BookStack
A self-hosted wiki platform for organizing and storing information with a simple user interface.
- Also known as
- bookstack
Available worldwide · Popular in: GB
What is BookStack?
BookStack is a free, open-source wiki software designed for self-hosted deployment. It provides a straightforward way to organize information into books, chapters, and pages, supporting both visual and Markdown editing.
BookStack pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free open source software. Optional support from £450/year.
Community Support
FreeNo assurance of response, support or resolution
Professional Support Plan
- Email and help-desk support
- Installation and updating issue coverage
- High priority triage for bug and issue reports
- Open source platform development support
Enterprise Support Plan
- All Professional Support features
- Highest priority support request handling
- API integration and extension assistance
- Feature and roadmap discussion with core maintainers
- Video support via Zoom, Teams, Meet, Discord
What BookStack does
The capabilities that matter for wiki software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Deployment model
- Self hosted on premise
- Hierarchical nested page trees
- ✓
- BI directional backlinking
- -
- Rich markdown slash commands
- -
- Real time multiplayer editing
- -
- Page version history and diffing
- ✓
- AI automated content summarization
- -
- Slack ms teams chat embeds
- -
- Jira github engineering embeds
- -
- Figma lucidchart design embeds
- -
- SOC2 type ii
- -
- ISO 27001
- -
- Pricing model
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- On-premise
- Self-hosted
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 10 (0 in the last 12 months), max severity HIGH sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
BookStack alternatives
Other wiki software we track, ranked by the same independent score.
Compare BookStack
Side by side against other wiki software, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for BookStack, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release cadence | 94 | 0.05 | 4.9 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 51 | 0.09 | 4.8 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 46 | 0.07 | 3.2 | ✓ |
| Stars | 81 | 0.03 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Security score | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 40 | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 65% |
Adoption
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Deployment model: self_hosted_on_premise · Hierarchical nested page trees: Yes · Page version history and diffing: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | PHP | highsource · 2026-10-13 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | MIT | highsource · 2026-10-13 · 95% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 50% |
Pricing
Release
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vulnerabilities | Count: 10 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=packagist&package_name=ssddanbrown%2Fbookstack&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH | highsource · 2026-10-13 · 90% |
| Disclosure policy | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
| Trust center | https://www.bookstackapp.com/docs/admin/security/ | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
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