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MediaWiki is a collaboration and documentation platform brought to you by a vibrant community.

  
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The MediaWiki software is used by tens of thousands of websites and thousands of companies and organizations.
It powers Wikipedia and also this website.
MediaWiki helps you collect and organize knowledge and make it available to people.
It's powerful, multilingual, free and open, extensible, customizable, reliable, and free of charge.
Find out more and if MediaWiki is right for you.





	
		Set up and run MediaWiki

		
	Download, install and configure MediaWiki
	Add functionality by installing extensions
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		Edit and use MediaWiki

		
	Learn how to navigate 
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	Learn more about reading, editing, and personal customization 


		

	

	
		Develop and extend code

		
New to development?


	Start coding for a Wikimedia project 
	How to make a MediaWiki skin 
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	Cannot find the answer to a problem with MediaWiki? Ask the Support desk!
	Get involved as a translator, designer, documentation writer, tester, tech ambassador, …
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	2020-12-18
	 MediaWiki 1.31.12 maintenance release is now available.
	2020-12-17
	 MediaWiki 1.31.11 and 1.35.1 security releases are now available.
	2020-11-30
	 MediaWiki 1.34.x versions are now end of life.
	2020-09-25
	 MediaWiki 1.35.0 is now available.		



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