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Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to GitBook

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Docusaurus MkDocs Daux.io Docsify.js DocFX Wiki.js Archivy BitKeeper JSDoc BookStack

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to GitBook are Docusaurus, MkDocs, and Daux.io. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. Easy to maintain open source documentation websites
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Static Site Generators #Knowledge Base #Documentation As A Service & Tools 213 social mentions

  2. 2
    Project documentation with Markdown.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Knowledge Base #Internal Knowledgebase #Documentation As A Service & Tools 2 social mentions

  3. Daux.io is a documentation generator that uses a simple folder structure and Markdown files to...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Knowledge Base #Internal Knowledgebase #Documentation As A Service & Tools

  4. A magical documentation site generator.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Knowledge Base #Internal Knowledgebase #Documentation As A Service & Tools 18 social mentions

  5. 5
    A documentation generation tool for API reference and Markdown files!
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Knowledge Base #Internal Knowledgebase #Documentation As A Service & Tools 7 social mentions

  6. An open source, modern and powerful wiki app built on Node.js, Git, and Markdown.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #WiKis #Note Taking #Content Collaboration 68 social mentions

  7. A self-hosted knowledge repository that allows you to safely preserve useful content that contributes to your own personal, searchable and extensible wiki.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Knowledge Base #Search Engine #Documentation As A Service & Tools 10 social mentions

  8. BitKeeper is an open source distributed version control tool.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Git #Code Collaboration #Git Tools 1 social mentions

  9. 9
    An API documentation generator for JavaScript.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Developer Tools #Documentation As A Service & Tools #Development 54 social mentions

  10. An open source knowledge management application that's focused on ease of use.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #WiKis #Note Taking #Content Collaboration 3 social mentions

  11. Plastic SCM is a cross-platform commercial distributed version control tool.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Git #Code Collaboration #Git Tools 2 social mentions

  12. Swagger is an open source RESTapi Documentation Tool.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #API Tools #Documentation As A Service & Tools #APIs 98 social mentions

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  1. Stan Bright avatar
    Stan Bright
    · about 1 year ago
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    I've seen a few products using GitBook and all had beautiful docs with good usability.