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title = "A Decade of BookStack"
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BookStack is now over 10 years old! The [initial commit](https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack/commit/eaa1765c7a68cd671bcb37a666203210bf05d217) for the project was made on the 12th of July 2015, and here we are a decade later.
A massive thanks to all those which have contributed to the project. Whether that's via providing code, reporting issues, providing translations, sponsoring, purchasing support, creating content, interacting with the community, or even just mentioning BookStack to others; This all helps drive the project forward and build motivation to keep the platform evolving.
A massive thanks to all those who have contributed to the project. Whether that's via providing code, reporting issues, providing translations, sponsoring, purchasing support, creating content, interacting with the community, or even just mentioning BookStack to others; This all helps drive the project forward and build motivation to keep the platform evolving.
When I started the project I was just building something to suit a need at work, I didn't envision I'd still be developing this "simple little documentation tool" 10 years down the road for a much bigger audience.
I'm so happy that the project has been able to provide value to so many during this time, and I believe there are [many things to be proud of](/blog/things-proud-of-in-bookstack/) in this decade-old open source project.
I look forward to seeing how the project evolves over the next 10 years!
### Video with Q&A
As part of this milestone I thought it'd be fun to do a community Q&A session.
You can find the Q&A, in addition to discussions for the topics of this blog-post, within the following video:
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### Financials
Here's a high-level monthly breakdown of BookStack revenue sources, starting from 2022:
[![Monthly breakdown of project finances across Kofi, Support Services & GitHub sponsors. Shows a general trend upwards, with some spikes from support services in across 2024 and 2025](/images/2025/07/bookstack_finances_jun_25.png)](/images/2025/07/bookstack_finances_jun_25.png)
This is just income, so excludes costs, fees, taxes and many other expenses. Older figures may also be slightly different to past years' blogposts due to tweaking how I collate & roll up the numbers, to make reporting a bit easier.
This is just income, so excludes costs, fees, taxes and many other expenses. Older figures may be slightly different to past years' blogposts due to tweaking how I collate & roll up the numbers, to make reporting a bit easier.
Once again we can see a build up from support services, thanks to a high rate of renewals building upon new sign-ups.
Once again we can see an increase from support services, thanks to a high rate of renewals building upon new sign-ups.
Some further enterprise support purchases (£4,500/year) have created additional spikes, especially when within months which had
received many other professional support purchases (£450/year) & renewals.
The average monthly support revenue has climbed from £1,906 to £2,522 which represents a 32% year-on-year increase.
Income via GitHub sponsors has seen the biggest increase with it averaging £1,670 over the last 12 months, up 57% from the previous 12 months at £1,065. This is mostly due to a few extra company-level sponsorships in addition to a build-up of smaller donations.
Income via GitHub sponsors has seen the biggest increase, averaging £1,670 over the last 12 months, up 57% from the previous 12 months at £1,065. This is mostly due to extra company-level sponsorships in addition to a build-up of smaller donations.
KoFi donations are up slightly with a 4% increase to a monthly average of £275.
Looking at these numbers, they seem pretty unbelievable. Over the past 12 months, the total revenue pretty much matches
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em;opacity:0.8;">Header Image Credits: &nbsp;<span>Photo by <a href="https://danb.me">Dan Brown</a></span></span>
<span style="font-size: 0.8em;opacity:0.8;">Header Image Credits: &nbsp;<span>Photo by <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Savanna_Elephants_(Loxodonta_africana)_family_coming_to_drink_..._(Photo_JC_PLE)_(52843889627).jpg">Bernard DUPONT (CC-BY-SA-2)</a> - Image Modified</span></span>

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