MediaWiki

MediaWiki is a Wiki software package licensed under the GNU General Public License. It is a feature-rich wiki implementation written primarily for Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Foundation projects, but also used by many other wikis. It is also available to anyone who wishes to use it for their own personal website.

It is written in PHP with the texvc math renderer in OCaml and uses an underlying MySQL relational database management system. Its logo symbolizes how its markup language uses double brackets ("[[","]]") to link articles together. MediaWiki is capable of interfacing with other, optional programs to improve performance and capabilities. Support for memcached, the Squid cache system, and TeX math rendering are all available in the current version. An extension and hook system allows users to add their own features and program interfaces.

History

History is boring.

See also

• GetWiki: a fork.
• List of content management systems
• Comparison of MediaWiki with other wikis

External links

• MediaWiki official homepage
• Download and project page on SourceForge
• MediaWiki on the Meta-Wiki, Wikimedia's meta website.
  • User's guide
  • Sites using MediaWiki
• MediaWiki Tutorial with screenshots: how to install and configure Mediawiki, how to change skins; how to add extensions
• A Project engaged to use PostgreSQL as the backend database
• A support forum for MediaWiki users and webmasters