Hosting services
 | Be warned that the Wikimedia Foundation does not guarantee the quality of or endorse any of the services on the list. |
If you want to run a MediaWiki wiki and don't want to maintain your own infrastructure, you might be interested in the wiki farms and hosting services listed below.
- In addition, most regular web hosting companies allow for installing MediaWiki without too much trouble, although maintaining and upgrading the code would still in most cases be up to you.
- You can also install a pre-made software bundle or software "appliance" on a virtual private server.
Do not add hosting services to this list without directly linking to a page that explicitly states MediaWiki hosting.
| Name | Country | Wiki farm or host? | Specialism | Free Option? (yes/no) | Type of cost | Own domain | Command line | Support options | Notes |
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| 20i | USA, UK | host | No | paid | 24/7 | 1-click setup | |||
| A2 Hosting | USA, Europe | host | No | paid | 24/7 | 1-click setup | |||
| Albatross Cloud | USA | host | Managed Hosting and Cloud Services with exceptional support for Medium and Enterprise Clientele. | No | paid | Yes or subdomain | 24/7 | ||
| Arvixe Hosting | USA, Europe | host | No | paid | 24/7 | 1-click setup | |||
| Biowikifarm | Germany | farm | for non-commercial dissemination of biological open-content data | Yes | free | ||||
| CiviHosting | USA, Europe | host | Boutique-style hosting firm including account sizes for personal, business and enterprise-level wikis, including Semantic MediaWiki and BlueSpice | No | paid | Yes, as well as domain registration service, or a subdomain is possible | SSH access | 24/7 support with 5 minute response time included with all accounts | Shared and VPS hosting available. Services include
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| Cloudways.com | Malta | host | No | paid | You have to set it up independently | Yes | Quick setup, automatic backup, cloud-based (included in the cost). Support staff also in Dubai, Pakistan and Spain. | ||
| Dreamhost.com | USA | host | No | paid | limited ssh access | 24/7 via tickets and email. | Also offers free hosting service for non-profits. | ||
| Fandom | United States, France, Poland, Indonesia, Australia | farm | Entertainment, Lifestyle, Video Games and Anime | Yes | free (with ads) | custom subdomain only. | No | Contact and community forums | Wikis are not owned by their founders. Fandom may take decisions affecting the community even if there's no consensus at all. They reserve the right to change the wikis URL for SEO purposes. In case the community wants to move to another host, the wiki and its content in most cases can't or won't be deleted from Fandom. There's only one skin available and it's proprietary. All wikis run MediaWiki 1.37.4. |
| Fastdot Hosting | Australia, Asia Pacific, USA, UK | host | No | paid | 1-click installer | ||||
| HostDash | USA | host | Blazing fast wiki hosting solutions, backed by 24/7 expert support & a 60 day money back guarantee. | No | paid | Yes | 24/7 |
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| HostGator | USA | host | No | paid | Yes | ||||
| Hostiso | USA, Canada, Germany, France, Singapore | host | Managed Hosting and Services with exceptional support for mediwiki clients! | No | paid | yes or subdomain | 24/7 | 1-click setup, free backups, support, cPanel, cloud-based. | |
| Name | Country | Wiki farm or host? | Specialism | Free Option? (yes/no) | Type of cost | Own domain | Command line | Support options | Notes |
| HostKnox | USA | host | No | paid | Yes | Chrooted (jailed) SSH | 24/7 via support tickets. 15-minute response time. | Free MediaWiki installation, transfer & upgrade. | |
| KnownHost | USA, Europe | host | No | paid | SSH Access | 24/7/365 Email and Ticket Support. | Free install support. Shared, VPS, Cloud and Dedicated Server lines. | ||
| MilesWeb.com | UK, US, India, Romania | host | No | paid | Yes | FTP & Jail Shell access | 24/7/365 support via live chat, email and phone | 1-click setup | |
| Miraheze | UK | farm | Yes | free (no ads) | Optional | No | IRC, Email, Issue trackers, Wiki venues, Discord server | Community-driven, not-for-profit, quick wiki creation, HTTPS-only, public and private wikis. Infrastructure 100% open source. No hard limits on server resource usage and runs latest MediaWiki version. | |
| MyWikis | USA
We speak English / Nosotros hablamos español / On parle français / 我们讲中文 / हमें हिंदी आती है |
host | Private wikis (public wikis are still available) Different plans available, tailored for enterprise customers, personal wikis, and anywhere in between. |
