Blume
Documentation website framework in MDX, designed for both people and AI agents.
SaaS: YesClosed product: Yes
- GitHub stars
- 1.7k
- Deployment
- Library
Open-source alternatives to GitBook
GitBook in the Docs & collaboration category. These are the open alternatives we recommend looking at.
Docusaurus
Builds documentation websites from Markdown, with versioning, search and translations.
MITPermissive
SaaS: YesClosed product: Yes
- GitHub stars
- 66.4k
- Deployment
- Library
Wiki.js
Powerful wiki with Markdown, permissions and many login options.
AGPL-3.0Network copyleft (AGPL)
SaaS: Yes, with conditionsClosed product: No
- GitHub stars
- 29.0k
- Deployment
- Docker
- Login/SSO
- OIDC, SAML, LDAP
Material for MkDocs
Theme and plug-ins for MkDocs that turn Markdown files into a documentation website.
MITPermissive
SaaS: YesClosed product: Yes
- GitHub stars
- 27.5k
- Deployment
- Library
BookStack
Stable wiki organised as shelves, books and pages.
MITPermissive
SaaS: YesClosed product: Yes
- GitHub stars
- 19.1k
- Deployment
- Docker
- Login/SSO
- OIDC, SAML, LDAP
Starlight
Documentation theme for Astro that builds fast, accessible documentation sites.
MITPermissive
SaaS: YesClosed product: Yes
- GitHub stars
- 9.4k
- Deployment
- Library
TiddlyWiki
Personal wiki in a single file that runs in the browser or on a Node.js server.
BSD-3-ClausePermissive
SaaS: YesClosed product: Yes
- GitHub stars
- 8.7k
- Deployment
- Server
MediaWiki
The wiki software behind Wikipedia, for large shared knowledge bases.
GPL-2.0-or-laterStrong copyleft
SaaS: YesClosed product: No
- GitHub stars
- 5.2k
- Deployment
- Server
- Login/SSO
- LDAP, OIDC
DokuWiki
Wiki engine in PHP that stores pages as text files, without a database.
GPL-2.0Strong copyleft
SaaS: YesClosed product: No
- GitHub stars
- 4.7k
- Deployment
- Server
- Login/SSO
- LDAP
Otterwiki
Minimalist wiki in Python that stores pages as Markdown in a Git repository.
MITPermissive
SaaS: YesClosed product: Yes
- GitHub stars
- 1.6k
- Deployment
- Docker
XWiki
Enterprise wiki platform with structured data, permissions and extensions.
LGPL-2.1Weak copyleft
SaaS: YesClosed product: Yes, with conditions
- GitHub stars
- 1.3k
- Deployment
- Server
- Login/SSO
- OIDC, SAML, LDAP
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