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
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
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: 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