wikimedia/mediawiki
🌻 The collaborative editing software that runs Wikipedia. Mirror from https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/core. See https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_access for contributing. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
77/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5053
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
5152 stars · 1562 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
MediaWiki is a free, open-source wiki software package written in PHP that powers Wikipedia and thousands of other collaborative knowledge sites. It is feature-rich, extensible via hundreds of extensions, localized in over 350 languages, and scalable from small to very large sites.
Use cases
- run a wiki like wikipedia
- self-host a collaborative documentation site
- build an internal company knowledge base
- set up a multilingual community wiki
- extend a wiki with custom extensions
- migrate an existing wiki to mediawiki
When to choose
- you need a proven, battle-tested wiki engine for large or small sites
- you want multilingual collaborative editing with version history
- you need a self-hosted knowledge base with a large extension ecosystem
- you want software backed by an active community and long-term support
When to avoid
- you want a lightweight static site or personal blog
- you need a modern headless CMS with a JavaScript frontend
- you prefer a minimal markdown-based wiki without a database
- your team wants a real-time rich-text collaborative editor out of the box
Facets
application · maturity stable
web-framework templating internationalization plugin-system search-engine documentation web-development cms documentation self-hosted php windows self-hosted cross-platform wiki wikipedia collaborative-editing knowledge-management wiki-engine extensions localization web-server linux macos
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki · fetched 2026-08-28 · 807abc7c68c4
- homepage: https://www.mediawiki.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 41f3bde49f21
- site_page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:About · fetched 2026-08-29 · c021439fd19d
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| wikimedia/mediawiki | main | 77 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="wikimedia/mediawiki")
Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem