Notes & knowledge

Alternatives to Confluence

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Growth uses the latest collected snapshots; — means unavailable. Stars and licenses are not substitutes for feature verification.
Project	Stars	7-day gain	Language	License	Maintenance
docmost	22,192	—	TypeScript	AGPL-3.0	✅ Recently maintained
BookStack	19,118	—	PHP	MIT	✅ Recently maintained

docmost

docmost/docmost

Docmost is an open-source collaborative wiki and documentation software. It is an open-source alternative to Confluence and Notion.

✅ Recently maintained

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Repository verified 2026-11-02 · Official repository & installation

BookStack

BookStackApp/BookStack

NOW MANAGED ON CODEBERG

✅ Recently maintained

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Repository verified 2026-11-02 · Official repository & installation

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