Learn about Wikimedia technology¶

Explore core Wikimedia technology and open source projects.

Introduction to Wikimedia technology¶

Learn about the main technical areas where developers can contribute.

• Read more on mediawiki.org

Videos and tech talks¶

Learn about Wikimedia technology through recorded presentations from the community.

• Visit the YouTube channel

Cloud tools and services¶

Learn about shared hosting, data services, and other infrastructure support for technical contributions to Wikimedia projects.

• Read more on Wikitech

MediaWiki¶

MediaWiki is the software that powers Wikipedia, its sister projects, and thousands of wikis all over the world.

• Visit mediawiki.org

• Contribute

• Get the source code

Localization and internationalization¶

Write code that can be localized, get your code translated, and contribute to making Wikimedia technology multilingual.

• Read more on mediawiki.org

Mobile apps¶

Expand the reach of Wikimedia content by contributing to mobile apps for Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, and other projects.

• Read more on Meta-Wiki

Wikibase and Wikidata¶

Wikibase is a MediaWiki extension for working with structured data, and it's the software that powers Wikidata.

• Visit wikidata.org

• Read more on mediawiki.org