BookStack is a free and open-source wiki software aimed for a simple, self-hosted, and easy-to-use platform.

[2] BookStack’s first commit was published on 12 July 2015 by Dan Brown, an English web developer.

[6] After over five years of development by Brown and the community members, it ended the beta stage with the release of v21.04 on 9 April 2021.

[8] PHP, MySQL or MariaDB, Git (for updates), and Composer are required for the installation of BookStack.

[12] Page revisions and image management are available, as well as a full role and permission system that allows to lock down contents and actions.

A REST API is built-in, covering CRUD actions for the core content types within BookStack.