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These are [[MediaWiki]]-based wiki farms that offer permanently-free wiki hosting; see [[:Category:MediaWiki wiki farms|parent category]] for more.
{{Free MediaWiki wiki farms}}
 
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Here are direct links to the wiki farms along with ''Special:Version'' links to see what versions of the MediaWiki software and extensions are currently being used. ''Special:Export'' can be used by anybody to download the wikitext for multiple pages. Paste in a list of the page names, or put in just a category name and have it export the wikitext for all the pages in that category. Admins on a wiki can use ''Special:Import'' to create multiple pages on a wiki from those exports. Database dumps for a whole wiki are usually linked at the bottom of ''Special:Statistics''. You may have to be logged in to see it. Most free wiki farms use ads for long-term funding. See also the opt-in ad sections of [[wikipedia:WP:Funding Wikipedia through advertisements]].
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== Comparison ==
 
{| border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse;" cellpadding=5
! Wiki farm
! MediaWiki version
! List of wikis
! Wiki backup. ''Special:Export''<br> and database dumps
! Help
! Forums<br>or talk
! Create a wiki
! Funding
|-
| [[Wiki.Wiki]]
| 1.24.2 in 2016
| [https://wiki.wiki/Category:Wikis Category:Wikis]
| available
| Link to MediaWiki-Help
| -
| [https://wiki.wiki/Special:RequestWiki Special:RequestWiki]
| ads
|-
| [[:Category:ShoutWiki|ShoutWiki]]
| 1.28.0 (most modern)
| [http://www.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Category:Wikis Category:Wikis]
| Export, and [http://www.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Help:Database_download database dumps]
| [http://www.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Help:Contents Help]
| [http://www.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Forum:Index Forums] <br>[https://phabricator.shoutwiki.com/ Bug/Issue tracker]
| [http://www.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Special:CreateWiki Create a wiki]
| ads
|-
| [http://www.wikia.com Wikia]
| 1.19.24 (legacy)
| [http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Hubs Category: Hubs]
| [http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Help:Exporting_pages Export], and [http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Help:Database_download database dumps]
| [http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Help:Contents Help]
| [http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Forum Forums]
| [http://www.wikia.com/Special:CreateNewWiki Create New Wiki]
| ads
|-
| [https://meta.miraheze.org Miraheze]
| 1.28.0 (most modern)
| Unknown
| [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Backups Backups]
| Link to MediaWiki-Help
| [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Meta:Community_portal Forum]
| [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:RequestWiki Request wiki creation]
| Donations
|-
| [http://editthis.info/wiki/ EditThis.info]
| 1.15.1 (ancient)
| Unknown
| Unknown
| [http://editthis.info/wiki/Help:Contents Help]
| [https://editthis.uservoice.com/forums/35672-feature-requests Feature requests]
| [http://editthis.info/extensions/add_wiki.php Create new MediaWiki site]
| Donations
|-
| [http://referata.com Referata]
| 1.25.5 (recent)
| [http://referata.com/wiki/List_of_Referata_wikis List of wikis]
| [http://referata.com/wiki/Special:Export Export]
| [http://referata.com/wiki/Help:Contents Help]
| [http://referata.com/wiki/Requested_features Feature requests]
| [http://referata.com/wiki/Creating_a_Referata_site How to create a new site]
| Unknown
|}
*'''ShoutWiki:''' [[mw:Social tools|Social tools]] are one of ShoutWiki's fields of expertise. A charge of $5.50 is required to remove page-cluttering ads, which the site unfortunately relies on for funding. Some highly technical features are available to staff only. [[shoutwiki:ShoutWiki Staff|ShoutWiki staff]] consists of experienced MediaWiki developers and editors.
*'''Wikia:''' This host is also ad-spammed with no paid removal option available, and the staff is not very open to founder configuration control. There are many features that are available to staff-only.
*'''Miraheze:''' Users should be aware that the Stewards of Miraheze "attempt" to offer freedom with extensions and features. However, it has been determined that there are several technical restrictions that the staff refuses to fully investigate/attempt to eliminate. Therefore, several enabled features are not available to wiki founders.
*'''EditThis.info:''' This MediaWiki host is 100% free. However, it appears to have been abandoned by their system administrators (the feature requests page has little to know responses and the village pump has been blanked and protected). Also, this host is running an ancient version of MediaWiki and thus is significantly lacking features.
*'''Referata:''' This host is specialized in [[mw:Extension:Semantic MediaWiki|Semantic wikis]]. Users should be aware that the site appears to have become a dormant wiki hosting provider, as the feature requests page has been abandoned for some time and the recent changes is usually filed with account creations.
 
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Latest revision as of 16:40, 15 October 2022

These are wiki farms (current and former) that are powered by the now ubiquitous MediaWiki (MW) wiki engine software, and importantly, offer permanently free wiki site hosting to users. It should be noted that the services listed below might not offer wiki hosting on solely a free basis; they might also choose to offer additional 'enhanced' wiki hosting options on a paid-for, commercial, or enterprise basis. Please see the parent category at category: MediaWiki wiki farm for other services who offer MW hosting on a non-free paid-for option.

