User:Mike9012/Sandbox
Why choose Miraheze?
This is a feature comparison of all MediaWiki Wiki Farms.
| Wiki/Features | Miraheze | FANDOM | ShoutWiki | NeoSeeker Wiki | WikiTide/WikiForge | EditThis.info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2013 (as Orain), 2015 (as Miraheze) | 2004 (as Wikicities), 2006 (as Wikia), 2016 (as FANDOM) | 2007 | 2008 | 2023 | 2006 |
| MediaWiki Version | MediaWiki 1.40.1 (e88ba56) (Stable) | MediaWiki 1.39.3 (Stable LTS) | MediaWiki 1.35.10 (LTS) | MediaWiki 1.38.4 (Stable) | MediaWiki 1.40.1 (Stable) (WikiForge wikis can use LTS version) | MediaWiki 1.15.1 (Obsolete) |
| Forked/Patched MediaWiki | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Multilingual | Yes | Partial | Yes | No | Yes | Partial |
| Ads | None | Heavy (Paid Ad-free option No Longer available since 2014) | Some (Paid Ad-free option) | Some | None | Heavy |
| Price | Free | Free (Formerly Some Paid Features) | Some Paid Features | Free | WikiTide is Free, WikiForge is Paid | Free |
| Private Wikis | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Control Panel | Advanced | Simple | None | Simple | Advanced | Simple |
| WYSIWYG/ VisualEditor | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| Semantic MediaWiki | Experimental | No Longer Requestable since 2013, used on some wikis on FANDOM | By Request | No | Experimental | No |
| Custom Namespaces | Yes | By Request, 3 Maximum Namespaces | By Request | No | Yes | Yes |
| Custom User Rights | Yes | Limited | By Request | No | Yes | Yes |
| Skins | Vector, MonoBook, Modern, Cologne Blue, Timeless, Monaco, Cosmos (Oasis Fandom Skin Port), Nimbus, Truglass and more on Miraheze | Proprietary (FandomDesktop and FandomMobile) MonoBook is no longer available since 2018 | Proprietary (Aurora), Monaco, Truglass, Vector, MonoBook, Modern, Cologne Blue, Timeless, Nimbus, Minvera | Proprietary (AdBird) | Vector, MonoBook, Modern, Cologne Blue, Timeless, Monaco, Cosmos (Oasis Fandom Skin Port) and more | MonoBook, Chick, Classic, Cologne Blue, Modern, MySkin, Nostalgia, Simple, Vector (unofficial using a vector like css for Monobook.css, but it is buggy since it uses older version of MediaWiki) |
| Community-led | Yes | No | Partial | Partial | Yes | No |
| HTTPS | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Domains | Yes | No Longer available since 2016 | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Specialty | Any Subject | Entertainment and Gaming | Any Subject | Gaming | Any Subject | Any Subject |
| Detailed Comparison | N/A | Comparing Miraheze to Fandom | Comparing Miraheze to ShoutWiki | Comparing Miraheze to NeoWiki | Comparing Miraheze to WikiTide and WikiForge | Comparing Miraheze to EditThis |