Typemill

Open-source flat-file CMS for product documentation, manuals, and guides.

About Typemill

Typemill is an open-source, self-hosted flat-file CMS for creating product documentation, software manuals, and user guides. Authors write in Markdown with a visual editor, and publish the same content as websites, PDFs, or eBooks. It runs on standard PHP web space without a database, and can be extended with themes and plugins. The core is free under the MIT license, while optional paid licenses add premium themes, plugins, and team features.

Typemill website preview

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Typemill: strengths & things to check

Strengths

Free tier available — you can start without paying (freemium model).
Covers cms, documentation, markdown, self hosted — see the focus areas listed in its key facts.
Has 6 close alternatives in the same category on this page, so switching or comparing is easy.

Things to check

The full feature set sits behind a paid plan — check which limits the free tier carries on the official site before committing.
Current plan prices are not listed here (they change too often to print reliably) — confirm the exact price on the official site.
It is one of 2092 tools in the Productivity & Notes category here — compare it against the alternatives below before you commit.

Derived from this listing's own data (pricing model, focus areas and category) — not a hands-on review score.

Typemill pricing

Pricing model	Freemium — a free tier lets you start, and paid plans are available if you need more.
Free access	Yes — free tier, paid upgrades available
Current plan prices	Listed on the official site — prices change, so this directory links out instead of printing a number that may already be stale.
Official site	typemill.net

Typemill key facts

Category: Productivity & Notes
Pricing: Freemium — a free tier lets you start, and paid plans are available if you need more.
Focus areas: cms, documentation, markdown, self hosted
Official site: typemill.net

Typemill FAQ

How much does Typemill cost?

Freemium — a free tier lets you start, and paid plans are available if you need more. Current plans and prices are listed on the official site (typemill.net).

What is Typemill used for?

Open-source flat-file CMS for product documentation, manuals, and guides. Its focus areas in the Productivity & Notes category: cms, documentation, markdown, self hosted.

Where can I try Typemill?

On its official site, typemill.net — the Visit Official Site button above goes straight there.

Typemill vs alternatives

	Typemill	An Otter Wiki	BookStack	Docmost
Pricing	Freemium — a free tier lets you start, and paid plans are available if you need more.	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.	Freemium — a free tier lets you start, and paid plans are available if you need more.
Focus areas	cms, documentation, markdown, self hosted	wiki, markdown, open source, self hosted, documentation	wiki, documentation, self hosted	wiki, documentation, knowledge base, open source, self hosted
Official site	typemill.net	otterwiki.com	bookstackapp.com	docmost.com
Directory status	Listed	Listed	Listed	Listed

Side-by-side from each listing's own directory data. Full alternative cards are below.

About the Productivity & Notes category

Notes, tasks, and project tools that keep you organized and focused. The Productivity & Notes category on Tools Hub currently lists 2092 tools. Alongside Typemill, it includes Papermerge, Readflow, tine, HabitBull.

FreemiumProductivity & Notescmsdocumentationmarkdownself-hosted

Alternatives to Typemill

Tools in the same Productivity & Notes category that share focus areas with Typemill — worth comparing before you commit:

Productivity & Notes

An Otter Wiki

A minimalistic wiki powered by Python, Markdown and Git

Freewikimarkdownopen-sourceself-hosted

Productivity & Notes

BookStack

Self-hosted wiki platform that organises documentation into books, chapters and pages

Freewikidocumentationself-hosted

Productivity & Notes

Docmost

Open-source collaborative wiki and documentation software for teams

Freemiumwikidocumentationknowledge-baseopen-source

Productivity & Notes

Memos

Simple, open-source note-taking for your everyday thoughts.

Freenote-takingself-hostedopen-sourcemarkdown

Productivity & Notes

Note Mark

Minimal web-based Markdown notes app, fast and open source

Freenotesmarkdownself-hostedopen-source

Productivity & Notes

NoteDiscovery

Your self-hosted knowledge base for Markdown notes

Freenotesmarkdownself-hostedknowledge-base

More in Productivity & Notes

Comparing tools in the Productivity & Notes category? These related listings are worth a look: Papermerge — Document management that keeps invoices and contracts audit-ready and searchable; Readflow — Your Internet article flow in one place, with peace of mind; tine — Groupware for digital collaboration in companies and organizations.