MediaWiki

free and open-source wiki software, developed by the Wikimedia Foundation

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Summary

MediaWiki is a free software^[1]. MediaWiki has Wikipedia articles in 118 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

Award received: Les Trophées du Libre^[3], STUG Award^[4]
Instance of: wiki software^[5]
Maintained by: Sam Reed^[6]
Developer: Wikimedia Foundation^[7]
Collection: Social Sciences and Humanities Open Marketplace^[8], Text Analysis Portal for Research^[9]
Copyright license: GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later^[10]
Programmed in: PHP^[11], JavaScript^[12]
Operating system: GNU/Linux^[13], Microsoft Windows^[14], macOS^[15], BSD^[16], cross-platform^[17], Linux^[18], FreeBSD^[19], OpenBSD^[20], Solaris^[21]
Software version identifier: 1.23.14^[22], 1.24.4^[23], 1.25.3^[24], 1.27.0^[25], 1.26.0^[26], 1.26.1^[27], 1.26.2^[28], 1.26.3^[29], 1.25.6^[30], 1.28.0^[31], 1.27.1^[32], 1.28.1^[33], 1.27.2^[34], 1.23.16^[35]

Why It Matters

MediaWiki is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

FAQs

What awards did MediaWiki receive?

Honors received include Les Trophées du Libre^[3] and STUG Award^[4].

⭐ Popularity Graph

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🌐 Wiki Languages

136 / 427 langs top 1%

📈 Wikipedia Views · last 761h

8.0K/mo 34.9K/yr

Quick Facts

Instance of free software, wiki software

Award received Les Trophées du Libre, STUG Award

Inception January 25, 2002

Language of work or name Afar, Arbëresh, Abkhaz, Ambonese, Acehnese, Saint Lucian Creole, Iraqi Arabic, Adyghe, Tunisian Arabic, Afrikaans, Gheg, Altai, Amharic, Amis, Aragonese, Old English, Obolo, Angika, Levantine Arabic, Arabic, Aramaic, Mapudungun, Algerian Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, Assamese, American Sign Language, Asturian, Atikamekw, Avar, Kotava, Awadhi, Aymara, Azerbaijani, South Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Balinese, Bavarian, Toba Batak, Batak Toba in Latin script, Southern Balochi, Baoulé, Bikol, West Coast Bajau, Belarusian, Betawi, Bulgarian, Western Balochi, Bihari, Bhojpuri, Bislama, Banjar, Pa'O, Bambara, Bangla, Tibetan, Bishnupriya Manipuri, Bakhtiari, Breton, Brahui, Bosnian, Mandailing Batak, Rinconada Bikol, Bugis, Buryat

Publication date January 25, 2002

Official website www.mediawiki.org

Has use wiki, creating, digital capturing, discovery, enriching, gathering, editing, annotation, digital preservation, storing, web development

Properties

Build system Grunt

Collection Social Sciences and Humanities Open Marketplace, Text Analysis Portal for Research

Contributor to the creative work or subject Brooke Vibber, Magnus Manske, Lee Daniel Crocker, Q23042986, Jeroen De Dauw, Q56568367, Tim Starling, Kunal Mehta, Q120802564, Q122905633, Q122906613

Credits url www.mediawiki.org, translatewiki.net

Depends on software PHP, MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, ImageMagick, diff3, Memcached

Described at url tapor.ca, marketplace.sshopencloud.eu

Described by source MediaWiki

Developer Wikimedia Foundation

Different from Wikimedia, Wikipedia, MediaWiki.org

Faq url www.mediawiki.org

File format MediaWiki wikitext

Has goal extensibility

Has part(s) OOUI, MediaWiki shell framework, MediaWiki user interface

Influenced by UseModWiki

Irc channel url irc://irc.libera.chat:6697/mediawiki

Issue tracker url phabricator.wikimedia.org, bugzilla.wikimedia.org

Mailing list archive url lists.wikimedia.org, lists.wikimedia.org

Maintained by Q23042986

Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject MediaWiki

Motto text Because ideas want to be free.

