Writing your first page

Creating a page Open a book (or create one from the home page). Click New Page . Give it a name at the top. Write your content in the editor. Click Save Page . WYSIWYG vs Markdown BookStack has two editors. Pick one per page: WYSIWYG (default) — rich-text editor, like Google Docs. Markdown — plain text with **bold** , # headings , etc. Basic formatting Bold — Ctrl/Cmd + B Italic — Ctrl/Cmd + I Headings — dropdown in the toolbar Code blocks — use the </> button (JSON, PHP, JS, etc.) Links — highlight text and press Ctrl/Cmd + K Linking to other pages Paste any BookStack URL into the editor and it auto-converts to a nice link.