Create your own wiki: How it works - all the info

Wikipedia is the mother of all online encyclopedias. Following its example, quite a few other wikis have developed, covering every conceivable topic. We show how you can create a wiki yourself.

Creating your own wiki is easily possible thanks to suitable free software.

Having your own encyclopedia is not only an end in itself, as it is useful as a knowledge database for other users.

With this software you can create a wiki yourself

To create a wiki yourself, you need the appropriate software. Here there are various solutions, the best known and recommended for beginners is the software on which Wikipedia is also based:

• It is MediaWiki, a designated encyclopedia software. This is free and available for home users. The latest version can be found here.
• You can see how many alternatives there are now in this Wikipedia listing.
• The preferred providers also depend on the subject area. For example, Fextralife is a leading address for gaming databases.

Most software solutions are easy to use and are aimed specifically at non-computer scientists. MediaWiki is a vivid example of this. From a technical point of view, therefore, nothing stands in the way of your own wiki; the creation of content is the real work and for this reason, many wikis rely on the assistance of the community - just like the great role model thus.