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BookStack

BookStack is a free, open-source, self-hosted wiki and documentation platform built with PHP and Laravel. It provides a REST API for managing the full content hierarchy including books, chapters, pages, and shelves, as well as attachments, image galleries, comments, roles, users, audit logs, imports, search, tags, and content permissions across hierarchical knowledge bases.

BookStack publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Wiki, Documentation, Knowledge Base, Self-Hosted, and Open Source.

BookStack’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 10 more developer resources.

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19.7/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFree
1 APIs
WikiDocumentationKnowledge BaseSelf-HostedOpen SourceContent Management

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 19.7/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

BookStack REST API

The BookStack REST API provides programmatic access to manage the full content hierarchy of a BookStack instance including books, chapters, pages, shelves, attachments, image ga...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Bookstack Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Bookstack Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Bookstack Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Bookstack Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Bookstack Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg
GitHubOrg

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage
StatusPage
 RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog
 BlogRSS
BlogRSS

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

X
X

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: bookstack
name: BookStack
description: BookStack is a free, open-source, self-hosted wiki and documentation platform built with PHP and Laravel. It
  provides a REST API for managing the full content hierarchy including books, chapters, pages, and shelves, as well as attachments,
  image galleries, comments, roles, users, audit logs, imports, search, tags, and content permissions across hierarchical
  knowledge bases.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/bookstack.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bookstack/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: 2026-06-13
modified: 2026-06-13
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Wiki
- Documentation
- Knowledge Base
- Self-Hosted
- Open Source
- Content Management
apis:
- aid: bookstack:bookstack-api
  name: BookStack REST API
  description: The BookStack REST API provides programmatic access to manage the full content hierarchy of a BookStack instance
    including books, chapters, pages, shelves, attachments, image galleries, comments, roles, users, audit logs, imports,
    recycle bin, search, tags, content permissions, and system information.
  humanURL: https://demo.bookstackapp.com/api/docs
  baseURL: https://{your-bookstack-instance}/api
  tags:
  - Wiki
  - Documentation
  - Pages
  - Books
  - Chapters
  - Shelves
  - Search
  - Attachments
  - Users
  - Roles
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://demo.bookstackapp.com/api/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://demo.bookstackapp.com/api/docs#auth
common:
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/bookstack-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bookstack-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.bookstackapp.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.bookstackapp.com/docs/
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://codeberg.org/bookstack/bookstack
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.bookstackapp.com/blog
- type: BlogRSS
  url: https://www.bookstackapp.com/blog/index.xml
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.bookstackapp.com/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://www.bookstackapp.com/
- type: X
  url: https://fosstodon.org/@bookstack
- type: Plans
  url: plans/bookstack-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/bookstack-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/bookstack-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com