BookStack
BookStack is a self-hosted documentation platform for storing, organizing, and maintaining information in a simple, structured workspace for teams and other.

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HostingSelf-hostable
LicenseMIT
LanguagePHP
Last commitJul 30, 2026
Latest releaseJul 29, 2026
Release frequency1.8 per month
Contributors238
Stars18,987
Forks2,416
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What it does
BookStack is an opinionated documentation platform for storing and organizing information. It is designed to provide an intuitive experience for creating content, while retaining advanced features for users who need them. The repository describes it as focused specifically on documentation rather than as a broadly extensible platform.
The project is open source under the MIT License and includes installation instructions, documentation, and a demo instance. Its source is a complete Laravel and PHP application intended for deployment as a user-controlled BookStack instance. The supplied evidence does not detail live document collaboration, workspace-wide search and answers, templates, AI drafting, whiteboards, or structured databases.
Capabilities
#Collaborative knowledge pages from draft to maintained team reference
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