Such a nice tool - we use it at work, and the people managing like how simple it us to use!
Same here. Simple, focused, and easily usable by non-tech people. We adopted Bookstack several years ago, and we've never looked back.
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Re: Show HN: BookStack – An open source wiki platform and alternative to Confluence
#32I've been working on BookStack for over 6 years now, learning a lot about open source project maintainership during that time. Originally developed it while looking for a documentation system for my mixed-technical-skill workplace. Wanted something easy to use without having to get finance involved when increasing our user count. With Confluence backing away from their self-hosted offerings, hopefully many will find…
Impressive that you've stuck to it for more than six years. I remember testing an early version. Looks like you've made a lot of improvements in that time.
Thanks! I've learnt a lot in that six years. I've been quite proud of our constant, yet steady, pace of development while retaining upgrade compatibility (where possible).
Re: Show HN: BookStack – An open source wiki platform and alternative to Confluence
#33I can't say I would use BookStack. The demo doesn't show the same sort of ease of use that Confluence has, nor the features.
I really like Outline https://www.getoutline.com/ as it is open source, self hosted and free if you don't use the Enterprise features. It really does seem to be a Confluence replacement. https://www.getoutline.com/compare/confluence-alternative
Re: Show HN: BookStack – An open source wiki platform and alternative to Confluence
#34The only issue I have with many Confluence alternatives is that they don't support multiple people editing the same document, at the same time, à la google docs. Does this? I can't tell from the landing page.
And Confluence supports collaborative editing.
Re: Show HN: BookStack – An open source wiki platform and alternative to Confluence
#35I came across your software a few weeks ago when I was looking for some kind of locally hosted collaborative documentation suite for internal use, basically, a wiki that can be used by people who aren’t programmers. I was a bit incredulous when I found that it is basically expected to use markdown if you want to have a wiki. This really raises the barrier to entry and restricts users to ones that are technically prof…
Not sure if this fully fits your needs but you might want to look at Wiki.js. You can self host it, has WYSIWYG editor available (as well as HTML and markdown). I'm not associated, just use it for some time. https://js.wiki/
Yeah, wiki.js is in the same space and seems to be pretty great. BookStack and wiki.js have taken quite different design & structure choices though so I usually advise trying out the demos of both to see what best fits.
Re: Show HN: BookStack – An open source wiki platform and alternative to Confluence
#36Such a nice tool - we use it at work, and the people managing like how simple it us to use!
Same here. Simple, focused, and easily usable by non-tech people. We adopted Bookstack several years ago, and we've never looked back.
Great to hear it's been used to some longer term success!
Re: Show HN: BookStack – An open source wiki platform and alternative to Confluence
#37Another option I've been considering for a change away from Confluence is Gitbook. Curious to hear if anyone has done an in-depth comparison of these two.
Re: Show HN: BookStack – An open source wiki platform and alternative to Confluence
#38Sorry this is nothing like Confluence. On Bookstack you click a link and get a new page instantly. This is nothing like Confluence where you need to wait 5-8 seconds for each page. And no, I will never not shit in Atlassian products until they fix performance. Trello is the standout. Thanks for not trashing it.
I hear this a lot from people switching from Confluence. I watched a colleague using Confluence once and was surprised how much time was spent looking at those text-placeholder blocks while content was presumably loading in the background.
My favorite is when elements jump around while they load, so you're guaranteed to misclick on links. So then you'll have to wait again (when going back), because of course the cache hasn't been invented yet.
Re: Show HN: BookStack – An open source wiki platform and alternative to Confluence
#39Thanks for creating and maintaining BookStack. My company has used it for around three years, and recently integrated it with Okta for SSO. It’s fast, simple to use, and the recent search improvements have really made it an excellent product.
Re: Show HN: BookStack – An open source wiki platform and alternative to Confluence
#40Would be nice if they can offer a managed version in the near future
Yeah, this has been requested a few times. I don't come from a hosting background (Outside of managing my own VPSs) so I don't feel it's something I can personally do (at a level of service I'd be happy with) but the idea of partnering with someone that has experience is something I've though about; The tricky part is finding someone I can trust enough to send users to.