A complete self-hosted help center — markdown in, branded SEO-ready docs out.
Freelancers expense a dozen subscriptions — proposals, contracts, invoices, time tracking — against irregular income. Owning the tools outright removes a whole line of fixed costs.
The tool this job usually means renting is GitBook, at $79/mo (Premium) — roughly $948 a year, every year. Docwell does the job for a one-time $79 — running on infrastructure you control.
Your logo, brand color and hero search box — no "Powered by" badge to pay to remove.
For freelancers, branded public help center pays off between gigs, against irregular income — and it's covered by the same one-time $79, not metered per month.
Search-as-you-type with highlighted snippets, powered by SQLite FTS5.
For freelancers, instant FTS5 search pays off between gigs, against irregular income — and it's covered by the same one-time $79, not metered per month.
Split-pane editing rendered by the exact same pipeline as the public site — plus paste-to-upload images.
For freelancers, markdown editor with live preview pays off between gigs, against irregular income — and it's covered by the same one-time $79, not metered per month.
One-time $79 for the packaged Windows installer with 1-click setup and updates.
Markdown with live split-pane preview, paste-in images, wikilinks and a draft workflow — desktop mode works fully offline.
docker compose up -d on a $5 VPS, point help.yourproduct.com at it — SEO meta, sitemap and clean URLs are already done.
Docwell is $79, once. GitBook at $79/mo (Premium) — roughly $948 a year, every year. Docwell costs the same as one month of GitBook Premium. It pays for itself before your first article is finished.
Docwell costs the same as one month of GitBook Premium. It pays for itself before your first article is finished. Docwell costs $79 once; GitBook charges $79/mo (Premium) — about $948 a year. For freelancers, that fixed cost is the whole point: the tool is a one-time line item, not a monthly one.
Yes — MIT source at github.com/bensblueprints/knowledge-base-mvp. $79 buys the signed installer, 1-click setup and updates.
Yes — it's server-rendered plain HTML with no JS framework, which is also why the SEO story is so clean. Search is the only scripted part, and it's instant vanilla JS over FTS5.