Writerside AlternativesDocumentation Generators and other similar apps like Writerside

Writerside is described as 'The most powerful development environment – now adapted for writing documentation' and is a documentation generator in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Writerside for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Linux, Web-based, Mac and Windows apps. The best Writerside alternative is BookStack, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Writerside are GitBook, Docusaurus, Archivy and Code Hike.

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  1. BookStack icon
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    BookStack is a free and open source knowledge management platform built on PHP. The system has been built around simplicity to ensure that adding information to it is not a chore. The content structure is built on the metaphors of Books, Chapters & Pages.

    107 BookStack alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
     
    • BookStack is the most popular Web-based, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Writerside.

    • BookStack is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Writerside.

    • BookStack is Free and Open SourceWriterside is Free and Proprietary
  2. Archivy icon
     12 likes

    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. Code Hike icon
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    Code Hike is an open-source library that bridges the gap between Markdown and React to help you create technical content that takes advantage of the modern web.

    47 Code Hike alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. mdBook icon
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    Gitbook alternative in Rust.

    56 mdBook alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Rust
     
    • mdBook is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to Writerside.

    • mdBook is Free and Open SourceWriterside is Free and Proprietary
  5. Sphinx icon
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    Sphinx is a tool that makes it easy to create intelligent and beautiful documentation, written by Georg Brandl and licensed under the BSD license.

    49 Sphinx alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Notaku icon
     5 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Read The Docs icon
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    Read the Docs hosts documentation for the open source community. It supports Sphinx docs written with reStructuredText, and can pull from your Subversion, Bazaar, Git, and Mercurial repositories. The code is open source, and available on github.

    42 Read The Docs alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Docsify.js icon
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    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
     
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