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Mermaid

MermaidOpen

Text-defined diagrams: flowcharts, sequences, and Gantt in Markdown

Stars90.6K
Commitjust now
LicenseMIT

Mermaid is a JavaScript tool that renders Markdown-inspired text into flowcharts, sequence diagrams, and Gantt charts, rendered natively in Markdown hosts such as GitHub.

Alternative toExcalidrawdraw.io
Docusaurus

DocusaurusOpen

React MDX docs sites with versioning, search, and static output

Stars66.4K
Commitjust now
LicenseMIT

Docusaurus is a React-based static site generator that turns MDX documents into documentation sites with versioning, translations, and search.

Outline

Outline

Team knowledge base that stays fast as it grows

Stars34.2K
Commit21h ago
LicenseBUSL-1.1

Outline is a documentation workspace built around search and structure rather than infinite nesting. Collections, a strong editor, and genuinely fast full text search make it usable at the size where most wikis become write-only.

Alternative toNotion
Zola

Zola

Fast single-binary static site generator with Sass, feeds, and search

Stars17.5K
Commitjust now
LicenseEUPL-1.2

Zola is a static site generator in a single Rust binary that turns Markdown, Tera templates, and Sass into blogs, docs, and landing pages with feeds and search built in.

Alternative toGhost
Fumadocs

FumadocsOpen

Flexible React framework for building documentation sites

Stars13.3K
Commitjust now
LicenseMIT

Fumadocs is a React documentation framework that turns MDX content into fast docs sites with built-in search, theming, and OpenAPI support.

Alternative toDocusaurus
Vrite

Vrite

Open-source headless CMS for technical content

Stars2,005
Commitjust now
LicenseAGPL-3.0-only

Vrite is an open-source workspace for creating, managing, and delivering technical content such as product documentation, technical blogs, and knowledge bases.

Alternative toGhost
XWiki

XWiki

The Advanced Open-Source Enterprise Wiki

Stars1,317
Commitjust now
LicenseLGPL-2.1

XWiki is an open-source enterprise wiki for team knowledge bases, intranets, and documentation, with a WYSIWYG editor, rights management, and installable applications.

Alternative toOutline
Typemill

TypemillOpen

Self-hosted flat-file CMS for Markdown websites and eBooks

Stars619
Commitjust now
LicenseMIT

Typemill is a self-hosted flat-file CMS that builds websites and eBooks from Markdown files without a database.

Alternative toStatamic
xyd

xydOpen

Open-source framework for building ambitious documentation sites

Stars114
Commitjust now
LicenseMIT

xyd is an open-source documentation framework from LiveSession that turns MDX content and OpenAPI or GraphQL specifications into documentation sites with built-in themes, full-text search, plugins, and static builds.

Alternative toDocusaurus
Confluence

Confluence

Enterprise wiki wired into Atlassian's tooling

CompanyAtlassian
Since2004
PricingFreemium

Confluence is where large organisations put documentation that has to outlive the people who wrote it. Spaces, permissions, page trees, and approval workflows are built for scale and governance rather than for speed.

Alternative toNotion
Postman

Postman

API client and collaboration platform

CompanyPostman
Since2012
PricingFreemium

Postman is where most developers first poke at an API, and it grew from that into documentation, mock servers, monitoring, and team workspaces around shared collections.