Where is GitBook located?

GitBook is headquartered in Lyon, France.

How many employees does GitBook have?

As of Aug 31, 2026, the latest employee count at GitBook is 50.

Where does GitBook rank among its competitors?

GitBook ranks 3rd amongst 374 active competitors, of which 15 are funded. It stands 8th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Mintlify, which secured $45M in Apr, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of GitBook?

GitBook's top competitors include Mintlify, Skilljar and Parse. Among them, Mintlify secured the most recent funding round in April, 2026.

GitBook - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Gitbook is an open-source technical documentation tool for developers. Features include optimization of content, collaboration, offering private docs. Helps to track process and undo past changes. Monitors pages views, ratings, and overall quality. Supports Slack, Google analytics, Github, intercom. Claims to have 450000 users. Price depends upon the number of users and features.

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Founded Year

2014

Location

Lyon, France

Stage

Funding Raised

Investors

Kima Ventures & 2 more

Ranked

3^rd among 374 active competitors

Employee Count

50 as on Aug 31, 2026

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GitBook is a funded company. GitBook has 3 institutional investors.

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The founders of GitBook are Aaron O Mullan and Samy Pesse.

Here are the details of GitBook's key team members:

Aaron O Mullan: Co-Founder of GitBook.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Samy Pesse: Co-Founder of GitBook.
Contact Info: 1 email address

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GitBook's employee count trend

GitBook has 50 employees as of Aug 26. Here is GitBook's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of GitBook include Mintlify, Skilljar and Parse. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of GitBook, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Mintlify 2022, San Francisco (United States), Series B	Provider of a platform for creating and maintaining technical documentation	$66.3M	Andreessen Horowitz, Salesforce Ventures & 9 others	60/100
2nd	Skilljar 2013, Seattle (United States), Acquired	Cloud based customer onboarding and training platform	$53.1M	Shasta Ventures, Insight Partners & 5 others	58/100
3rd	GitBook 2014, Lyon (France), Funding Raised	Technical Documentation tool	-	Kima Ventures, Point Nine & 1 others	48/100
4th	Parse 2011, Menlo Park (United States), Acquired	Mobile backend-as-a-service platform	$8.54M	Ignition Partners, Y Combinator & 15 others	48/100
5th	Document360 2017, London (United Kingdom), Unfunded	Cloud-based enterprise knowledge management software provider	-	-	44/100
6th	Swimm 2019, Tel Aviv (Israel), Series A	Code documentation solutions provider	$33.3M	Pitango, Insight Partners & 8 others	43/100
7th	Thought Industries 2012, Boston (United States), Series A	Cloud based customer onboarding and training platform	-	Luminate Capital Partners	42/100
8th	ReadMe 2015, San Francisco (United States), Series A	Documentation and digital transaction management software	$9M	Eight Roads Ventures, Accel & 10 others	41/100
9th	Berry 2020, San Francisco (United States), Seed	AI based platform to manage customer success and onboarding	$500K	Y Combinator, TRAC & 3 others	39/100
10th	Komment 2023, Philadelphia (United States), Seed	AI based platform for code documentation	$1M	Craft Ventures, Target Global	38/100