Professional development and consulting
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This page is intended to help you find professional help (developers, freelancers) with your wiki if you need it. The lists do not claim to be exhaustive. If you think you or your company should be listed on the page, you are welcome to add it yourself.
Individual professional developers and consultants
| Name | City | Country | Contact Info | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adnan Saleem Sandhila | Lahore | Pakistan | adnansandhila gmail.com | i am interested in wiki's developments and the potential of this software, i am inspired by its application as wikipedia, and so i can support implementations of any innovative ideas by you using media wiki software |
| Aleš Kapica | Prague | Czech republic | Wikimedian since 2004, IT Linux administrator for departments DCE and DC of CVUT in Prague. Author of AccessControl and maintainer EImage extensions. Admin for department wiki (run continually since 2008) and TheWoodcraft.Org (start 2013). Experience with multilingual using of MediaWiki, templates & etc. Translator & Translation administrator of the MediaWiki.org since 2019. | |
| Andreas Jonsson | Sweden | andreas.jonssonkreablo.se | Developer with experience from developing extensions for MediaWiki. See CV for details. Hired via Kreablo AB. | |
| Anton Krom | Galicia | Spain | wikivisorwikivisor.com | Corporate wiki solutions. Go paperless. Semantics, Coding, Skinning, Integration, Advice and Consulting. Clients' feedback here. |
| Bernhard Krabina | Vienna | Austria | berhard.krabinakm-a.net | Semantic MediaWiki consultant and implementer. Knowledge management and open data expert. |
| David Gómez | Catalonia | Spain | dvdgmzgmail.com | Admin or developer of: Experimenta_wiki, EOI wiki,Viquilletra, GRFwiki, Sopa de pedres, Tanatopedia & HKp wiki. Skills: setting up & maintaining Semantic MediaWiki with Semantic Forms; designing templates, forms and collaboration tools. |
| Daniel A. R. Werner | Berlin | Germany | daniel.a.r.wernergmail.com | Professional MediaWiki, Semantic MediaWiki and Wikibase (Wikidata's software) development since 2007. Focus on setting up and consulting on Semantic MediaWiki and Wikibase. One of the initial Wikidata Developers. About my work. |
| Edward Chernenko | Russia | edwardspecgmail.com | New extensions & consulting. Developer of Extension:Moderation and Extension:AWS. | |
| Florence DEVOUARD | Marseille | France | fdevouardanthere.org | Training on MediaWiki from social perspective. Conferences and workshops related to considerations in wiki projects. Editor of WikiFundi (mediawiki based solution to edit offline). http://www.devouard.org |
| Igor Absorto | Grenoble | France | igorabsorto.dev | MediaWiki installation with Linux, backups, migrations, maintenance, templates, tailored maintenance scripts and extensions. absorto.dev |
| Sophivorus | Buenos Aires | Argentina | schenonefgmail.com | Installations, configurations, updates, backups, migrations, skins, templates, extensions, repairs, hacks, anything. |
| Jan Steinman | Janbytesmiths.com | Experienced with extension and skin development and organizational consulting. | ||
| Jay Prakash | - | India | 0freerunninggmail.com | Jay is a full-time MediaWiki consultant and developer who has expertise in creating and deploying MediaWiki extensions & skins, migrating old wiki to new wiki version, creating templates and structured data for content, and many more. He have been Google summer of code Intern for Wikimedia in the past and currently Lead developer in Indic-TechCom. |
| Jeroen De Dauw | Berlin | Germany | jeroendedauwgmail.com | Jeroen is technical director of Professional Wiki. He has been developing MediaWiki, Semantic MediaWiki and extensions since 2009. During this time he has worked for several companies across the globe, including Google and the Wikimedia Foundation. Jeroen has been working for Wikimedia Deutschland since 2012 where he was part of the original Wikidata team and now holds the position of Software Architect. |
| John McClure | Port Townsend WA | USA | jmcclurehypergrove.com | experience with many MediaWiki & Semantic MediaWiki extensions. project manager, ontologist and grunt coder. |
| Jos van der Ven | Netherlands | infovflashdesign.nl | Developer of Milieuhulp, WikiFair, NederWiki. Skills: Semantic MediaWiki, Semantic forms, Wiki skins, MediaWiki extensions. | |
| Karsten Hoffmeyer | Berlin | Germany | karstenprofessional.wiki | Karsten is organizational director of Professional Wiki. He has been managing wikis using MediaWiki and related extensions since 2009 and is the Semanic MediaWiki project manager. During this time he has provided MediaWiki hosting and services to many companies and organizations across Europe. Karsten has been working at WikiHoster.net since 2011 as its proprietor. |
| Lia Veja | Cluj-Napoca, Berlin, London | Romania, Germany, UK | lia.vejairis-semdata.com | Can help with data modelling, data management, external data import, data integration, linked data, wiki installation, skin design and custom extension development for Semantic MediaWiki (See OfflineImportLexicon extension for work example). I do work via Iris SemData |
| Manuel Schneider | Tripoint D-F-CH | Germany | Wikimedian since 2004, IT Engineer by profession. I do a lot of MediaWiki stuff for several Wikimedia chapters, for my own and in external projects as a consultant. For my day job I run a small server hosting company. | |
| Mark A. Hershberger | Lancaster, PA | USA | mahnichework.com | Consultant for Fortune 50 companies, medical non-profits, and small projects. I help organisations adapt their custom extensions to new versions of MediaWiki; integrate organizaational authentication systems with MediaWiki; troubleshoot and resolve problems with their wiki. Co-founder and President of the MediaWiki Stakeholders user group. Developer for various extensions including SemanticMediaWiki and contributor to MediaWiki. Member of the MediaWiki release management team (1.19-1.24). Former Bugmeister for Wikimedia.(2011-2012) |
| Michele Fella | Milan | Italy | michele.fellagmail.com | Installation, design and customization of MediaWiki and extensions. |
| Narayanan K | Chennai | India | 7narayangmail.com | Extension development, Installation,upgrading, Maintenance Etc. |
| Nicolas NALLET | Paris, Besançon | France | contactsemantiki.fr | MediaWiki and Semantic MediaWiki consultant running Wiki Valley (formerly Sémantiki.fr) |
| Niklas Laxström | Finland | niklas.laxstromgmail.com | MediaWiki consulting (so far universities, public entities etc.) | |
| Nischay Nahata | Bangalore | India | Nischayn22gmail.com | Experienced with extension creation and development. Worked on Semantic MediaWiki extensions, Maps, etc. More at User:Nischayn22 |
| PaulGu Wiki | paulpaulgu.com | