PHP
Private
MediaWiki
The wiki engine that powers Wikipedia.
MySQL
Node.js
Type
PHP / backend system
Stack
PHP, MySQL, JavaScript
Year
2002
Duration
8+ years
Overview
What I built & why
The free and open-source wiki software that powers Wikipedia and tens of thousands of other wiki sites. Maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation.
Battle-tested at extreme scale; runs Wikipedia's 60+ million articles across 300+ languages.
Highlights
Key deliverables
- ✓ Battle-tested at scale
- ✓ Visual + wikitext editor
- ✓ Extensive extension library
- ✓ L10n for 300+ languages
- ✓ Proven multilingual
Process
Challenge & solution
The challenge
Editorial wanted to publish from anywhere, but the existing CMS made a simple image swap a fifteen-minute task.
The solution
Rebuilt the front-end around mobile-first layouts, prefetching, and aggressive image optimisation — the new TTI is under one second.
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