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Retype: A self-hosted and free alternative to gitbook

59 pointsby geoffreymcgillabout 3 years ago

12 comments

mdanielabout 3 years ago
One will want to be aware of the licensing for this: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;retypeapp&#x2F;retype&#x2F;blob&#x2F;v2.2.0&#x2F;LICENSE.md" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;retypeapp&#x2F;retype&#x2F;blob&#x2F;v2.2.0&#x2F;LICENSE.md</a><p>&quot;Free&quot; as in beer, it seems
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nvrspyxabout 3 years ago
There&#x27;s also HonKit, which is a fork of gitbook.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;honkit&#x2F;honkit" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;honkit&#x2F;honkit</a>
encryptluks2about 3 years ago
Doesn&#x27;t Docusarus provide this already? Mdbook is alternative, but albeit far more limited in extended Markdown features. I wish Hugo would include a default theme that you can just point at a recursive directory of markdown files without needing silly _index.md files. JavaScript tooling is very bloated. Would be nice to have something like this in Go or Rust.
amanziabout 3 years ago
This doesn&#x27;t appear to be a valid alternative to Gitbook. I couldn&#x27;t even see a git integration feature which is a&#x2F;the key feature of Gitbook. This feels more like an alternative to the plethora of static site generators that already exist.
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hiimshortabout 3 years ago
I was initially quite impressed with the quality of the output and the feature set available. Well done! In addition, the github actions seem to make this a very quick drop-in solution which is something I need for several projects now (and have been putting off due to the heft &amp; process of existing tools).<p>However, after looking through the documentation, I finally stumbled on the mention of a license requirement. The license page is quite buried and does not appear on the navigation which makes it seem like it was intentionally hidden as a &quot;gotcha&quot;, though I don&#x27;t believe that was the intent. The page limits, while high, are somewhat unsettling. As well as the domain limits even with a pro version. I would want to apply this to a handful of my open source projects which would already require ~$200-$300 (yearly should I want updates).<p>Those arbitrary limitations on otherwise impressive software will likely keep me from using it. Though, I know I&#x27;m rather picky when it comes to the tools I use, so my opinions may not be representative.
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stephane-kleinabout 3 years ago
For me, the killer feature of Gitbook is something like « branched content? » (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;docs.gitbook.com&#x2F;editing-content&#x2F;editing-pages&#x2F;change-requests" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;docs.gitbook.com&#x2F;editing-content&#x2F;editing-pages&#x2F;chang...</a>).<p>Retype without this type of feature is like many other documentation website generators.
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emptysongglassabout 3 years ago
I really wish this was actually open source. It&#x27;s hard to build communities around shareware. You could even dual-license Retype if you wanted to let homelab selfhosters enjoy and disseminate the product without turning them into potential hostages.
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malkostaabout 3 years ago
Here is my toy tool for this:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;alexxx.co&#x2F;static-site-generator.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;alexxx.co&#x2F;static-site-generator.html</a>
teleforceabout 3 years ago
What are the advantages of Retype compared to BookStack?<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bookstackapp.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bookstackapp.com&#x2F;</a>
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webwanderingsabout 3 years ago
This seems like a good Docusaurus re-implementation.
efffabout 3 years ago
100 pages then you have to pay for a license, well, no.
perfoptabout 3 years ago
Try mdbook