BookStack vs Docmost
BookStack and Docmost are both wiki and knowledge base software. BookStack is open source under MIT, with 19k GitHub stars. Docmost is open source under AGPL-3.0, with 22k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick BookStack when
- You want a simple, stable self-hosted documentation wiki that non-technical staff can use.
- Pick Docmost when
- A team wants Confluence-style documentation it can self-host on Postgres.
Side by side
A wiki that organises documentation into shelves, books, chapters and pages, with a WYSIWYG editor, permissions and search.
A collaborative wiki with real-time editing, spaces, permissions, comments and built-in diagrams, as a Confluence or Notion alternative.
Mainly one maintainer, and development has moved to Codeberg.
Still pre-1.0, AGPL licensed, with some features in a paid enterprise edition.
Production-ready
Usable
Self-hosted server
Self-hosted server and cloud service
PHP, Laravel and MySQL
TypeScript, React, NestJS, PostgreSQL and Redis
Open source, MIT (permissive)
Open source, AGPL-3.0 (network copyleft)
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.
Use inside your business is unrestricted. If you change it and let customers use it over the internet, you must publish your changes.
19k GitHub stars
22k GitHub stars
Established: started 11 years ago, latest release v26.09.2.
Established: started 3 years ago, latest release v0.97.0.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.