BookStack vs Jotty

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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Jotty

AGPL-3.0

Self-hosted notes and checklists with markdown files, Kanban task projects, SSO, PGP encryption, and a REST API.

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Side-by-side comparison

	BookStack	Jotty
License	MIT	AGPL-3.0
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	311	2,035
Forks	37	119
Open Issues	715	56
Last Commit	Nov 5, 2026	Oct 25, 2026
First Released	Apr 27, 2026	Aug 11, 2025
Categories	Wiki Software	Note Taking & Knowledge Management Tools
Tags	#documentation #self hosted #laravel #php #markdown	#note taking #self hosted #homelab #markdown #notes

GitHub stars over time

BookStack311

Jotty

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