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Download from Git instead
Active MediaWiki developers should instead download from Git to get the latest version of the MediaWiki software. The git repository has earlier versions of the software, so it is possible to switch to ("check out") a particular release.

Signature downloads

 * GPG security signatures to verify your download with GNU Privacy Guard:
 * MediaWiki - stable
 * MediaWiki - current long-term support (LTS)
 * GPG keys

Alternatives to manual installation
Some users may prefer to skip manual installation by using a pre-integrated MediaWiki software appliance or hosting services; repositories of some distros also increasingly offer packages for MediaWiki, with different degrees of frequency and extensions coverage (e.g. Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Gentoo).

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Legacy releases
If your MediaWiki installation is heavily modified, it may be difficult to incorporate the latest official changes/updates to MediaWiki. To support such users, we maintain old branches of our code for up to a year for the legacy release and up to three years for the legacy long term support release.

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 * Download legacy release MediaWiki

Development releases
If you want to run on the latest development (i.e. alpha) version, you can either download it as, or download from Git.

From Git you can either download the complete repository (about 528 MiB) or the latest revision only (about 85 MiB; this is often called a shallow clone: less time and smaller downloads).

You can also view the in your browser.

Old releases
You can find tarballs (with extension ) of all versions of MediaWiki back to March 2005 (the earliest being MediaWiki 1.3.11) in the MediaWiki download archives.

To browse, including even older versions, see the [ https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/core/+refs tags] of the Git repository.

Installation assistance

 * FAQ: Installation and configuration
 * mediawiki-l (Mailing List) is the high-traffic mailing list to ask for support.