RARadiozRadioz·Apr 28, 2026Submission
BookStack Moves from GitHub to Codeberg
84 points · Open discussionBookStackApp
BookStack
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BookStackApp / BookStack
BookStack
NOW MANAGED ON CODEBERG
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| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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16 sourcesWe use outline (https://github.com/outline/outline) at work and it works pretty well for us. It supports collaborative editing, which was the main reason we went with it.
Personally, I use bookstack (https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack) at home. Mostly because I really like the mental model of using Bookshelves, Books, Chapters and Pages to sort my notes in.
In Ask HN: Best self-hosted wiki solution in 2025? Mediawiki or something else?A platform to create documentation/wiki content built with PHP and Laravel
4 points · Open discussionUnless I'm missing something very obvious, the source repository https://github.com/streetwriters/notesnook only includes the client apps and not the server, and the parent organization "streetwriters" doesn't seem to have any other repositories for the server. How are you supposed to run your own instance without that?
There's also a lot of marketing-speak in the repository documentation and little to no documentation on how to actually deploy it. Overall this leaves a pretty bad taste in my mouth.
Compare this for example to Bookstack, which gets right to the point for how to install and deploy, with no marketing nonsense. https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack
In A fully open-source and end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to EvernoteA bit of context for HNers before/after reading -- This is from the personal blog of the creator of Bookstack[0], which is licensed under MIT.
I agree with the post and also other posters here that in that the post skips over the free/open software debate which is also quite relevant.
[0]: https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack
In Why the term "open source" is importantBookStack – open-source, self-hosted, for organizing and storing information
3 points · Open discussionThere's no particular "plugin" system. I've always aimed for BookStack to be a "batteries included" system with the essentials built-in and supported with the core.
That said, I have been opening up areas for extension, especially over the last year or two. The following systems are now available:
- REST API [1]
- Webhooks [2]
- Visual Theme System [3] (Overrides of any view/translations/icon used).
- Logical Theme System [4] (Back-end logical hooks/events/extension).
It's possible we could build a common container around these methods to form a "plugin" system but that would require significant time & thought. Not sure I'll ever soon go down that route though due to the cost it could burden upon the project. My current stance is providing opportunities for extension to those who'll be able to maintain it themselves.
[1] https://demo.book
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Yeah, Got a list of potential options under review for our required criteria: https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack/issues/2738
In Show HN: BookStack – An open source wiki platform and alternative to Confluence> 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 core page content. Indexing other formats opens up a large branch of maintenance while adding potential confusion in the platform in regards to what's considered content.
> Can pages (or books) be exported in common formats?
Yeah, Both can be exported as plaintext, markdown, contained-html or PDF. The PDF export can be troublesome but works for most simple use-cases.
> Any plans to support Postgres in the future?
Not in sight for the near future. I'm not closed off to it but there are questions of support and maintainership. My detailed thoughts on additional database support can be found here: https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack/issues/76#issuecom...
In Show HN: BookStack – An open source wiki platform and alternative to ConfluenceThanks for posting, Copying in what I added to my "Show HN" post of BookStack that didn't get very far.
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 with markdown also available although the two editor types are not yet easily interoperable. Some fan favourite features include diagrams.net (Formerly draw.io) integration, SAML/LDAP authentication support, Role based permis
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sions and a REST API.
BookStack is built on PHP using Laravel with MySQL as the primary data store. The project has steadily grown since first posted on Reddit in Jan 2016, and the community has grown steadily with it. I've found the community & management aspect of the project more difficult and tiresome than expected yet also quite rewarding. I do my best to keep the project stable and moving forward although it is all still done in my free time. I have not commercialised any aspect of it yet, apart from GitHub sponsorships, as my general preference has been to keep money out of the project so far.
I've been hesitant to post on HN before since I did not feel the BookStack was "ready" enough but, based on my experience over the last 5 years, I don't think I'll ever think get to that point. I'm looking forward to seeing what the HN community thinks of the project.
- Demo: https://demo.bookstackapp.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack
Some additional ideas:
- Kanban - Kanboard ( https://github.com/kanboard/kanboard )
- Analytics - Matomo ( https://github.com/matomo-org/matomo )
- Content Management System - Grav ( https://github.com/getgrav/grav )
- Knowledge Base - BookStack ( https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack )
- Browser - Firefox ( https://github.com/mozilla )
- Image Manipulation ( https://github.com/GNOME/gimp )
- Observability Platform - Zabbix ( https://github.com/zabbix/zabbix )
- Password manager - KeePassX ( https://github.com/keepassx/keepassx )
In Open-source alternatives to popular B2B toolsI built a documentation platform [1] for work since I didn't want to worry about licensing costs (With something like Confluence) being a factor, limiting potential access, when it comes to documenting and sharing knowledge.
I also wrote a simple little PHP script [2] to check HTTPS certificates (And email results) to help keep on top of things.
[1]: https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack
[2]: https://github.com/ssddanbrown/sslcheck
In Ask HN: Tools you have made for yourself?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 with markdown also available although the two editor types are not yet easily interoperable. Some fan favourite features include diagrams.net (Formerly draw.io) integration, SAML/LDAP authentication support, Role based permissions and a REST API.
BookStack is built on PHP using Laravel with MySQL as the primary data store. The
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project has steadily grown since first posted on Reddit in Jan 2016, and the community has grown steadily with it. I've found the community & management aspect of the project more difficult and tiresome than expected yet also quite rewarding. I do my best to keep the project stable and moving forward although it is all still done in my free time. I have not commercialised any aspect of it yet, apart from GitHub sponsorships, as my general preference has been to keep money out of the project so far.
I've been hesitant to post on HN before since I did not feel the BookStack was "ready" enough but, based on my experience over the last 5 years, I don't think I'll ever think get to that point. I'm looking forward to seeing what the HN community thinks of the project.
Site: https://www.bookstackapp.com
Demo: https://demo.bookstackapp.com
GitHub: https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack
Received these results for my own open source project:
./scorecard --repo=github.com/bookstackapp/bookstack
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RESULTS
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Active: Pass 10
CI-Tests: Pass 8
CII-Best-Practices: Fail 10
Code-Review: Fail 10
Contributors: Pass 10
Frozen-Deps: Pass 10
Fuzzing: Fail 3
Pull-Requests: Pass 7
SAST: Fail 0
Security-Policy: Fail 10
Signed-Releases: Fail 0
Signed-Tags: Pass 10
Results appear fair and accurate. I am confused though in how this project is intended to work at a higher level. The blogpost states:
> The goal of the Scorecards project is to auto-generate a “security score” for open source projects to help users as they decide the trust, risk, and security posture for their use case.
Will there be a centralised site to gather and display scores for open
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source projects? Or will it be up to the open source projects themselves to integrate this into their pages and, if so, what does that look like? Some kind of badge or a listing of the results as above? Just trying to understand how end-users will be interpreting the results in a consistent and trusted manner.
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