BookStackApp/BookStack

This system is a comprehensive, self-hosted knowledge base and documentation platform designed for creating, organizing, and sharing structured content such as books, chapters, and pages. It provides a robust suite of features including a modernized WYSIWYG and Markdown editors, advanced user authentication with MFA and SSO support, and a flexible permission system. The application also supports content versioning, activity tracking, and external integrations via webhooks and a RESTful API.

The project underwent a comprehensive modernization, migrating from the legacy 'Oxbow' namespace to 'BookStack' and upgrading to a modern PHP and JavaScript stack. This period focused on refactoring the codebase's architecture, including the HTTP layer, exception handling, and entity repositories, while simultaneously expanding test coverage and implementing a new role-based permission system.

51 changes

This period focused on modernizing the application's architecture and user interface, introducing a component-based frontend, a modular Blade template structure, and a new theme system. It also expanded API capabilities with documentation and token management, while significantly increasing test coverage across the codebase.

48 changes

This period focused on replacing the WYSIWYG editor with a modern Lexical-based implementation and introducing a comprehensive activity tracking and notification system. The work also included significant refactoring of authentication, search, and export/import functionalities to improve modularity and testability.

65 changes

This period focused on introducing new content organization and editing capabilities, specifically a flexible book sorting system and significant enhancements to the Markdown and WYSIWYG editors. The work included building pluggable input backends, adding UI decorators for diagrams and mentions, and expanding test coverage for search, themes, and utility functions.

13 changes

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