BookStack vs Docmost

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

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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Docmost

AGPL-3.0

Open-source collaborative wiki and documentation platform, an alternative to Confluence and Notion.

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Side-by-side comparison

	BookStack	Docmost
License	MIT	AGPL-3.0
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	232	21,335
Forks	28	1,502
Open Issues	691	316
Last Commit	Aug 13, 2026	Aug 12, 2026
First Released	Apr 27, 2026	Aug 3, 2023
Categories	Wiki Software	Wiki Software Internal Knowledge Base
Tags	#documentation #self hosted #laravel #php #markdown	#self hosted #documentation #collaboration #wiki #markdown

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