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MediaWiki

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

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

  • MediaWiki received the Les Trophées du Libre[3].
  • MediaWiki received the STUG Award[4].
  • MediaWiki's instance of is recorded as free software[5].
  • MediaWiki's instance of is recorded as wiki software[6].
  • MediaWiki's maintained by is recorded as Sam Reed[7].
  • MediaWiki's developer is recorded as Wikimedia Foundation[8].
  • MediaWiki's collection is recorded as Social Sciences and Humanities Open Marketplace[9].
  • MediaWiki's collection is recorded as Text Analysis Portal for Research[10].
  • MediaWiki's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later[11].
  • MediaWiki's programmed in is recorded as PHP[12].
  • MediaWiki's programmed in is recorded as Q2005[13].
  • MediaWiki's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[14].
  • MediaWiki's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[15].
  • MediaWiki's operating system is recorded as macOS[16].
  • MediaWiki's operating system is recorded as BSD[17].
  • MediaWiki's operating system is recorded as cross-platform[18].
  • MediaWiki's operating system is recorded as Linux[19].
  • MediaWiki's operating system is recorded as FreeBSD[20].
  • MediaWiki's operating system is recorded as OpenBSD[21].
  • MediaWiki's operating system is recorded as Solaris[22].
  • MediaWiki's software version identifier is recorded as 1.23.14[23].
  • MediaWiki's software version identifier is recorded as 1.24.4[24].
  • MediaWiki's software version identifier is recorded as 1.25.3[25].
  • MediaWiki's software version identifier is recorded as 1.27.0[26].
  • MediaWiki's software version identifier is recorded as 1.26.0[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include free software[5] and wiki software[6].

Recognition

Awards received include Les Trophées du Libre[3], an award[28] and STUG Award[4], an award[29], founded in 1996[30].

Why It Matters

MediaWiki has Wikipedia articles in 118 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] MediaWiki is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

FAQs

What awards did MediaWiki receive?

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

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . Q364. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . meta.wikimedia.org. Retrieved . meta.wikimedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . usenix.org. usenix.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . tapor.ca. tapor.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . phabricator.wikimedia.org. Retrieved . phabricator.wikimedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . mediawiki.org. Retrieved . mediawiki.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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.

  1. 3d 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 */ [[Property:P6611]]: 308311, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/255191289|MediaWiki (#255191289)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7439|Semantic Scholar topic]"
  2. 6d 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 */ [[Property:P348]]: 1.43.10"
  3. 10w ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Debian wiki article → MediaWiki
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13616]]: MediaWiki, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/199171680|MediaWiki (#199171680)]] for {{P|13616}}"
  4. 10w ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → uk.vijskpens:MediaWiki, logos:MediaWiki, perl:MediaWiki
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P6262]]: perl:MediaWiki, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/143711577|MediaWiki (#143711577)]] for {{P|6262}}"
  5. 12w ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → uk.vijskpens:MediaWiki, logos:MediaWiki, perl:MediaWiki
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P6262]]: logos:MediaWiki, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/297368798|MediaWiki (#297368798)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8146|Logopedia arti"
  6. 14w 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 */ [[Property:P348]]: 1.46.0"
  7. 14w 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 */ [[Property:P348]]: 1.43.9"
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