BookStack vs SiYuan
Side-by-side trajectory, velocity, and editorial themes.
Security-first wiki on a steady cadence; v26.05 lands the year's biggest feature batch
BookStack is a mature self-hosted wiki shipping on a near-monthly cadence dominated by security releases. The recent arc pairs a substantial v26.05 feature drop with a steady stream of patch releases hardening URL filtering, attachments, MFA, and permission checks. The project's priority is clearly locking down untrusted-editor and public-instance scenarios while keeping the feature surface moving.
The pattern is a feature-anchor release (v26.03, v26.05) followed by a run of point releases that are almost entirely security and dependency hardening. Feature work is trending toward finer-grained permissions (separate revision-view control), a broader API (tag browsing), and export/editor polish. Expect the same rhythm to continue: one meaty minor, then hardening.
The next release is likely another security/dependency point release (v26.05.3 or similar) continuing the attachment/URL-filtering hardening, with the following feature minor extending the API and permission model.
SiYuan rides its 3.7 overhaul with rapid alpha polish on mobile and cross-platform
SiYuan is an open-source, local-first knowledge base. Its 3.7 line was a throughout renewal — a redesigned UI, a kernel plugin system, and a CLI — and the feed since has been a fast cadence of alpha releases (3.7.1, 3.7.2) grinding on mobile editing and cross-platform quirks across Android, HarmonyOS, iOS, and the Microsoft Store build.
The work is consolidating the 3.7 overhaul along three lines: extensibility (kernel plugins), cross-platform parity (HarmonyOS now treated as a first-class target alongside Android and iOS), and mobile editing polish. The 'step toward intelligence' language hints at AI features, but the concrete shipping is platform breadth and extensibility.
Expect 3.7.2 to stabilize out of alpha with continued mobile and HarmonyOS fixes; the kernel plugin system points toward a growing third-party plugin ecosystem as the next surface.
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