# GitBook (legacy CLI)

Command-line tool and Node.js library that builds books and static websites from Markdown or AsciiDoc.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/gitbook/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-22

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.gitbook.com
- repository: https://github.com/GitbookIO/gitbook
- docs: https://github.com/GitbookIO/gitbook/blob/legacy/docs/setup.md
- pricing: https://www.gitbook.com/pricing
- x: https://twitter.com/GitBookIO

### Identity

- status: discontinued
- maintainer: GitBook INC.
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2014
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: static
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: yes

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: local, static
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: npm install gitbook-cli -g

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2017-07-14

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 29069
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 3848
- contributors: 38
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 5740
- dependentPackages: 766

### Sources

- language: https://api.github.com/repos/GitbookIO/gitbook (read 2026-10-25)
- status: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GitbookIO/gitbook/legacy/README.md (read 2026-10-22)
- status: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GitbookIO/gitbook/main/README.md (read 2026-10-22)
- status: https://registry.npmjs.org/gitbook/latest (read 2026-10-22)
- urls: https://registry.npmjs.org/gitbook/latest (read 2026-10-22)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/GitbookIO/gitbook (read 2026-10-22)
- urls: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GitbookIO/gitbook/legacy/docs/setup.md (read 2026-10-22)
- maintainer: https://www.gitbook.com/pricing (read 2026-10-22)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/GitbookIO/gitbook (read 2026-10-22)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GitbookIO/gitbook/legacy/README.md (read 2026-10-22)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GitbookIO/gitbook/legacy/docs/setup.md (read 2026-10-22)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GitbookIO/gitbook/legacy/docs/setup.md (read 2026-10-22)
- renderingModes: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GitbookIO/gitbook/legacy/docs/setup.md (read 2026-10-22)
- runsAs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GitbookIO/gitbook/legacy/README.md (read 2026-10-22)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GitbookIO/gitbook/legacy/README.md (read 2026-10-22)
- license: https://registry.npmjs.org/gitbook/latest (read 2026-10-22)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GitbookIO/gitbook/legacy/README.md (read 2026-10-22)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/GitbookIO/gitbook/tags (read 2026-10-22)
- latestReleaseDate: https://registry.npmjs.org/gitbook-cli/latest (read 2026-10-22)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/GitbookIO/gitbook (read 2026-10-22)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/GitbookIO/gitbook/contributors (read 2026-10-22)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/gitbook-cli (read 2026-10-22)
- i18n: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GitbookIO/gitbook/legacy/README.md (read 2026-10-22)
- urls: https://www.gitbook.com/pricing (read 2026-10-22)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/gitbook-cli (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/gitbook-cli (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

GitBook (legacy CLI) is a command-line tool and Node.js library for building books and static websites from Markdown or AsciiDoc. It is installed with npm as `gitbook-cli`, and a book is built with `gitbook build` on the developer's machine. The output is static files that any web space can serve.

## Worth knowing

The legacy README says the CLI "is no longer under active development", and the npm package `gitbook` is marked as no longer supported. The repository's main branch holds a different project, the renderer for GitBook's published content, which this record does not describe.

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