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24 alternatives to BookStack

Free Open Source Wiki Software with beautiful design

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. BookStack launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   BookStack – An open source wiki platform and alternative to Confluence▲562

   BookStack is a simple, open-source, self-hosted, easy-to-use platform for organising and storing information.

   2022 · bookstackapp.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Wick Editor▲88

   The Internet's free and open-source creation suite

   2016 · wickeditor.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   FreeStack▲488

   Free tools & resources for designers

   2016 · freestack.co.uk · its alternatives →

4. 4
   OpenSpritz▲73

   A free speed reading bookmarklet inspired by Spritz

   2014 · gun.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Bookstck▲345

   A curated bookshelf (+100 books) made by entrepreneurs

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   HackerBooks.com▲351

   2011 · hackerbooks.com · its alternatives →

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   ReadMe.io▲39

   A Developer Hub for your open source software

   2014 · readme.com · its alternatives →

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   Wick – A free and open-source creation suite▲322

   2016 · wickeditor.com · its alternatives →

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   The Unsplash Book▲107

   The world's first 'fully' open source book

   2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    WikiBooks▲6

    Open Books for an Open World

    2015 · en.wikibooks.org · its alternatives →

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    Beanstack▲50

    Helping Libraries give children books & apps recommendations

    2015 · saclibrary.beanstack.org · its alternatives →

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    Matterwiki▲227

    A simple, beautiful, and open source wiki for teams

    2017 · nishantarora.org · its alternatives →

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    BookVibe▲78

    Helps you find new books by mining your Twitter stream

    2014 · bookvibe.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Framestack▲163

    Tools you need to start building

    2021 · framestack.net · its alternatives →

15. 15
    FreePik▲211

    Free graphic resources for designers and developers

    2014 · freepik.com · its alternatives →

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    PSDboom▲168

    Free and premium design resource

    2016 · psdboom.com · its alternatives →

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    CODY▲136

    Free library of HTML, CSS, & JS nuggets

    2014 · codyhouse.co · its alternatives →

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    LibHunt▲90

    A network of curated lists of useful libraries and resources

    2016 · libhunt.com · its alternatives →

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    SkillStack▲94

    A curated directory of resources to learn digital skills.

    2016 · skillstack.co · its alternatives →

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    Designing for the Web▲71

    Great free ebook about web design

    2016 · designingfortheweb.co.uk · its alternatives →

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    Kooba▲141

    An interactive graph for finding new books

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    dstack – an open-source tool to build data applications easily▲134

    Dear HN, I am Riwaj, the cofounder of dstack.ai (https://github.com/dstackai). A few months ago, we built an online service that allows users to publish data visualizations from Python or R. The idea was to build a tool that did not require additional programming or front-end development for publishing data visualizations. Such a code can be invoked from either Jupyter notebook, RMarkdown, Python, or R scripts. Once the data is pushed, it can be accessed via a browser. Open-sourcing dstack: During our customer discovery phase, we realized that dstack.ai should integrate a lot…

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    SaltStack For DevOps▲66

    Fast and simple IT automation and configuration management

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Readonomy▲81

    Shared reading list and bookmarks for teams.

    2014 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →