BookStack
Simple, self-hosted platform for organizing documentation as books, chapters, and pages.
Self-hosted Open source MIT wikidocs
Pricing
Free (open source).
BookStack organizes documentation with a simple, literal metaphor — books contain chapters, chapters contain pages — which makes it easy for non-technical teammates to find their way around without training.
Key features
- WYSIWYG and Markdown editing side by side
- Simple books/chapters/pages hierarchy
- Built-in diagram editor (draw.io integration)
- Lightweight — runs comfortably on a small VPS
Self-hosted vs. cloud
Self-hosted only; there’s no official managed cloud offering, which keeps it firmly in the self-hosting community’s toolkit.
Quick start
docker run -d -p 8080:8080 --name bookstack lscr.io/linuxserver/bookstack
Alternatives
Outline is the better fit if you need real-time multi-user editing rather than a more traditional wiki flow.