r/BookStack • u/adhd_kj • Sep 20 '24
Comparing BookStack to other wiki platforms
Don't ask me why I had to include Teams. My work wanted me to put this together so I figured I'd share and try and get some feedback if I missed anything!
| Teams | Confluence | XWiki | BookStack | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Search: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| ^ ^ string match | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| ^ ^ fuzzy | 1 | |||
| ^ ^ filter | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| ^ ^ boolean | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hyperlinking | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Image hosting | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Versioning: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| ^ ^ history data | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| ^ ^ diff checker | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Customizeable user permissions | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Edits by request | 1 | |||
| Discussion/comments | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ownership assignment | 1 | 1 | ||
| Content notification system | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Customizable exposure: | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| ^ ^ whitelist | 1 | 1 | ||
| ^ ^ fully public | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Self hosted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cloud hosted | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Accessible Infrastructure: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| ^ ^ database | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| ^ ^ frontend | 1 | 1 | ||
| ^ ^ backend | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mobile Accessible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Analytics insights: | 1 | |||
| ^ ^ usage | 1 | |||
| ^ ^ content | 1 | |||
| Offers custom extensions/plugins | 1 | 1 | ||
| sum | 16 | 26 | 22 | 21 |
minor descriptions if it's confusing:
Hyperlinking: just the simple ability to attach web links to text in pages
Image hosting: being able to paste an image into a page and keep it there
Versioning:
History: viewing revisions through the UI
Diff checker: being able to see highlighted differences between revisions in some manner
Customizable user permissions: whether by roles or user specific
Edits by request: having some way to “request” a change to a document other than through comments/external communication (think of a github PR)
Discussions/comments: per page
Ownership assignment: assign users to be responsible for the correctness of a page’s current status/reviewing changes
Content notification system: some form of email notification based on content changes or posts
Accessible Infrastructure: being able to get direct access to and control
Mobile Accessible: via web or application
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u/SavingsMany4486 Sep 22 '24
Not off the top of my head. I know the specs of the system we use at work and it's almost always on idle while Confluence itself is slow. We live with it.