Realms vs BookStack

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Realms		BookStack
	Project
-	Mentions	312
834	Stars	13,782
-	Growth	2.3%
0.0	Activity	9.6
over 1 year ago	Latest Commit	1 day ago
Python	Language	PHP
GNU General Public License v2.0 only	License	MIT

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

Realms

Posts with mentions or reviews of Realms. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

We haven't tracked posts mentioning Realms yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

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.

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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 Realms and BookStack you can also consider the following projects:

Gollum - A simple, Git-powered wiki with a sweet API and local frontend.

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

jingo - Node.js based Wiki

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

Raneto - Markdown powered Knowledgebase Wiki for Node.js

gitbook - The open source frontend for GitBook doc sites

TiddlyWiki - A self-contained JavaScript wiki for the browser, Node.js, AWS Lambda etc.

Dokuwiki - The DokuWiki Open Source Wiki Engine

amusewiki - Text::Amuse-based publishing platform

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

Gitit - A wiki using HAppS, pandoc, and git

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.