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Robin Rodricks
Robin Rodricks

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What software does Wikia use and can I have that for my own hosted Wiki?

I want my own hosted Wiki so its fully under my control, but would like something as advanced as Wikia rather than the plain, feature-lacking Wikipedia style MediaWiki.

What software does Wikia use and can I have that for my own hosted Wiki? Is it just upgraded/added-on MediaWiki.

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Answers (4)

sam1370
sam1370

Reputation: 355

Their source code is in a public GitHub repository.

If you want to download it and use it on your own go to the latest "release-*" branch.

https://github.com/Wikia/app

Upvotes: 0

Brion
Brion

Reputation: 1041

You can find Wikia's customizations and extensions to MediaWiki at their dev wiki.

They keep most of their tweaked code in a publicly-accessible SVN server, linked there.

Upvotes: 5

Thomas Jones-Low
Thomas Jones-Low

Reputation: 7161

Wikia uses the latest version of the MediaWiki software (MediaWiki 1.13.4), but with many of the extensions. The advanced features you see are their hard work at adding a "skin" (called Monaco) of css and javascript over the top. If you ask politely, they will give you a copy.

Upvotes: 2

Uri
Uri

Reputation: 89859

AFAIK, Wikia uses a modified version of the standard Mediawiki distribution that they've been augmenting over the years.

Their business model is to host Wikis (and generate ad revenue) but also to attract users with features not available in standard MediaWiki. I don't think they're offering the software for free, and I doubt that they're selling it at the moment.

Upvotes: 2

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