTP and static backup codes. Content exports include contained HTML, PDF, plain text, Markdown and Portable ZIP. The project describes a growing REST API for automation and importing content. The MIT-licensed software has no cost to download and install. Setup requires PHP 8.2 or newer, MySQL 8.0 or MariaDB 10.6 or newer, Git, Composer 2.2 or newer and a PHP-compatible web server. BookStack does not currently support shared PHP hosting. Community support is free but does not assure a response, support or resolution; paid support plans are also listed.