# MediaWiki: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 5 judge labels across 1 category by 5 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/mediawiki

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [IT documentation](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/it-documentation/index.md) | 0% | 87 | 60% | 5 |

## What the models said for it

- "Look at self-hosted options like BookStack, XWiki, or MediaWiki" (MiniMax M2.5, IT documentation)
- "Purely free and self-hosted? Start with BookStack or MediaWiki" (Grok 4.20, IT documentation)

## And against it

- "Generic Wikis (Confluence, Notion, MediaWiki, Dokuwiki) - Why to avoid" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, IT documentation)
- "Avoid if you want low maintenance — they require significant ongoing admin work." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, IT documentation)
- "self-hosted wikis carry hidden operational costs" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, IT documentation)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named MediaWiki, from 8 of the 13 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- ones.com: 7
- ferndesk.com: 5
- capterra.com: 3
- reddit.com: 3
- toolradar.com: 3
- aimultiple.com: 2
- community.spiceworks.com: 2
- document360.com: 2
- g2.com: 2
- notion.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://ferndesk.com/blog/best-it-documentation-software: 5
- https://aimultiple.com/it-documentation-software: 2
- https://capterra.com/it-documentation-software: 2
- https://community.spiceworks.com/t/documentation-solution-for-a-small-it-dept/1238152: 2
- https://document360.com/blog/it-documentation-software: 2
- https://g2.com/categories/it-documentation: 2
- https://ones.com/blog/best-documentation-software-for-tech-teams-9-platforms-compared: 2
- https://ones.com/blog/best-free-documentation-software-7-tools-that-cost-nothing-in-2026: 2

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.