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BookStack

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FigureBookStackRead the Docs
Price from£37.50/mo$50/mo
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open source——
WebYesYes
LinuxYes—
APIYes—
Self-hostedYes—
Plans published45
Spec score · Knowledge base software8.9 (#8)8.8 (#15)
Publishing audiencebothboth
Custom domainYesYes
Founded20152010
Free planYesYes
SSO supportYesYes
Version historyYesYes

Plans

BookStack

  • BookStack self-hostedFree
  • Community SupportFree
  • Professional Support Plan£450 a year
  • Enterprise Support Plan£4,500 a year

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Read the Docs

  • CommunityFree
  • Basic$50 a month
  • Advanced$150 a month
  • Pro$250 a month
  • Enterprise$10,000 a year

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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.

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