Wikibooks

Spec sheet

Purpose

Wikibooks is an open-content collection of textbooks that anyone can edit.Read 30 Sep 2026 · en.wikibooks.org

API

MediaWiki provides Action and REST APIs for accessing wiki content and functionality, including searching, retrieving, transforming, and editing pages.Read 30 Sep 2026 · mediawiki.org

Security

The privacy policy describes access controls, network firewalls, and physical security measures, while stating that completely secure transmission or storage cannot be guaranteed.Read 30 Sep 2026 · foundation.wikimedia.org

Privacy

The Wikimedia Foundation says it collects very little personal information and does not rent or sell it to third parties.Read 30 Sep 2026 · foundation.wikimedia.org

Support

Wikimedia Phabricator is used to track MediaWiki bugs and feature requests.Read 30 Sep 2026 · en.wikibooks.org

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United StatesRead 28 Sep 2026 · en.wikibooks.org

Founded

2003Read 28 Sep 2026 · en.wikibooks.org

Account access

Logging in is not required to read Wikibooks or to edit most pages, although some exceptions apply.Read 30 Sep 2026 · en.wikibooks.org

API limits

API query results for regular users cannot exceed 500 for list and property queries, and per-user rate limits apply from 2026.Read 30 Sep 2026 · mediawiki.org

Book formats

Collections can be downloaded as PDF or ODT files.Read 30 Sep 2026 · en.wikibooks.org

Change tracking

Readers can monitor changes to pages, linked pages, selected lists of pages, or pages edited by a particular user.Read 30 Sep 2026 · en.wikibooks.org

Community support

The Wikibooks Reading room is a place to raise and answer questions about technical issues, policies, and other project concerns.Read 30 Sep 2026 · en.wikibooks.org

Content

The Wikimedia Foundation describes Wikibooks as a collection of free e-book resources, including textbooks, annotated texts, instructional guides, and manuals.Read 30 Sep 2026 · wikimediafoundation.org

Content scope

The project aims to provide free e-book resources including textbooks, annotated texts, instructional guides, and manuals.Read 30 Sep 2026 · wikimediafoundation.org

Cost

Anyone can access Wikibooks textbooks at no cost.Read 30 Sep 2026 · en.wikibooks.org

Downloads

Users can download an XML dump of the entire English Wikibooks site or export selected pages.Read 30 Sep 2026 · en.wikibooks.org

Editing

Wikibooks allows users anywhere in the world to modify pages and add new content.Read 30 Sep 2026 · en.wikibooks.org

Export

Collections of Wikibooks pages can be downloaded in PDF or OpenDocument format, or ordered as printed books through PediaPress.Read 30 Sep 2026 · en.wikibooks.org

History

The Wikibooks project started in 2003.Read 30 Sep 2026 · en.wikibooks.org

Licensing

The main page says its text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, with additional terms potentially applying.Read 30 Sep 2026 · en.wikibooks.org

Markup

Wikibooks uses simple wiki markup based on UseModWiki.Read 30 Sep 2026 · en.wikibooks.org

Page export

Special:Export allows users to download one or more Wikibooks pages as XML.Read 30 Sep 2026 · en.wikibooks.org

Print formats

Wikibooks help describes creating print versions of books and making PDF versions.Read 30 Sep 2026 · en.wikibooks.org

Print integration

Collections can be sent to PediaPress for print-on-demand delivery.Read 30 Sep 2026 · en.wikibooks.org

Software

Wikibooks runs on MediaWiki, a PHP application that stores pages in a MySQL database.Read 30 Sep 2026 · en.wikibooks.org

Subjects

The site organizes books across subjects including computing, engineering, humanities, languages, mathematics, science, and social sciences.Read 30 Sep 2026 · en.wikibooks.org

Where Specifiction places it

• Open Educational Resource Platforms#26 of 277.1