Show HN: BookStack – An open source wiki platform and alternative to Confluence

I've been working on BookStack for over 6 years now, learning a lot about open source project maintainership during that time. Originally developed it while looking for a documentation system for my mixed-technical-skill workplace. Wanted something easy to use without having to get finance involved when increasing our user count. With Confluence backing away from their self-hosted offerings, hopefully many will find BookStack useful. It's not supposed to be a direct replacement, and the design & content structure…

Thanks for sharing my project! I started building BookStack just over 9 years ago to suit a need at work, and have been improving & maintaining it since. I left full time employment three years ago and have been focusing on BookStack since, with my living costs now covered via project donations, sponsorships & support services, and the growth of these continue as shown in my blogpost here: https://www.bookstackapp.com/blog/9-years-of-bookstack/#fina.... The platform has been designed for ease-of-use, with…

I've been working on BookStack since 2015, as my first proper open source project, after not being able to find an existing open source, well-designed, ready-to-use (Without extensions customization) offering that would be easy to use for a mixed skill-set workplace. BookStack is designed to be a "batteries included" kind of project and both the design & content structure of the platform are fairly opinionated compared to other more common wiki offerings available. It primarily provides a WYSIWYG editing experience…