Official demo url test.wikipedia.org, test2.wikipedia.org, test.wikipedia.org

Official server list url www.mediawiki.org

Operating system GNU/Linux, Microsoft Windows, macOS, BSD, cross-platform, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris

Platform cross-platform

Programmed in PHP, JavaScript

Social media followers 1.8k (1.0k–4.5k, n=6)

Software quality assurance continuous integration

Software version identifier 1.23.14, 1.24.4, 1.25.3, 1.27.0, 1.26.0, 1.26.1, 1.26.2, 1.26.3, 1.25.6, 1.28.0, 1.27.1, 1.28.1, 1.27.2, 1.23.16, 1.23.17, 1.27.3, 1.28.2, 1.29.0, 1.29.1, 1.27.4, 1.28.3, 1.29.2, 1.30.0, 1.31.0, 1.30.1, 1.31.1, 1.29.3, 1.27.5, 1.32.0, 1.32.1, 1.27.6, 1.30.2, 1.31.2, 1.32.2, 1.27.7, 1.31.3, 1.32.3, 1.33.0, 1.33.1, 1.32.4, 1.31.4, 1.31.5, 1.32.5, 1.26.4, 1.25.5, 1.25.4, 1.25.2, 1.25.1, 1.25.0, 1.24.6, 1.24.5, 1.24.3, 1.24.2, 1.24.1, 1.24.0, 1.23.15, 1.23.13, 1.23.12, 1.23.11, 1.23.10, 1.23.9, 1.23.8, 1.23.7, 1.23.6, 1.23.5, 1.23.4, 1.23.3, 1.23.2, 1.23.1, 1.23.0, 1.22.15, 1.22.14, 1.22.13, 1.22.12, 1.22.11, 1.22.10, 1.22.9, 1.22.8, 1.22.7, 1.22.6, 1.22.5, 1.22.4, 1.22.3, 1.22.2, 1.22.1, 1.22.0, 1.21.11, 1.21.10, 1.21.9, 1.21.8, 1.21.7, 1.21.6, 1.21.5, 1.21.4, 1.21.3, 1.21.2, 1.21.1, 1.21.0, 1.20.8, 1.20.7, 1.20.6, 1.20.5, 1.20.4, 1.20.3, 1.20.2, 1.20.1, 1.20.0, 1.31.6, 1.32.6, 1.33.2, 1.34.0, 1.19.24, 1.19.23, 1.19.22, 1.19.21, 1.19.20, 1.19.19, 1.19.18, 1.19.17, 1.19.16, 1.19.15, 1.19.14, 1.19.13, 1.19.12, 1.19.11, 1.19.10, 1.19.9, 1.19.8, 1.19.7, 1.19.6, 1.19.5, 1.19.4, 1.19.3, 1.19.2, 1.19.1, 1.19.0, 1.18.6, 1.18.5, 1.18.4, 1.18.3, 1.18.2, 1.18.1, 1.18.0, 1.17.5, 1.17.4, 1.17.3, 1.17.2, 1.17.1, 1.17.0, 1.16.5, 1.16.4, 1.16.3, 1.16.2, 1.16.1, 1.16.0, 1.15.5, 1.15.4, 1.15.3, 1.15.2, 