The table below contains direct links to known free MediaWiki wiki farms. They also include the Special:Version link to see which version of the MediaWiki software is being used, along with any additional extensions. The Special:Export can be used by anybody to download the wikitext database for multiple pages. Paste in a list of the page names, or put in just a category name, and have it export the wikitext for all the pages in that category. Administrators on a wiki site are able to use Special:Import to create multiple pages on a wiki site from those exports. Database dumps for a whole wiki are occasionally linked at the bottom of Special:Statistics (standard on Wikia), although you may have to be logged-in to see it. Most free wiki farms use some form of on-wiki advertising for long-term funding. See also the opt-in advertising sections of Wikipedia: Funding Wikipedia through advertisements.

table of free MediaWiki wiki farms – current and former (view / edit / talk)
⇓ wiki
⇓ farm
main
URL(s)
MediaWiki
version
mobile-
view
enabled
number
of
wiki
sites
list of
wikis,
API info
wiki backup;
Special:Export
and database dumps
on-wiki
help
bug
reporting,
suggestions
create
a new
wiki
funding
method
dormant
wiki
abandon
policy
EditThis.info EditThis.info 1.15.1
(obsolete)
no 1,350 Categories,
Wikistats v2.2
export Help report a bug,
feature requests
create
a wiki
donate none
Grifkuba Grifkuba 1.37.4
(current)
no 17 unknown no none none unknown unknown
Miraheze meta.Miraheze.org 1.39.3
(current)
yes 2,923 gazetteer,
WikiDiscover,
Wikistats v2.2 (API)
backups help
center
forum request
a wiki
donate adopt or delete
NeoWiki
from
Neoseeker
NeoWiki.Neoseeker.com 1.38.4
(current)
yes ?? 182 Wiki list,
Wikistats v2.2,
API
unknown help
(ad-hoc)
bug forum create
wiki
prolific
animated
adverts
unknown
Referata Referata.com 1.26.4
(outdated)
yes 750 list of wikis,
Wikistats v2.2
nightly backup,
export
Help request features create
a site
free & paid-
for hosting
delete
ShoutWiki ShoutWiki.com 1.35.10
(current)
yes 12,358 list of wikis
(API),
Category:Wikis,
Wikistats v2.2
export, and
database
download
Help bug & issue tracker,
forums, IRC
create
a wiki
adverts delete
or adopt
Wiki-Site.com Wiki-Site.com unknown no 2,360 English wikis,
categories,
Wikistats v2.2
unknown none unknown create
wiki
adverts unknown
Wiki.Wiki
(closed)
Wiki.wiki 1.24.2
(outdated)
yes 100 Category:Wikis,
directory
dead link to
MediaWiki-Help
unknown new wiki creation
blocked
Google advertising none
Wikia
(aka
Fandom)
www.Wikia.com
Fandom.Wikia.com
Fandom.com
1.39.3
(current)
yes,
and
apps
385,000 Category:Hubs,
Wikistats v2.2
export, and
database download
Help forums create new wiki prolific
animated
adverts
keep and adoption
Wikkii
(closed)
Wikkii.Org
Wikkii.com
Wikkii.net
1.16.5
(obsolete)
no 3,000+ Farmer list dead
since 2014
Help Wikkii.com
support
forums
new wiki creation
blocked
adverts
(removed when logged in)
spammed deleted
Table last updated: 22 June 2023.

For all MediaWiki sites, a list of all wiki sites should also be available via the MediaWiki API (API:Main page) database access facility at /w/api.php?action=query&list=listwikis (or /wiki/api.php?action=query&list=listwikis), and / or the WikiDiscover module at /w/api.php?action=wikidiscover; though some sites do not enable the required API modules, or allow anonymous API read access.

  • EditThis.info: — this MediaWiki host is 100% free. However, it appears to have been abandoned by their system administrators (the feature requests page has little to no responses, and the village pump has been blanked and protected). Also, this host is running an ancient version of MediaWiki, and thus is significantly lacking the latest features. However, it remains a valid option as a free wiki host, particularly for those who do not require all of the latest 'bells and whistles' features found on the newer MediaWiki releases.
  • Miraheze: — originally seeded from the now defunct Orain wiki farm, users should be aware that despite what is advertised, Miraheze developers do not allow wiki founders to fully manage the configuration settings. Some of the extensions of this British farm are similar to that of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), but some of them are off-limits. Miraheze staff have also been known to interfere with local community operations. Miraheze offers 18 skins.
  • Referata: — this host specialises in Semantic wikis. Users should be aware that the site appears to have become a dormant wiki hosting provider, as the feature requests page has been abandoned for some time, and the recent changes is usually filed with account creations.
  • ShoutWiki:social tools are one of ShoutWiki's fields of expertise, though before one is allowed to create a wiki site on ShoutWiki, you need to be logged in and be e-mail confirmed. A charge of US$5.50 is required to remove adverts, which the site relies on for one stream of funding. Some highly technical features are available to staff only. ShoutWiki staff consists of highly experienced MediaWiki developers and editors. ShoutWiki offers 15 skins, including some ShoutWiki-developed skins.
  • Wikia: — now known as Fandom, this highly commercial behemoth of a host is prolifically advert-spammed, with no paid removal option available, and the staff are not very open to founder configuration control. Relying on a unique and heavily customised (and for a long time, long-outdated version of MediaWiki), there are many features that are available to staff-only, including traditional administrative features such as mass deletion and revision deletion. Additionally, some extension or configuration setting is used to prevent Fandom staff accounts from being blocked by any local admins.
Former farms (wiki hosts)
  • Wiki.Wiki: — as of December 2016, the ability to create wikis has been removed. Attempting to request a wiki returns a message saying "we are evaluating the wiki.wiki program right now and are not creating new wikis for a while". This message has been present for over three months, and filing a request returns absolutely nothing. Wiki.Wiki subsequently ceased to offer wiki hosting, notice was given to all existing editors.
  • Wikkii: — former British wiki farm which vanished without warning mid-2014.
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Subcategories

This category has the following 20 subcategories, out of 20 total.

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Pages in category “Free MediaWiki wiki farm”

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