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BookStack vs An Otter Wiki
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| Fact | BookStack | An Otter Wiki |
|---|---|---|
| Language | PHP | Python |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Stars | 19k | 1.6k |
| Latest | v26.09.1 | v2.25.0 |
| Last push | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-06 |
| Release cadence | about 16 days between releases | about 17 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 7 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 7 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Both replace Confluence. Alternatives to Confluence →
Full replacementBookStackWiki organised in shelves, books, chapters and pages.
PartialAn Otter WikiA Markdown wiki whose pages are kept in a git repository, with page history and user permissions; no real-time co-editing.
BookStack
An Otter Wiki
- v2.25.02026-10-03Show date, author and commit message of both compared revisions on the diff page in a compact table, and color changed…
- v2.24.12026-09-08Check style attributes for dangerous CSS in clean_html: url() targets are held to the same protocol allowlist as href a…
- v2.24.02026-08-29Sanitize custom menu icons through clean_html() with the renderer's HTML allowlist, so allowlisted tags are no longer s…
- v2.23.02026-08-05Escape user-controlled URLs in the ImageFrame and Video embeddings, which allowed stored XSS via attribute breakout. Th…
- v2.22.22026-08-02v2.22.2 Security Update
BookStack
✓ signed The latest release, v26.09.1, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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An Otter Wiki
unsigned The latest release, v2.25.0, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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