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 * This is a .zip file. It can be extracted from any operating system without installing any additional software.


 * You may also download MediaWiki as [//releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/{{MW stable branch number}}/mediawiki-{{MW stable release number}}.tar.gz .tar.gz] file. It is advised not to use 7-Zip to decompress the tarball (.tar.gz file), due to a 1>phab:T257102|bug with the PAX format.  MacOS users should note The Unarchiver has a 1>phab:T258716|bug which corrupts filenames in this archive.  Archive Utility can be used.
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 * Note: the last stable release does not contain all bug fixes to the stable branch: you can try [https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki/archive/{{MW stable release git}}.zip its last snapshot], but almost surely not all the fixes for the known bugs in the stable release have yet been included in such snapshot.

License
MediaWiki is free software licensed under version 2 of the GNU General Public License. Because MediaWiki is licensed free of charge, there is no warranty, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Read [https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html the full text of the GNU GPL version 2 for details].

System Requirements
MediaWiki requires PHP + and either  +, MariaDB, or one of the other two possible stores. For more information, please read the pages on req>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Installation requirements|system requirements and compat>Special:MyLanguage/compatibility|compatibility.

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