Wikibase/Quick start

Getting started
Installing Wikibase from scratch is no small task. It requires a fair amount of domain knowledge in systems and infrastructure and a comprehensive understanding of how the various services work together, not to mention the many ins and outs of a MediaWiki installation.

Luckily, there are two easy ways to start using Wikibase.

Wikibase.cloud is Wikimedia Deutschland's cloud-based service offering hosted Wikibase instances. No hardware is required -- just your data and your data-modeling expertise.

You can be running your own Wikibase on your own machine in a matter of minutes, thanks to Docker and docker-compose.

Once you're familiar with Docker and have it installed on your machine of choice, you can dive right into the instructions on our Docker install page.