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MediaWiki with WYSIWYG VisualEditor extension and Parsoid service.

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MediaWiki with WYSIWYG VisualEditor extension and Parsoid service. Built with Alpine, S6-overlay, NGINX, PHP-FPM with PHP 7.3, NodeJS, along with other extensions.

Platform availability

Available on 2 of 9 platforms

  • Unraid
  • TrueNAS (not listed)
  • Umbrel (not listed)
  • ZimaOS (not listed)
  • Proxmox (not listed)
  • Helm
  • Mac (not listed)
  • Windows (not listed)
  • Linux (not listed)

Health score?A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). When the source code has been checked, a fifth factor, security check (20%: automated scan for committed secrets, unsafe desktop-app settings, known-vulnerable dependencies and project hygiene; any serious finding caps it at 20), is added. Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

69/100 Good

Maintained
No data
Popular
No data
Easy to install
452 install platforms, install notes, Docker image
Light to run
10048 MB minimum RAM

Based on 2 of 4 factors.

Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 7 days ago

No GitHub repository data collected yet.

Resources & Compatibility

Minimum requirements: 48 MB RAM. ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is not supported.

Checked 14 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Register Citizen in LocalSettings Add wfLoadSkin( 'Citizen' ); to LocalSettings.php (the main MediaWiki settings file) so the wiki knows to use the Citizen skin. Without this line the skin is not active and none of the Citizen options will do anything. source
  • Choose basic look and feel settings In LocalSettings.php, set $wgCitizenThemeDefault to auto, light, or dark, and turn on or off the settings that start with $wgCitizenEnable for extras like the preferences menu, command palette (a quick shortcut box), and drawer stats. Without these settings, the skin may start with defaults that hide features or use a theme you do not want. source
  • PWA may be off in subfolders If your MediaWiki is in a subfolder, the Citizen skin may turn off the PWA (Progressive Web App) service worker (the tiny background program that makes a site feel like an installed app) because subfolder paths cannot get the full scope. Without that scope, installable-app behavior may fail or behave oddly, so this is normal rather than a broken installation. source

Fetched 14 days ago - each note links to its source

Alternatives (12)

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  • DokuWiki - DokuWiki is a self-hosted, database-free open-source wiki that stores pages as plain text files.
  • Foam - Foam is a personal knowledge management and sharing system inspired by Roam Research, built on Visual Studio Code and GitHub.
  • Gollum - Gollum is a simple, Git-powered wiki system.
  • Google Docs - Online word processor offering real-time collaboration, document conversion, robust formatting, revision history, redownloading, and langua…
  • La Suite Docs - Collaborative platform for real-time note-taking, documentation, and wikis, with offline support, granular permissions, AI tools, and multi…
  • Nuclino - Nuclino is a digital workspace for teams to organise notes, tasks, and documents in one searchable place.
  • TiddlyWiki - TiddlyWiki is a single html file with all the characteristics of a wiki - including all of the functionality (including editing, saving, ta…
  • Wiki.js - Write your content in the widely used and simple Markdown format, using the built-in visual editor.

Checked 11 days ago - source: AlternativeTo

Common questions

Do I need a server I can manage to create a self-hosted MediaWiki?

Creating a wiki implies installing MediaWiki on a server where you have access to manage it. You can use your own server or rely on a host that offers one-click installs or on-request wikis.

Where can I troubleshoot common MediaWiki issues?

The common errors and symptoms manual lists problems and solutions, including issues with image thumbnails not rendering or displaying.

How do I activate a MediaWiki skin such as Citizen?

Add wfLoadSkin('Citizen') to LocalSettings.php, the main MediaWiki settings file. Without that line, the skin is not active and its options do nothing.

Why might the Citizen skin PWA fail in a subfolder?

The skin may turn off the PWA service worker for subfolder installations because subfolder paths cannot get the full scope. That can make installable-app behavior fail or behave oddly, and it is normal rather than a broken installation.

Answers sourced from deepwiki.com, deepwiki.com, www.mediawiki.org, www.mediawiki.org

Community

Collected 13 days ago - public community threads