BookStack vs AppFlowy: Which to Self-Host?

Quick Verdict BookStack is the better choice for team documentation and wikis today — it's mature, lightweight, and reliable. AppFlowy is better if you specifically need Notion-style databases (kanban boards, calendar views, table views) and are willing to accept the complexity of its multi-service self-hosted stack. BookStack is proven; AppFlowy is promising. Overview BookStack is a team documentation platform using a library metaphor (shelves/books/chapters/pages). It's been stable and actively maintained since 2015. PHP/Laravel with MariaDB. AppFlowy is an open-source Notion alternative with documents, databases, kanban boards, and calendar views. Its self-hosted version (AppFlowy Cloud) requires a complex multi-service stack: API server, GoTrue (auth), PostgreSQL, Redis, and MinIO (S3). It's under active development and growing rapidly. Feature Comparison Feature BookStack AppFlowy Documents Structured (book/chapter/page) Flexible (nested pages) Databases No Yes (tables, kanban, ca