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Amazing open source
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Build unbeatable documentation for your open source project for free — or join our community of contributors making GitBook’s public documentation platform better for everyone.
Document your open source project with GitBook
Fast. Frictionless. And free.
We owe a lot to the open source community. That’s why we make GitBook available to qualifying open source organizations for free. All you have to do is apply.
A docs workflow built for everyone
GitBook’s branch-based Git flow protects your primary documentation, while encouraging everyone to make edits in their own branch — either in GitBook or in a synced GitHub or GitLab repository.
Our public docs are open source
We started as an open source project a decade ago, and now our public docs are open source as well. Find out more about how you can contribute to the project below.
GitBook community plan
As part of our mission to support open source communities, qualifying organizations can get our free community plan. It includes everything you need to scale your public projects — at no cost. Find out more in our documentation.
Powering documentation for all kinds of open source projects
Your contributions make a difference
Help make GitBook better
Want to suggest a new feature? Spotted an issue that you think you could fix? It’s easy to contribute to GitBook’s open source published doc and suggest improvements.
Take your docs worldwide
Help us make GitBook accessible to more people — by localizing it for your language! Head to our repository to find out more about how to translate the GitBook UI.
Public docs, integrations & more
As well as contributing to our open source documentation, you can use our API to build block integrations that can create even richer, more interactive docs.
We open source
Supporting open source projects
We are so grateful to the open source projects that help make GitBook what it is. That’s why we’ve contributed almost $25,000 to open source collectives since 2022.
Awesome OpenAPI docs with Scalar
We’ve partnered with Scalar to make our OpenAPI blocks even better. Thanks to their work, you can now try out API operations right in GitBook.
Open source is in our DNA
Why do we love open source projects? Because GitBook started life as one more than a decade ago. We’re proud to return to our roots by opening our rendering engine.
