Slite
Replaceable in one session with an AI coding agent.
A team knowledge base with a light structure and a review process that flags documents nobody has verified recently, so the wiki does not quietly go stale.
Build a wiki that admits when it is out of date. STACK - Astro static site, Markdown in a Git repository, search built at compile time THE VERIFICATION IDEA, WHICH IS THE WHOLE POINT - Front matter carries an owner and a verifiedAt date - The build computes age; anything past 90 days renders a banner saying so, at the top, in colour - A weekly job opens an issue listing every stale page and its owner WRITING - Pull requests, so a change to shared knowledge is reviewed like a change to code - A template with the required front matter, enforced at build SEARCH - A JSON index built from headings and body, plus a small client-side search - No service, and it works offline STRUCTURE - Directories, and nothing more. Resist tags, spaces and hierarchies until a directory has genuinely failed Include the front-matter schema, the staleness banner and the weekly job.
What you lose
- Document verification cycles that mark a page as trusted and expire that trust, which is the one idea here worth stealing
- Search across the workspace with results people actually click
- A collaborative editor with comments and mentions
If you would rather not build
- Docusaurus or Astro over a Git repository
The escape hatch
open source · no votes, no paid placement
Outline
$0A self-hosted team knowledge base with a real editor and search.
outline/outlinefree · open source
BookStack
$0A simple self-hosted wiki organised into shelves, books and pages.
BookStackApp/BookStackfree · open source
Why this verdict
our own opinion · changed only by a person
72/100
Verdict yes at 72. The verification date is the feature worth copying and it is fifteen lines in a build step; the rest is a static site.
History
tracked since 10 Aug 2026 · nothing is ever overwritten
Nothing recorded yet. This chart fills in once the page has visitors, votes or prompt copies — it will not draw a flat line to look busy.
Questions about Slite
answered from the record above
Is Slite free?
No — the plan we track is $8 a month. Standard at $8 per member per month billed monthly, cheaper annually.
Can you replace Slite by building your own?
YES. Replaceable in one session with an AI coding agent. Replacement score 72 out of 100, build time one session. Read what you lose before you decide.
How much does Slite cost?
$8 a month on Standard — $96 a year. Recorded 10 Aug 2026.
What do you lose by replacing Slite?
Document verification cycles that mark a page as trusted and expire that trust, which is the one idea here worth stealing; Search across the workspace with results people actually click; A collaborative editor with comments and mentions. If any of those carry weight for you, keep paying.
Is there an open-source alternative to Slite?
Yes: Outline, BookStack. The prompt on this page is for when you want it your way instead.
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