Anyone knows a free alternative to gitbook?

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  • Outline

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

  • I found alternative free Self hosted solutions: 4.3 ⭐Outline Self hosted & premium edition, looks nice +integrations https://www.getoutline.com/ 4.2⭐ Retype self hosted with npm & uses markup https://retype.com/ It's responsive but takes a bit for a lot of content in subchapters

  • mkdocs-material

    Documentation that simply works

  • 4.0⭐ Material for MkDocs Popular, alternative to gitbook, markup https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/ 4.0⭐Wiki.js 3.0 coming soon, self hosted ( 1 developer ) https://js.wiki/ 3.9⭐ docs.page Fast, Looks easy to setup https://docs.page/homepage

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • retype

    Retype is an ✨ ultra-high-performance✨ static site generator that builds a website based on simple text files.

  • I found alternative free Self hosted solutions: 4.3 ⭐Outline Self hosted & premium edition, looks nice +integrations https://www.getoutline.com/ 4.2⭐ Retype self hosted with npm & uses markup https://retype.com/ It's responsive but takes a bit for a lot of content in subchapters

  • Mattermost

    Mattermost is an open source platform for secure collaboration across the entire software development lifecycle..

  • 4.5⭐Mattermost Project collaboration, (slack & Trello with notion combined ) private, free https://mattermost.com/

  • Wiki.js

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

  • 4.0⭐ Material for MkDocs Popular, alternative to gitbook, markup https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/ 4.0⭐Wiki.js 3.0 coming soon, self hosted ( 1 developer ) https://js.wiki/ 3.9⭐ docs.page Fast, Looks easy to setup https://docs.page/homepage

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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