BookStack vs Requarks Wiki
BookStack and Requarks Wiki are both wiki and knowledge base software. BookStack is open source under MIT, with 19k GitHub stars. Requarks Wiki is open source under AGPL-3.0, with 29k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick BookStack when
- You want a simple, stable self-hosted documentation wiki that non-technical staff can use.
- Pick Requarks Wiki when
- A team wants a polished self-hosted wiki for internal documentation.
Side by side
A wiki that organises documentation into shelves, books, chapters and pages, with a WYSIWYG editor, permissions and search.
Wiki.js, a Node.js wiki with Markdown and visual editors, Git sync, many authentication options and search.
Mainly one maintainer, and development has moved to Codeberg.
AGPL license, and version 3 took years to arrive, so check the migration path from 2.x.
Production-ready (both)
Self-hosted server (both)
PHP, Laravel and MySQL
TypeScript, Vue, Node.js and PostgreSQL
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
29k GitHub stars
Established: started 11 years ago, latest release v26.09.2.
Established: started 10 years ago, latest release 3.0.2.
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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.