mdBook Alternatives

mdBook is described as 'Gitbook alternative in Rust' and is a static site generator in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to mdBook for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Linux, Web-based, Mac and Windows apps. The best mdBook alternative is BookStack, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like mdBook are Pandoc, GitBook, Docusaurus and Quartz – Static Site Generator.

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  1. Notaku icon
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    Turn you Notion into documentation, knowledge base and blog websites.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. Blogdown icon
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    The goal of the blogdown package is to provide a powerful and customizable website output format for R Markdown. Use dynamic R Markdown documents to build webpages featuring:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. Retype icon
     7 likes

    A documentation generator that builds HTML output based on Markdown files. Supports Markdown specs and offers a wide set of custom components using Markdown-like syntax. Builds Reference Source documentation for .NET projects (more added soon).

    52 Retype alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Docsify.js icon
     15 likes

    docsify generates your documentation website on the fly. Unlike GitBook, it does not generate static html files. Instead, it smartly loads and parses your Markdown files and displays them as website. All you need to do is create an index.

    52 Docsify.js alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Starlight icon
     4 likes

    Starlight is the web framework for building modern documentation websites. Comes with navigation, search, i18n, syntax highlighting, dark mode, and more included. Supports React, Svelte, Vue, Tailwind CSS, Markdown, and MDX. All free + open source!

    43 Starlight alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Archbee icon
     15 likes

    Generate and manage technical documentation with AI-powered tools, real-time collaboration, GitHub content sync, custom domains, automated onboarding support, 30 customizable blocks, external integrations, JavaScript and React widgets, and secure distribution.

    107 Archbee alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Archbee is the most popular SaaS alternative to mdBook.

    • Archbee is the most popular commercial alternative to mdBook.

    • Archbee is Paid and ProprietarymdBook is Free and Open Source
  7. Wizyz icon
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    Wizyz is a no-code website builder designed to make creating documentation sites fast, simple, and accessible to everyone. With Wizyz, you don’t need to worry about coding, design complexity, or technical setup.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Online
     
  8. Vrite icon
     1 like

    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 (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  9. docs.page icon
     2 likes

    Instant docs with zero configuration.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Write your documentation in Markdown and create a professional static site in minutes – searchable, customizable, in 60+ languages, for all devices.

    28 Material for MkDocs alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
     
  11. Bookdown icon
     5 likes

    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
     
  12. Docz icon
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    Zero config documentation static website generator.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Node.JS
    • npm
     
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