1.15.1, 1.15.0, 1.14.1, 1.14.0, 1.13.5, 1.13.4, 1.13.3, 1.13.2, 1.13.1, 1.13.0, 1.12.4, 1.12.3, 1.12.2, 1.12.1, 1.12.0, 1.11.2, 1.11.1, 1.11.0, 1.10.4, 1.10.3, 1.10.2, 1.10.1, 1.10.0, 1.9.6, 1.9.5, 1.9.4, 1.9.3, 1.9.2, 1.9.1, 1.9.0, 1.8.5, 1.8.4, 1.8.3, 1.8.2, 1.8.1, 1.8.0, 1.7.3, 1.7.2, 1.7.1, 1.7.0, 1.6.12, 1.6.11, 1.6.10, 1.6.9, 1.6.8, 1.6.7, 1.6.6, 1.6.5, 1.6.4, 1.6.3, 1.6.2, 1.6.1, 1.6.0, 1.5.9, 1.5.8, 1.5.7, 1.5.6, 1.5.5, 1.5.4, 1.5.3, 1.5.2, 1.5.1, 1.5.0, 1.4.15, 1.4.14, 1.4.13, 1.4.12, 1.4.11, 1.4.10, 1.4.9, 1.4.8, 1.4.7, 1.4.6, 1.4.5, 1.4.4, 1.4.3, 1.4.2, 1.4.1, 1.4.0, 1.3.18, 1.3.17, 1.3.16, 1.3.15, 1.3.14, 1.3.13, 1.3.12, 1.3.11, 1.3.10, 1.3.9, 1.3.8, 1.3.7, 1.3.6, 1.3.5, 1.3.4, 1.3.3, 1.3.2, 1.3.1, 1.3.0, 1.2.6, 1.2.5, 1.2.4, 1.2.3, 1.2.2, 1.2.1, 1.2.0, 1.1.0, 1.34.1, 1.33.3, 1.31.7, 1.31.8, 1.33.4, 1.34.2, 1.34.3, 1.31.9, 1.34.4, 1.31.10, 1.35.0, 1.31.11, 1.35.1, 1.31.12, 1.31.13, 1.35.2, 1.31.14, 1.36.0, 1.36.1, 1.35.3, 1.31.15, 1.31.16, 1.35.4, 1.36.2, 1.37.0, 1.37.1, 1.36.3, 1.35.5, 1.35.6, 1.36.4, 1.37.2, 1.38.0, 1.38.1, 1.35.7, 1.37.3, 1.38.2, 1.37.4, 1.39.0, 1.35.8, 1.37.6, 1.38.3, 1.38.4, 1.39.0, 1.35.9, 1.38.5, 1.39.1, 1.39.2, 1.35.10, 1.39.3, 1.38.6, 1.35.11, 1.38.7, 1.39.4, 1.40.0, 1.35.12, 1.39.5, 1.40.1, 1.35.13, 1.35.14, 1.39.6, 1.40.2, 1.41.0, 1.39.7, 1.40.3, 1.41.1, 1.42.0, 1.39.8, 1.40.4, 1.41.2, 1.42.1, 1.39.9, 1.41.3, 1.42.2, 1.39.10, 1.41.4, 1.42.3, 1.39.11, 1.41.5, 1.42.4, 1.43.0, 1.42.5, 1.39.12, 1.42.5, 1.43.1, 1.39.13, 1.42.7, 1.43.2, 1.43.3, 1.44.0, 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1, 1.39.15, 1.43.5, 1.44.2, 1.45.0, 1.39.16, 1.43.6, 1.44.3, 1.45.1, 1.39.17, 1.43.7, 1.44.4, 1.45.2, 1.43.8, 1.44.5, 1.45.3, 1.43.9, 1.44.6, 1.45.4, 1.46.0, 1.43.10, 1.45.5, 1.46.1

