An open source static site generator for building and maintaining documentation and project websites with Markdown/MDX, React, versioning, and i18n.
66.1k stars10k forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
20 self-hosted Archbee alternatives
Archbee is a cloud documentation and knowledge portal platform for teams to create, organize, and publish product, API, and internal documentation. It offers collaborative editing, structured knowledge bases, search, review workflows, integrations and AI-assisted Q&A.
Alternatives to Archbee
#2
Outline is a fast, collaborative knowledge base for teams, featuring markdown docs, real-time editing, AI-powered search, and Slack integrations.
40.3k stars3.5k forkslast commit Actively maintained
#3
A modern, extensible Node.js wiki with Markdown editing, powerful admin tools, multiple auth options, and support for popular SQL databases.
28.8k stars3.3k forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#4
MkDocs is a Python-based static documentation site generator that builds searchable HTML docs from Markdown using a simple YAML configuration and themes/plugins.
22.4k stars2.6k forksBSD-2-Clauselast commit Slowing down
#5
Open-source Confluence/Notion alternative for team wikis and documentation with real-time editing, spaces, permissions, diagrams, and search.
21.5k stars1.5k forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
BookStack is a simple documentation and wiki platform with a WYSIWYG and optional Markdown editor, full-text search, permissions, and integrated authentication.
19k stars2.4k forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
Collaborative note-taking, wiki, and documentation platform with real-time editing, access control, and offline support. Built with Django and React/Next.js.
16.8k stars620 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
#8
Open-source collaborative documentation and wiki platform with real-time editing, offline sync, export features and flexible self-hosting options.
16.8k stars620 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
#9
Git-backed wiki engine that supports multiple markup formats, an integrated editor, and features like diagrams, math rendering, citations, and RSS feeds.
14.3k stars1.6k forksMITlast commit Slowing down
#10
TiddlyWiki is a self-contained, highly customizable personal wiki that runs in the browser or on Node.js, enabling notes, knowledge bases, and documentation in one file.
8.6k stars1.3k forkslast commit Actively maintained
#11
Open-source, web-based collaborative Markdown editor for real-time notes, diagrams, and slide presentations with revisions and access controls.
7.4k stars590 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#12
DokuWiki is a lightweight, file-based wiki engine with ACL, versioning, and a rich plugin/template ecosystem for documentation and knowledge bases.
4.7k stars919 forksGPL-2.0last commit Actively maintained
#13
Raneto is an open-source, file-based Markdown knowledge base for Node.js with web editing, full-text search, theming, and optional login protection—no database required.
2.9k stars442 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
#14
Open source architecture documentation tool to model and document domains, services, events, and schemas for event-driven and microservice systems.
2.8k stars272 forkslast commit Actively maintained
#15
Documize is a self-hosted knowledge base and documentation platform for internal and external docs, offering spaces, labels, search, and enterprise-friendly authentication.
2.4k stars239 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#16
Gitit is a wiki engine that stores pages in a git-compatible repo, uses Pandoc for markup, and runs on Happstack.
2.3k stars232 forksGPL-2.0last commit Actively maintained
#17
Extensible Django wiki application with Markdown pages, versioning, permissions, and a pluggable architecture for integrating knowledge bases into Django sites.
1.9k stars588 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
A minimalistic wiki for collaborative documentation, storing pages in Git and editing in Markdown with version history, attachments, and user authentication.
1.5k stars124 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
#19
Enterprise-grade open-source wiki platform for knowledge management, intranets and web applications.
1.3k stars661 forksLGPL-2.1last commit Actively maintained
#20
Open-source server for hosting multiple static documentation projects with versioning, CLI upload, tagging and built-in search.
902 stars55 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
What replacing Archbee actually involves
Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 18 of 20 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: MIT, AGPL-3.0, BSD-2-Clause, GPL-2.0, GPL-3.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.
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