BookStack
Productivity
wiki
SHOW HN2022
562points
198comments
#41of 2,570 in 2022
Top 2%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
40 positive, 30 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 10 critical, out of 83 comments about the project. Thread score +0.35.
Design: 7 for, 4 againstIdea: 5 for, 4 againstExecution: 5 for, 2 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fast, simple and easy to use
From 3 comments
Thanks for creating and maintaining BookStack. My company has used it for around three years, and recently integrated it with Okta for SSO. It’s fast, simple to use, and the…
shdisi on HNSorry this is nothing like Confluence. On Bookstack you click a link and get a new page instantly. This is nothing like Confluence where you need to wait 5-8 seconds for each…
fnord123 on HNSuch a nice tool - we use it at work, and the people managing like how simple it us to use!
tommica on HN
Good API and webhooks
From 1 comment
I used to use Dokuwiki as my personal notes app/knowledgebase pretty heavily. Switched to Bookstack two years ago and never looked back. It has everything you need in a Wiki, no…
IceWreck on HN
Objections
No real-time multi-user editing
From 2 comments
The only issue I have with many Confluence alternatives is that they don't support multiple people editing the same document, at the same time, à la google docs. Does this? I…
sirodoht on HNDoes not support this at the moment. Currently rebuilding the editor with a vision to potentially support that in the future although there'd be some hurdles to jump over to get…
ssddanbrown on HN
No managed hosting offering
From 2 comments
Would be nice if they can offer a managed version in the near future
robsalasco on HNYeah, this has been requested a few times. I don't come from a hosting background (Outside of managing my own VPSs) so I don't feel it's something I can personally do (at a level…
ssddanbrown on HN
Not suited to very large enterprise scale; lacks teams concept
From 1 comment
Maybe BookStack can do fine for a company with a few dozens of employees. But Confluence can handle tens of thousands of employees. So I wouldn't label Bookstack as a Confluence…
polote on HN
Requests
Managed hosting version
From 1 comment
Would be nice if they can offer a managed version in the near future
robsalasco on HN
Migration path from Confluence
From 1 comment
I've been looking for something just like this. Does it support migration from Confluence? I glanced over the features section and didn't see mention of that, but perhaps I…
CPLX on HN
Postgres support
From 1 comment
> Does BookStack index uploaded files for search? If so, what formats does it support? No, unfortunately not. You can attach files but we only support indexing (And parsing) of…
ssddanbrown on HN
Questions
How it differs from MediaWiki or other wikis
From 2 comments
As someone who hasn’t used Confluence, how is this different from a regular wiki (e.g. MediaWiki)?
bogwog on HNCan anyone with experience with multiple wiki platforms compare this with XWiki and/or MediaWiki. I may be asked to update $WORK's wiki, which is currently MoinMoin (IIRC), and…
throw0101a on HN
Whether it supports file search and page export
From 1 comment
This looks really nice. Atlassian did not consider small businesses with regulatory requirements when it decided to push everyone to the cloud. Atlassian's cloud cannot ever meet…
annoyingnoob on HN
Alternatives named
Outline
From 2 comments
Even simpler Markdown-based: https://www.getoutline.com/
ukasiu on HNI can't say I would use BookStack. The demo doesn't show the same sort of ease of use that Confluence has, nor the features. I really like Outline https://www.getoutline.com/ as…
throwaway984393 on HN
Wiki.js
From 2 comments
Yeah, wiki.js is in the same space and seems to be pretty great. BookStack and wiki.js have taken quite different design & structure choices though so I usually advise trying out…
ssddanbrown on HNIf you're happy with wikijs I'd advise that you probably stay on it to be honest. WikiJS is a great project. They two differ quite a bit in design and structure, if wikijs's…
ssddanbrown on HN
MediaWiki
From 1 comment
Should also check out MediaWiki. The last year the visual editor is finally included with PHP, making the installation simple: https://mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki
punnerud on HN
XWiki
From 1 comment
Can anyone with experience with multiple wiki platforms compare this with XWiki and/or MediaWiki. I may be asked to update $WORK's wiki, which is currently MoinMoin (IIRC), and…
throw0101a on HN
Dokuwiki
From 1 comment
I used to use Dokuwiki as my personal notes app/knowledgebase pretty heavily. Switched to Bookstack two years ago and never looked back. It has everything you need in a Wiki, no…
IceWreck on HN