Source code repository url github.com, wikipedia.cvs.sourceforge.net, svn.wikimedia.org, gerrit.wikimedia.org, phabricator.wikimedia.org, ssh://vcs@git-ssh.wikimedia.org/source/mediawiki.git, ssh://gerrit.wikimedia.org:29418/mediawiki

Stack exchange tag stackoverflow.com

Topic's main category Category:MediaWiki

Translation contribution url translatewiki.net

User manual url www.mediawiki.org

Uses web server, relational database management system

External References (51)

Alternativeto software id mediawiki

Arch linux package mediawiki

Archwiki article MediaWiki, MediaWiki_(Español), MediaWiki_(Português)

Aur package mediawiki-lts

Australian trade mark number 1.7M (1.5M–2.2M, n=3)

Babelnet id 02591762n

Bibliothèque nationale de france id 161518359

Canadiana name authority id ncf10998587

Common vulnerabilities and exposures id CVE-2022-41767, CVE-2022-41765

Debian stable package mediawiki

Debian wiki article MediaWiki

Dewey decimal classification 006.75

Docker hub repository library/mediawiki

Facebook username MediaWikiProject

Fandom article id uk.vijskpens:MediaWiki, logos:MediaWiki, perl:MediaWiki

Fast id 1787011

File format wiki page id MediaWiki

Framalibre id mediawiki

Free software directory entry MediaWiki

Freebase id /m/01vw7p

Freebsd port www/mediawiki133, www/mediawiki131, www/mediawiki134, www/mediawiki, www/mediawiki135, www/mediawiki132, www/mediawiki139, www/mediawiki142, www/mediawiki143, www/mediawiki144

Gentoo package www-apps/mediawiki

Gentoo wiki article MediaWiki

Github topic mediawiki

Gnd id 7629446-8

Idref id 136838251

Library of congress authority id no2008146905

Macports port mediawiki

Mastodon address mediawiki@wikis.world

Namuwiki id 미디어위키

National library of israel j9u id 987007381862805171

Netbsd package id www/mediawiki

Niconicopedia id mediawiki

Omegawiki defined meaning 1526074

Open hub id mediawiki

Open library subject id mediawiki_(electronic_resource)

Openbsd port www/mediawiki

Osdn project freshmeat_mediawiki

Pro-linux.de dbapp id 3995

Quora topic id MediaWiki

Repology project name mediawiki

Semantic scholar topic id 308311

Sill software id 86

Sourceforge project wikipedia

Subreddit mediawiki

Ubuntu package mediawiki

Viaf cluster id 186178691

Vikidia article id en:MediaWiki, es:MediaWiki, ca:MediaWiki, fr:MediaWiki

Wikikids id MediaWiki

X (twitter) username mediawiki

Zhihu topic id 19611014

🌐 Available in 60 languages

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🏷️ Also known as

en Mediawiki en mw ar ميدياويكى ar ميدياويكي de Media-Wiki fa مدیاویکی he מדיה-ויקי hi मीडियाविकि ja メディアウィキ ko 미디어위키 th มีเดียวิกิ tr MedyaViki uk Медіавікі zh 媒体维基

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

13d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Semantic scholar topic id → 308311

Software version identifier → 1.23.14, 1.24.4, 1.25.3 +376

Claims rich → —

"/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Semantic scholar topic id: 308311, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/255191289|MediaWiki (#255191289)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7439|Semantic Scholar"
16d ago · Reedy · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 1.23.14, 1.24.4, 1.25.3 +376

Wikipedia languages → ['abstract', 'af', 'als', 'an', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'b

Sitelink count → 136

Claims rich → —

"/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 1.43.10"
12w ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Debian wiki article → MediaWiki

"/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Debian wiki article: MediaWiki, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/199171680|MediaWiki (#199171680)]] for {{P|13616}}"
12w ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Fandom article id → uk.vijskpens:MediaWiki, logos:MediaWiki, perl:MediaWiki

"/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Fandom article id: perl:MediaWiki, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/143711577|MediaWiki (#143711577)]] for {{P|6262}}"
13w ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Fandom article id → uk.vijskpens:MediaWiki, logos:MediaWiki, perl:MediaWiki

"/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Fandom article id: logos:MediaWiki, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/297368798|MediaWiki (#297368798)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8146|Logopedia arti"
15w ago · Reedy · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 1.23.14, 1.24.4, 1.25.3 +376

"/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 1.46.0"
15w ago · Reedy · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Pro-linux.de dbapp id → 3995

Issue tracker url → https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/, https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/

Translation contribution url → https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:MediaWiki

Image → MediaWiki software screenshot.png, 20210524 MediaWiki software screenshot en.png

+ 98 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)

"/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 1.43.9"

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