No | paid (no ads) | Yes | FTP and SSH on request | Support system, email, phone, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet |
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| MyWikis Europe | Austria (European Union)
We speak English / Nosotros hablamos español / On parle français / Wir sprechen Deutsch |
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| Neoseeker | farm | game and entertainment-related wikis | Yes | free (with ads) | |||||
| OpenFox.io | Europe | Cloud based | Orgnaisational Wikis | No | Monthly and Annual | Company domain or Openfox.io subdomain. | No | Wiki set-up, consulting and implementation | Managed wiki Service with high security as well as set-up and organisational implementation support |
| Professional.Wiki | Europe | dedicated server | Professional services for companies of all sizes. Unmatched Semantic MediaWiki expertise. | No | paid | Yes | Yes | yes, with real experts | Holistic services including setup, management, support, training and custom development. Run by MediaWiki veterans. |
| ProWiki | Germany | host | SaaS-hosting, Semantic MediaWiki or Wikibase optional | No | paid (no ads) | Yes or a subdomain to <pro.wiki> | No | SLA depending on plan chosen (email, chat, phone, web meeting) |
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| Name | Country | Wiki farm or host? | Specialism | Free Option? (yes/no) | Type of cost | Own domain | Command line | Support options | Notes |
| RoseHosting | USA | host | No | paid | Linux VPS hosting. | ||||
| SaaS Web Internet Solutions | Germany | host | Standard, BlueSpice Free/Pro, Semantic MediaWiki | No | paid | always | No | Phone at business hours, email 24x7 | Fully managed MediaWiki on several infrastructures (as needed): Shared Hosting, Dedicated - both either on OpenStack Public Cloud or VMware Private Cloud |
| ShoutWiki | farm | Yes | free; ad-supported; paid | possible | No | Contact and Forum at ShoutWiki Hub | From MediaWiki developers and others. Lacks HTTPS/SSL support. | ||
| SiteGround | USA, Netherlands, Singapore | host | No | paid | Yes | 24/7/365 support via live chat, email and phone | 1-click setup | ||
| Webarchitects | UK | farm | No | paid | Yes | Optional SSH access | IRC, email, phone | Multi-stakeholder cooperative with social responsibility focus, green power and green hardware, emphasis on free and open source software (Ansible playbook published under GPLv3). | |
| Webhost UK LTD | UK, US | host | No | paid | Yes | FTP & Jail Shell access | 24/7/365 support via live chat, email and phone | 1-click setup | |
| Telepedia | UK | farm | Yes | Free (with ads for unregistered users) | No | Movies/TV and Anime | Email and Discord | Wikis are only created at by requests at at staff approval, they have a wiki partnership programme. HTTPS only. Admins can configure their sites extensions and setup via ManageWiki. | |
| wiki.gg | USA | farm | Video games | Yes | Free (ads for unregistered users, but only ads for other video games in the farm) | No | No | Email, Discord | Private wiki-farm, wikis are only created on request by staff, and they prefer wikis with developer/publisher support to either provide assets or information for the wiki or for the wiki to become Official. |
| Name | Country | Wiki farm or host? | Specialism | Free Option? (yes/no) | Type of cost | Own domain | Command line | Support options | Notes |
| Wiki Valley (fr)
Wiki Valley(en) |
France | farm | Private wikis | No | by user/month and options | Yes | No | mail, chat, phone and wiki | Création à la demande (fr)
Creation on demand (en) |
| Wikibase Solutions | The Netherlands | host | Fully managed Wiki hosting in addition to a core business of developing Semantic MediaWiki solutions | No | paid | Yes | at request | phone, Skype and email | Also provides support for Elasticsearch and other requested services. |
| WikiHoster.net | Germany | farm | Semantic MediaWiki, updates and upgrades included in plans (serviced) | No | paid | possible | serviced (see specialism) | Phone and email at business hours | German site. Available for customers in the SEPA-area. |
| Wiki-Site | United States, Israel | farm | Yes | free (with ads) | Available in 25 languages. Runs MediaWiki 1.11. Lacks HTTPS/SSL support. | ||||
| WikiTeq | USA | host | Professionally managed hosting on a private VPS | No | paid | Yes | Yes | On-call support team ready 24/7 | Enterprised-focused full-service MediaWiki development company providing fully supported and maintained wikis. |
External links
- Hosts listed at WikiApiary.
- Farms listed at WikiApiary.
- Wikibooks:Starting and Running a Wiki Website/Hosted Wikis
- Comparison of wiki hosting services
- WikiMatrix
- Wiki farms at DMOZ
- Category:WikiFarm at WikiIndex.
- WikiFarms - wikiteam - tools for archiving wikis. On GitHub.