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<h2 class="margin-bottom large">What BookStack <br> Offers</h2>
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<h4>Free and Open Source</h4>
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BookStack is 100% free to use under the MIT license.
The code is fully open; Use and modify BookStack any way you
like, just provide attribution if you distribute the code.
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<h4>Self-Host However You Please</h4>
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There's no push to the cloud here unless that's your preference.
Whether you install on a Raspberry Pi, or stick it in AWS; It's fully up to you.
You can ensure your documentation stays behind your firewall.
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<h4>Lightweight and Speedy</h4>
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Tired of seeing placeholder content while your pages load? Tired of managing bloated Java processes? BookStack is built in modern PHP and can run on lightweight systems.
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<h4>WYSIWYG Editing Experience</h4>
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BookStack uses a WYSWIYG editor at it's core, with a range of essential formatting options and features. No scary mark-up language. Ideal for mixed-skill environments.
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<h4>Standard Content Storage Format</h4>
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BookStack primarily retains content in a relatively focused and flat layer of HTML. One of our ideals is to keep the format relatively standardised for if you ever need to migrate away from BookStack.
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<h4>System API</h4>
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Our growing REST API allows the programming of automation where desired, and provides a mechanism for import where needed.
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<h4>An Open Community</h4>
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Whether it's via GitHub, Discord or our subreddit, you can discuss with and seek help from the BookStack developers & the wider community.
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<h4>Diagrams.net Integration, Built In</h4>
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Want to create diagrams in your documentation? You can jump directly into an embedded <a href="https://www.diagrams.net/">diagrams.net</a> editing
session which will save directly into BookStack.
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<h4>Authentication Options</h4>
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A range of authentication options and controls are built-in including LDAP, SAML2 and a range of OAuth clients. Additionally MFA with role-based enforcement can be used with any of these.
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 <a href="https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack">GitHub</a> &nbsp; | &nbsp;
 <a href="https://demo.bookstackapp.com">Demo Instance</a> &nbsp; | &nbsp;
 <a href="/docs/admin/installation">Installation Instructions</a>
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	Read more and see screenshots on our homepage &raquo;
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<h2>Migrating From Confluence to BookStack</h2>

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We don't yet have an automated way to migrate your content directly from Confluence to BookStack. <br>
We do have a growing REST API that can be used to automate some of the process where possible. <br>
In the future we'd like to have some tools to assist with a migration but the opportunity <br> to create such tools has not yet presented itself.
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