Anchor vs BookStack

Comparing two open source alternatives to Notion. Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

Anchor

AGPL-3.0

Offline-first, self-hostable note-taking app with rich text, tags, attachments, and cross-device sync via Docker.

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BookStack

MIT

Open source wiki and documentation platform with a books/shelves/pages model — a simple, self-hostable alternative to Confluence and Notion.

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Side-by-side comparison

	Anchor	BookStack
License	AGPL-3.0	MIT
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	1,399	311
Forks	64	37
Open Issues	71	715
Last Commit	Nov 3, 2026	Nov 5, 2026
First Released	Dec 1, 2025	Apr 27, 2026
Categories	Note Taking & Knowledge Management Tools	Wiki Software
Tags	#notes #self hosted #offline-first #cross-platform #docker	#documentation #self hosted #laravel #php #markdown

GitHub stars over time

Anchor

BookStack311

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