GitBook is a Markdown based knowledge management / Documentation tool. GitBook offers options for hosting public documentation, (password) protected documentation and internal knowledge bases. It can be used as an alternative to Static Site Generators.
Features
- Web UI
- Editor
- Collaborations with teams
- Templates (API Documentation, Meeting Notes, etc.)
- Live preview
- Integrated version control
- A lot of integration options (Google Analytics, Figma, gitHub Files, etc.)
- Option to import external content
- Website
- Markdown (.md or .markdown)
- HTML (.html)
- Microsoft Word (.docx)
- Confluence
- Notion
- GitHub Wiki
- Quip
- Dropbox Paper
- Google Docs
- Already integrated Insights (similar to Google Analytics)
- Export option, e.g., pdf
Tutorial Video
Resources
- GitBook Documentation
- Supademo: Integrate Product Demos into your Documentation
- GitBook Demo Page: Doing Meta-Analysis in R and exploring heterogeneity using metaforest
My Thoughts
- The integrations options are pretty cool
- The setup is pretty easy
- A migration from another system to GitBook also seems pretty easy
- UI customization seems very basic