BookStack vs Focalboard

Comparing two open source alternatives to Notion. 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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Focalboard

AGPL-3.0

Focalboard is an open-source, self-hosted project management tool — a free alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana for boards, docs, and team planning across every workflow.

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Side-by-side comparison

	BookStack	Focalboard
License	MIT	AGPL-3.0
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	283	26,496
Forks	35	2,582
Open Issues	705	784
Last Commit	Oct 7, 2026	May 18, 2026
First Released	Apr 27, 2026	Oct 6, 2020
Categories	Wiki Software	Time & Task Management Tools Knowledge Management Tools Collaboration & Communication Tools
Tags	#documentation #self hosted #laravel #php #markdown	#kanban #project management #collaboration #docker #self hosted

GitHub stars over time

BookStack283

Focalboard

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