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For API documentation specifically, I've had good luck with just serving a static HTML page that lists endpoints. No framework needed.
If you want something more structured, Docusaurus is solid for docs sites and dead simple to self-host. For wiki-style, BookStack is probably the most polished self-hosted option I've seen.
What kind of docs are you looking to host? API docs, runbooks, or more like a knowledge base?
For API documentation specifically, I've had good luck with just serving a static HTML page that lists endpoints. No framework needed.
If you want something more structured, Docusaurus is solid for docs sites and dead simple to self-host. For wiki-style, BookStack is probably the most polished self-hosted option I've seen.
What kind of docs are you looking to host? API docs, runbooks, or more like a knowledge base?
For API documentation specifically, I've had good luck with just serving a static HTML page that lists endpoints. No framework needed.
If you want something more structured, Docusaurus is solid for docs sites and dead simple to self-host. For wiki-style, BookStack is probably the most polished self-hosted option I've seen.
What kind of docs are you looking to host? API docs, runbooks, or more like a knowledge base?
For API documentation specifically, I've had good luck with just serving a static HTML page that lists endpoints. No framework needed.
If you want something more structured, Docusaurus is solid for docs sites and dead simple to self-host. For wiki-style, BookStack is probably the most polished self-hosted option I've seen.
What kind of docs are you looking to host? API docs, runbooks, or more like a knowledge base?
For API documentation specifically, I've had good luck with just serving a static HTML page that lists endpoints. No framework needed.
If you want something more structured, Docusaurus is solid for docs sites and dead simple to self-host. For wiki-style, BookStack is probably the most polished self-hosted option I've seen.
What kind of docs are you looking to host? API docs, runbooks, or more like a knowledge base?
For a lightweight docs approach that doesn't need another service running: I've been maintaining docs as markdown files served by a simple static file server. Zero dependencies, works forever.
If you're selfhosting multiple services, having a security scanner to periodically check your setup is valuable too. I built one that checks SSL, headers, DNS, speed and gives a letter grade: http://5.78.129.127/security-scan
I have been running Wiki.js for about 6 months and it has been solid. The WYSIWYG editor is decent, but the markdown editor is where it shines. SQLite backend means zero extra services to manage.
One thing to consider: Wiki.js 3.0 has been "coming soon" for years. The 2.x branch works fine but development has stalled. Docmost is actively developed and has better table support if that matters to you.
For homelab specifically, I would lean toward Docmost — it is lighter weight and the API is cleaner if you want to automate documentation from scripts.
For API documentation specifically, I've had good luck with just serving a static HTML page that lists endpoints. No framework needed.
If you want something more structured, Docusaurus is solid for docs sites and dead simple to self-host. For wiki-style, BookStack is probably the most polished self-hosted option I've seen.
What kind of docs are you looking to host? API docs, runbooks, or more like a knowledge base?