commonplace vs BookStack

commonplace

A server for your markdown files. Give it a directory, and Commonplace gives you a url, pretty pages, and quick editing. (by fredoliveira)

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BookStack

A platform to create documentation/wiki content built with PHP & Laravel (by BookStackApp)

Wikis Bookstack Laravel PHP Wiki Selfhosted Documentation

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commonplace		BookStack
	Project
1	Mentions	312
170	Stars	13,833
-	Growth	2.6%
0.0	Activity	9.6
over 3 years ago	Latest Commit	4 days ago
CSS	Language	PHP
-	License	MIT

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commonplace

Posts with mentions or reviews of commonplace. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-02-26.

CSS Deep
2090 projects | dev.to | 26 Feb 2021

fredoliveira/commonplace - A server for your markdown files. Give it a directory, and Commonplace gives you a url, pretty pages, and quick editing.

BookStack

Posts with mentions or reviews of BookStack. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-22.

15 open-source tools to elevate your software design workflow
22 projects | dev.to | 22 Jan 2024

Link | Demo | Github | License
What wiki platforms are you using and how is it structured?
1 project | /r/sysadmin | 11 Dec 2023

While I haven't used it, Bookstack is spoken of favourably.
Solution de documentation local ?
1 project | /r/Sysadmin_Fr | 24 Nov 2023
Revision numbers?
1 project | /r/BookStack | 12 Oct 2023

On another topic, anyone knows anything similar to what's mentioned in this issue? https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack/issues/473
Welche Note taking/Wiki App nutzt ihr, falls überhaupt?
9 projects | /r/de_EDV | 10 Jul 2023
I am tired of creating documents in WORD. Looking for suggestions
1 project | /r/ITManagers | 10 Jul 2023
System documentation -IT dept (not MSP)
1 project | /r/sysadmin | 5 Jul 2023

We use a selfhosted Bookstack
What do you guys use to save / store resources you find online for later use?
1 project | /r/csMajors | 23 Jun 2023

In a self hosted bookstack wiki alongside my notes etc. https://www.bookstackapp.com/
Someone please create a modern alternative to MediaWiki
1 project | /r/selfhosted | 18 Jun 2023

Are you sure you need a wiki and not a knowledge base like osticket or bookstat? https://www.bookstackapp.com/
What WIKI do you recommend
5 projects | /r/sysadmin | 9 Jun 2023

You can spend as low as nothing and use BookStack for a great wiki experience.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing commonplace and BookStack you can also consider the following projects:

amusewiki - Text::Amuse-based publishing platform

Wiki.js - Wiki.js | A modern and powerful wiki app built on Node.js

Gollum - A simple, Git-powered wiki with a local frontend and support for many kinds of markup and content.

Outline - The fastest knowledge base for growing teams. Beautiful, realtime collaborative, feature packed, and markdown compatible.

Mediawiki - 🌻 The collaborative editing software that runs Wikipedia. Mirror from https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/core. See https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_access for contributing.

gitbook - The open source frontend for GitBook doc sites

Blazekiss

Dokuwiki - The DokuWiki Open Source Wiki Engine

MoinMoin - MoinMoin Wiki (1.9, also: 1.5a ... 1.8), stable, for production wikis

Documize - Modern Confluence alternative designed for internal & external docs, built with Go + EmberJS

Codex - Extendable Documentation Platform written in Laravel 5. Generate easy and awesome documentation!