Wikibooks

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Runs on api, self-hosted, Web.

Wikibooks is ranked #11 of 27 in open educational resource platforms on The Geeks Club. It runs on API, Self-hosted, Web.

Compared on open educational resource platforms

Free plan: Yes
Remix and adaptation: Yes
Authoring tools: Yes
Download formats: PDF, HTML, wiki markup, XML
API access: Yes
Content review: Yes

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The record

Purpose: Wikibooks is an open-content collection of textbooks that anyone can edit.
Content: The Wikimedia Foundation describes Wikibooks as a collection of free e-book resources, including textbooks, annotated texts, instructional guides, and manuals.
Cost: Anyone can access Wikibooks textbooks at no cost.
Subjects: The site organizes books across subjects including computing, engineering, humanities, languages, mathematics, science, and social sciences.
Editing: Wikibooks is designed to let people edit pages and contribute to its textbook collection.
Change tracking: Readers can monitor changes to pages, linked pages, selected lists of pages, or pages edited by a particular user.
Export: Collections of Wikibooks pages can be downloaded in PDF or OpenDocument format, or ordered as printed books through PediaPress.
Print formats: Wikibooks help describes creating print versions of books and making PDF versions.
Downloads: Users can download an XML dump of the entire English Wikibooks site or export selected pages.
Account access: Logging in is not required to read Wikibooks or to edit most pages, although some exceptions apply.
Privacy: The Wikimedia Foundation says edits made without registering, logging in, or using a temporary account show the editor’s IP address publicly.
Licensing: The main page says its text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, with additional terms potentially applying.
Community support: The Wikibooks Reading room is a place to raise and answer questions about technical issues, policies, and other project concerns.
Content scope: The project aims to provide free e-book resources including textbooks, annotated texts, instructional guides, and manuals.

Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Open Educational Resource Platforms in 2026#11 of 27

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Sources

en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page· checked 30 Sept 2026
wikimediafoundation.org/what-we-do/wikimedia-projects/· checked 30 Sept 2026
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Help:Contributing· checked 30 Sept 2026
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Help:Tracking_changes· checked 30 Sept 2026
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Help:Collections· checked 30 Sept 2026
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Help:Print_versions· checked 30 Sept 2026
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Help:Database_download· checked 30 Sept 2026
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Help:Account_management· checked 30 Sept 2026
foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_policy· checked 30 Sept 2026
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Staff_Lounge· checked 30 Sept 2026
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Using_Wikibooks/Introduction/What_· checked 30 Sept 2026
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Help:FAQ/Overview· checked 30 Sept 2026