BookStack
Organize and store information. Stores documentation in a book like fashion.
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Still maintained? Yes: 112 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v26.09.2 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Notion and Confluence.
At a glance
BookStack quick facts
- Health score
- 90/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 304
- Last commit
- 12 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v26.09.2, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to BookStack
Full rankings: Notion alternatives, Confluence alternatives
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
BookStack scores 90/100, #8 of 24 in Wikis: 112 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v26.09.2, 10 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 304 stars add 9.9 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 10.1 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the Codeberg API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
112 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v26.09.2 released 10 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 9.9 / 20
304 stars on Codeberg (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 112
- Last 90 days
- 151
- Last 12 months
- 12 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #8 of 24 tools in Wikis by health , between Wiki-Go (#7) and WikiDocs (#9) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | PHP, Docker |
| Latest release | v26.09.2 · 10 days ago |
| Stars | 304 |
| Open issues | 715 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | codeberg.org/bookstack/bookstack ↗ |
BookStack vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with BookStack (Wikis), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outline | 98 | 41k | BUSL-1.1 | today |
| Wiki.js | 98 | 29k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| docmost Community Edition | 97 | 22k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| XWiki | 92 | 1.3k | LGPL-2.1 | today |
| BookStack (this tool) | 90 | 304 | MIT | 12 days ago |
| Dokuwiki | 85 | 4.7k | GPL-2.0 | 1 month ago |
BookStack: common questions
What does BookStack replace?
Repoly lists BookStack as an open-source alternative to Notion and Confluence. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where BookStack stands against the others.
Is BookStack still maintained?
BookStack had 112 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 12 days ago; the latest tagged release, v26.09.2, is from 10 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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