BookStack

BookStack is ranked #16 of 138 in knowledge base software on The Geeks Club, made by BookStack. It runs on API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web. There is a free plan. Paid plans start at £37.50/mo.

BookStack plans and pricing

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BookStack self-hosted Free No cost to downloading and installing your own instance MIT licensed · self-hosted bookstackapp.com · 1 Oct 2026

Community Support Free Free Community discussions, Codeberg or Reddit · documentation and YouTube guidance · no assurance of response, support or resolution bookstackapp.com · 1 Oct 2026

Professional Support Plan £450/yr £450 /year Email/help-desk support · installation and updating issues · high-priority bug triage bookstackapp.com · 1 Oct 2026

Enterprise Support Plan £4,500/yr £4,500 /year Professional plan included · API integration and platform-extension assistance · up to 10 video-support hours per year bookstackapp.com · 1 Oct 2026

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Free plan: Yes

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BookStack

Publishing audience: both
Custom domain: Yes
SSO support: Yes
Version history: Yes
Product: BookStack is a simple, self-hosted, easy-to-use platform for organising and storing information.
License: BookStack is fully free and open, MIT licensed, and has no cost to download and install your own instance.
Organization: Content is organized into Books, Chapters and Pages.
Editor: The page editor provides a WYSIWYG interface, with an optional Markdown editor that includes live preview.
Search: Content is fully searchable at book level or across all books, chapters and pages, with direct paragraph linking.
Diagrams: The page editor has built-in diagrams.net drawing capability.
Authentication: BookStack supports OIDC, SAML2 and LDAP, plus social-based secondary authentication options.
MFA: Built-in MFA can be enforced per role and includes TOTP and static backup codes.
Security: BookStack supports CSP headers to increase protection against malicious content and stores MFA secrets encrypted in the database.
API: The project describes a growing REST API for automation and importing content.
Price from: £37.50/mo

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Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Knowledge Base Software in 2026#16 of 138
Best HR Knowledge Base Software in 2026#6 of 51
Best Knowledge Management Software in 2026#9 of 37
Best Wiki Software in 2026#6 of 32

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Sources

bookstackapp.com· checked 20 Sept 2026
bookstackapp.com/docs/admin/security/· checked 1 Oct 2026
bookstackapp.com/about/confluence-alternative/· checked 1 Oct 2026
bookstackapp.com/docs/admin/installation/· checked 1 Oct 2026
bookstackapp.com/docs/user/export-import/· checked 1 Oct 2026
bookstackapp.com/support/· checked 1 Oct 2026