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Re: Show HN: BookStack – An open source wiki platform and alternative to Confluence

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Post by unixhero »

ssddanbrown wrote: post #15
CPLX wrote: post #13

I've been looking for something just like this. Does it support migration from Confluence? I glanced over the features section and didn't see mention of that, but perhaps I missed it?

Unfortunately no readily available migration path from Confluence. I'm not familiar enough with Confluence myself to understand the formats and options that we'd need to carry across & support. Our API [1] has recently matured to now support the different content types so that could be utilised for such a migration job although the API is still growing to cover more actions/models. Have recently been thinking about p…

Confluence import could be a premium feature you could offer.

Re: Show HN: BookStack – An open source wiki platform and alternative to Confluence

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Post by Sheen96 »

Glad to see any alternatives to confluence (or Atlassian in general). I've used Confluence for a good 4 years or so and for the life of me, I can not fathom why anyone would use this for storing documentation for code etc, as opposed to storing things direct in a repo. I can understand it's use somewhat for business folks, but even then, the way of organising things is abysmal, every solution (such as rich text editing) feels very off the shelf/MVP, uninspiring UI, the list goes on. It feels like most companies that use it already use the Atlassian stack of JIRA/Bitbucket, then feel the need to tack Confluence onto the end because it's there.

Re: Show HN: BookStack – An open source wiki platform and alternative to Confluence

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Post by jraph »

ssddanbrown wrote: post #25
fnord123 wrote: post #22

Sorry 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.

this reminds me of Bitbucket…

Re: Show HN: BookStack – An open source wiki platform and alternative to Confluence

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Post by ssddanbrown »

budafish wrote: post #99

Some time ago I was trying to transition to platform to help me capture my own personal notes and organise my knowledge. BookStack was a good front runner, but I think the lack of mobile editing along with the hassle of upgrades made me end up using Notion. Now by all means notion isn't perfect at all, but for me who just wanted to start writing notes it seems the right choice at the time. I would like to switch to B…

I can understand that, Especially since Monica and BookStack share the same framework. Database issues do happen unfortunately, although I take changes pretty seriously when approach schema changes. For those that have requested support upon such issues, I've been able to get them up and running again in the vast majority of cases.

Re: Show HN: BookStack – An open source wiki platform and alternative to Confluence

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Post by ssddanbrown »

zekenie wrote: post #104

It'd be awesome if this thing had mermaidjs support. It's native in obsidian and it's such a game changer

This is something that has been requested before, although not something I'd probably look to include in the core project since I attempt to avoid custom formats and syntax where possible. That said, I'd like to get to a point where something like mermaid.js can easily be added if desired. Over the last year the BookStack platform extensibility has grow significantly (API, Webhooks, PHP Hooks, View/Language/Icon Overries) and I'm looking to continue that to achieve such requests without over-stressing the core project itself.

Re: Show HN: BookStack – An open source wiki platform and alternative to Confluence

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Post by tin7in »

KennyBlanken wrote: post #102
tin7in wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone else pointed out, creating a good real time editing experience is tricky, especially if the editor is block based. I would add Saga ( https://saga.so ) to the list of alternatives.

It is extremely offputting that Saga doesn't show a single actual product view, the site design makes me think the product is equally ugly, and they require signing up to see a demo? When a company hides the product that much and forces you to only experience it with a tour guide, it's tacit admission the product sucks .

The hero section of the website is a demo recording of the product.

Re: Show HN: BookStack – An open source wiki platform and alternative to Confluence

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Post by pm90 »

Sheen96 wrote: post #112

Glad to see any alternatives to confluence (or Atlassian in general). I've used Confluence for a good 4 years or so and for the life of me, I can not fathom why anyone would use this for storing documentation for code etc, as opposed to storing things direct in a repo. I can understand it's use somewhat for business folks, but even then, the way of organising things is abysmal, every solution (such as rich text editi…

> It feels like most companies that use it already use the Atlassian stack of JIRA/Bitbucket, then feel the need to tack Confluence onto the end because it's there.

Literally the only reason it exists. JIRA is the hook that gets companies on to the rest of the horrible Atlassian stack.

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