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BlueSpice Release status: stable
Implementation	MyWiki , Notify, Page action , Skin , Ajax
Description	MediaWiki distribution for business needs. More info…
Author(s)	Hallo Welt! GmbH
Latest version	5.2.1 (2026/01/22)
Compatibility policy	For every MediaWiki release that is a Long Term Support release there is a corresponding branch in the extension.
MediaWiki	1.43.x
PHP	8.1+
Database changes	Yes
Licence	GNU General Public License 3.0
Download	Official BlueSpice download page BlueSpice - Foundation : Download extension Git [?]: Browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub) Gerrit code review Git commit log Download source tarball Individual extensions have their own download pages Release notes
Example	en.demo.bluespice.com (en), de.demo.bluespice.com (de)
Translate the BlueSpice extension
Issues	Open tasks · Report a bug

BlueSpice is an open source MediaWiki enterprise distribution. It enhances MediaWiki, in particular in the following areas: quality management, process support, administration, rights management, editing, security, and social content. BlueSpice is used worldwide as a platform for collaborative knowledge management, as a knowledge base in customer support and as an uncomplicated tool for documentation and handbooks.

The development of the BlueSpice distributions serves the following goals:

• To make MediaWiki available to less tech-savvy user groups: spreading MediaWiki's unique collaboration approach beyond Wikimedia by providing an open source solution for organizations and businesses as an alternative to proprietary systems.
• To promote the open-source idea and culture: development under free licenses; faster, user-oriented development; transparent software development and increase of data security; and development of new ideas and approaches within a lively developer community
• To solve well-known MediaWiki maintainer problems: reducing the effort of continuous maintenance of extensions; ensuring continuous development and bug fixing; integrating features (e.g., Semantic MediaWiki ); unifying the code base; improving acceptance through better usability, meeting compliance requirements (e.g., EU GDPR^[1][2], accessibility); offering adaptability and scalability; providing continuous documentation.

Since 2015, BlueSpice development has been financed by a subscription model based on the models SuSE Linux and Red Hat Linux. Within the framework of this model, different editions and service contracts are provided. The edition BlueSpice free is the smallest edition, the commercial editions BlueSpice pro and BlueSpice farm bundle additional functions that meet the requirements of larger organizations (management system, documentation, manual, knowledge base). But the software of the commercial editions is also published and is under free licenses to make it available for the MediaWiki developer community.

	Enhanced Editing Options Insert "content droplets" in visual editing mode Visual editing and styling of table properties, filterable tables Multi-file upload Inline text-formatting options on highlighted text
	Navigation & Search Search quickly in titles, in full text, categories, namespaces and attached files (Office, PDF, etc.) Filter the search results via facets The fully revised navigation concept focuses on quick access to the most needed tools Quickly add navigation items with a graphical menu editor
	Process Support & Quality Management Create review workflows (pro edition) Assign articles to specific editors Set reminders Create page drafts (pro edition)
	Administration & Permissions Management Manage users, groups and namespaces with an easy-to-use graphical interface Connect your MediaWiki centrally to your LDAP server or Active Directory (pro edition)
	Collaboration Tools Write blog entries from standard wiki pages Add comment streams directly on wiki pages Subscribe to notifications to support editorial processes Add file attachments to any wiki page

BlueSpice is distributed in three editions: free, pro and farm. All BlueSpice editions are based on MediaWiki.

BlueSpice bundles numerous extensions. Many of them are written and maintained by Hallo Welt!. Besides this, there are many extensions from third-party developers part of the BlueSpice distribution. The current volume of the different distributions is described in the official BlueSpice software catalog.

BlueSpice free is an entry level solution for businesses, but it is also intended as a free ready-made solution for non-profit organizations. It adds lots of user-friendly features and supplements it with a multitude of helpful functions for teams and small businesses.

These functions includeː

• an optimized user interface design,
• high-performance search (OpenSearch),
• easy embedding of special content via "content droplets"
• rights management,
• improved system security, and
• integration and connection options via an API.

BlueSpice pro is the business-critical solution with comprehensive functionalities, a growing number of available extensions and long-term support – updates and patches are also included. It is available as BlueSpice pro Cloud and On Premises.

The additional functions to BlueSpice free includeː

• quality assurance,
• working with approvals,
• book feature with PDF export function,
• semantic features for working with forms and structured information, and
• a blog and comment function for team collaboration.
• simultaneous editing
• checklist-based user tasks
• integration with AI tools
• GDPR-compliant privacy center

BlueSpice farm is a scalable solution for creating and managing multiple wikis on one server.

The additional functions to BlueSpice pro includeː

• one-click installation of new wiki instances
• push & merge between instances
• language selection
• interwiki search
• translation support

BlueSpice free can be downloaded from the following sourcesː

• BlueSpice website
• All-in-one Docker image

• BlueSpice Website
  • Official feature list
• BlueSpice Helpdesk
  • Software catalog / extensions list
  • Installation guide
  • Video tutorials

• Richard Heigl: BlueSpice MediaWiki vs. Confluence – the wiki alternatives, BlueSpice Blog, 17th and 18th of May 2017
• Professional individual developers and companies offering MediaWiki-related services. Other service providers
• Software bundles and MediaWiki distributions for the enterprise. More distributions
• List of enterprise wiki software at Wikipedia
• MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group. Hallo Welt! is a member

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Categories:

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