Oct 28, 2025 · MediaWiki is free software licensed under version 2 (or later version) of the GNU General Public License. Because MediaWiki is licensed free of charge, there is no warranty, to …

Jun 19, 2024 · MediaWiki is a free server-based wiki software, licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It's designed to serve a website that gets millions of hits per day.

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Oct 20, 2025 · MediaWiki.org is for the documentation of the MediaWiki software, and software that integrates into it. MediaWiki.org has only one topic: the wiki engine MediaWiki and …

Oct 22, 2025 · Welcome to MediaWiki.org help pages These help pages are about the MediaWiki software itself. Many MediaWiki-powered wikis link here for technical documentation. If you …

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Aug 31, 2025 · This page provides an overview of the MediaWiki Action API, represented by the api.php endpoint. This page is intended for technical contributors and software developers …

Dec 11, 2024 · This page focuses on technical documentation for MediaWiki and related software, including the infrastructure, tools and other technologies that power Wikimedia projects.

Jul 3, 2025 · Since MediaWiki 1.25, structured logging is supported via Monolog for all channels, including the "error" channel. For silenced errors, you use the "silenced-error" channel added …

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