Last checked October 15, 2026

BookStack

BookStack is a self-hosted documentation site with a fixed structure: shelves, books, chapters, and pages. The project is MIT licensed. It is deliberately simple. It is not a real-time editor, and it is not trying to be Confluence Cloud.

Open sourceMITSmall teamsWritersEducators

WebSelf-host

Website·Source

Free tier

Free to download and run. The project does not sell a hosted edition.

Hosted

No hosted price recorded.

Self-host

Easy. PHP and a database. The project documents a straightforward install and a demo instance. About $5–10/mo for a small VPS. Unverified estimate.

Drop-in scores

Replacing Confluence100% of the checklist checked.

Sources checked

https://www.bookstackapp.com/about/project-faq/
https://codeberg.org/bookstack/bookstack