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24 alternatives to Paperback

Simpler and tidier alternative to wiki pages

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Paperback launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Paperback▲69
A simple and beautiful way to read Pinboard articles later
2018 · its alternatives →
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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 →
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Hardcover▲307
Discover, track and read life-changing books
2023 · hardcover.app · its alternatives →
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Hardcover▲141
Social discovery for serious book lovers
2022 · hardcover.app · its alternatives →
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Wikiprint▲81
Beautiful, printer friendly versions of any Wikipedia page
2023 · wikiprint.vercel.app · its alternatives →
6
Writebook▲318
Instantly publish your own books on the web for free
2024 · once.com · its alternatives →
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ShelfTaught▲203
Crowdsourcing wisdom through book recommendations 📚
2018 · its alternatives →
8
Docker for Beginners▲66
docker for beginners
2016 · docker-curriculum.com · its alternatives →
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bookclub▲383
A beautiful, simple alternative to Goodreads 📚
2018 · its alternatives →
10
Digital Bookshelf ▲127
A Notion space to store your content, notes and learnings.
2022 · hdfocal.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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Save, annotate and organize podcasts, blog posts, newsletters, videos▲181
Shelf.so is for sale on Spaceship. Secure checkout and quick transfer. See all purchase options. No hidden fees.
2021 · shelf.so · its alternatives →
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Shelf▲93
Save, organize and annotate learning resources.
2021 · shelf.so · its alternatives →
13
Screenbreak▲110
Turn your "read later" articles into paperbacks
2020 · screenbreak.webflow.io · its alternatives →
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Papyrus,a simple way to create ebooks▲58
2013 · papyruseditor.com · its alternatives →
15
Publitas▲128
Easily turn your PDFs into beautiful, online publications.
2014 · publitas.com · its alternatives →
16
ReadHere▲146
Lightweight PDF & EPUB reader in your browser
Jun 2026 · readhere.app · its alternatives →
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Leaflet.pub – a web app for creating and sharing rich documents▲170
Hi HN! For the last 8 months we've been working on leaflet.pub, a web app for making delightful documents. We're trying to strike a balance between Notion and Google Docs — very fast, ultralight and easy to share, but also supporting rich blocks and multiple pages. Weirdly, none of the many notetaking/document apps that we could find hit this combination, so we made Leaflet. With it you can: - Instantly create a doc, without an account - Share read and edit links - Sign-in with email to sync your docs to different devices - Add rich blocks, like canvases, subpages, rsvps, and polls It's…
2025 · its alternatives →
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Shelf▲135
A better way for teams to manage & share files, links & more
2017 · shelf.io · its alternatives →
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1paragraph – a browser-based, offline-first ePub reader▲108
2022 · 1paragraph.app · its alternatives →
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Paperback by Tablo▲58
Publish in eBook & Paperback to every bookshop in the world
2018 · tablo.io · its alternatives →
21
Bookshelves for Figma▲97
Book tracking for Figma made easy
2020 · figma.com · its alternatives →
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Shelf▲72
A pastebin for resources
2021 · shelf.gg · its alternatives →
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Hazel 2.0▲122
A simple and beautiful virtual bookshelf
2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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M-Journal▲79
Turn any Wikipedia page into a citable academic paper.
2019 · m-journal.org · its alternatives →

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