Leanpub Alternatives

Leanpub is described as 'Platform for writing, publishing, and selling ebooks or courses, supporting Markdown, ongoing updates, GitHub/Dropbox sync, quizzes, and 80% royalties' and is an website. There are more than 10 alternatives to Leanpub, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux and Self-Hosted apps. The best Leanpub alternative is Udemy. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try GitBook or Archivy. Other great sites and apps similar to Leanpub are mdBook, Writerside, Notaku and Vrite.

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  1. Udemy icon
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    The platform connects 73 million students with 250,000 courses on subjects like programming, marketing, and design. Features lifetime access and 75+ language options, plus offline learning and mobile app support. Includes quizzes, instructor Q&A, and more.

    167 Udemy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  2. Archivy icon
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    A self-hosted knowledge repository that allows you to safely preserve useful content that contributes to your own personal, searchable and extensible wiki.

    56 Archivy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Docker
     
  3. Writerside icon
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    The most powerful development environment – now adapted for writing documentation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • IntelliJ IDEA
     
  4. Notaku icon
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    Turn you Notion into documentation, knowledge base and blog websites.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. Vrite icon
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    Open-source headless CMS ideal for programming blogs, offering a modern WYSIWYG editor, Markdown, code formatting, real-time collaboration, Kanban dashboard, and versatile API for content delivery.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  6. Bookdown icon
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    The bookdown package is a free and open-source R package built on top of R Markdown to make it really easy to write books and long-form articles/reports.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java Mobile
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. BookBaby icon
     Like

    BookBaby digitally distributes the works of independent authors, poets, memoirists, and publishers, making their eBooks available on Apple’s iBookstore in all the available regions and territories. We are part of the CD Baby family (the world's largest online distributor of...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. NextBook icon
     4 likes

    NextBook is quick and easy way to buid technical books or documentation that support modern standards and run blazingly fast. It's built with MDX and Next.js and works by compiling markdown or MDX down to plain static html.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  9. Design Gurus icon
     3 likes

    Design Gurus are a team of senior engineers and managers from Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Lyft, and Amazon. They build this platform to develop easy-to-understand courses to help software engineers prepare for system design and coding interviews.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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