MediaWiki
by MediaWiki · Self-hosted wiki software for collaboration and documentation
30.3 — BenchRank score out of 100
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Overview
MediaWiki is collaboration and documentation software for collecting and organising knowledge and making it available to people. It is downloaded, installed and configured on your own server, and extended by installing extensions. It powers Wikipedia and mediawiki.org, and is used by tens of thousands of websites and thousands of companies and organisations.
- Best for
- Organisations wanting to self-host a multilingual wiki for collaborative documentation
- Pricing
- The page states the software is free of charge; no figures are shown for hosting, development or consulting services.
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Free of charge, installed and run on your own server
- Functionality can be added by installing extensions
- Interface available in dozens of languages
- Used by tens of thousands of sites, including Wikipedia
Trade-offs
- Requires a server; the site points to third-party hosting if you lack one
- Download, install and configuration are the operator's responsibility
- Deeper changes may need paid development and consulting
- Support runs through FAQ, error pages and a community support desk
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
- MCP support
- 0 out of 100
- API quality
- 25 out of 100
- Documentation
- 30 out of 100
- Agent friendliness
- 56 out of 100
- Customer sentiment
- 80 out of 100
- Changelog
- 0 out of 100
- Marketing site structure
- 45 out of 100
- Operational trust
- 10 out of 100
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
- Openness
- 25 out of 100
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