MediaWiki vs SlimWiki
MediaWiki
mediawiki.orgSlimWiki
slimwiki.comSide by side
| Figure | MediaWiki | SlimWiki |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 3 |
| Spec score · Knowledge base software | 8.5 (#36) | 7.9 (#88) |
| Spec score · Wiki Software | 8.5 (#9) | 8.0 (#17) |
| Publishing audience | both | both |
| Custom domain | Yes | Yes |
| Customization | Extensions let administrators customize MediaWiki's appearance and behavior, and developers can write or contribute extensions. | Users can add their own branding and domain name to a wiki. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, United States | Singapore |
| SSO support | Yes | Yes |
| Support | The MediaWiki site directs users with questions to its community support desk and offers documentation, FAQs, and community communication channels. | SlimWiki’s terms say technical support is provided by email; the pricing page lists 24/7 support and Priority support in its plan comparison. |
| Version history | Yes | Yes |
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In their own words
MediaWiki
MediaWiki is free, server-based wiki software for collecting, organizing, and sharing knowledge. Contributors edit pages in wikitext without needing HTML or CSS, and previous page versions remain available for reverting. Administrators can customize appearance and behavior with extensions; caching supports large, high-traffic wikis. Its REST API provides HTTP access to wiki content and functions such as search, page transformations, and history, with JSON or HTML output and extension-specific endpoints. MediaWiki is self-hosted under GNU GPL version 2 or later and is provided without warranty to the extent permitted by law. The latest stable version requires PHP 8.3.0 or later, a web server, and MariaDB 10.3.0+, MySQL 5.7.0+, PostgreSQL 10.0+, or SQLite 3.31.0+. Each release receives security updates for one year, and developers recommend subscribing to the low-traffic mediawiki-announce list. Third-party extensions may be unmaintained, vulnerable, incompatible with some versions, or unreliable together. Documentation, FAQs, community channels, and a support desk are available through the MediaWiki site.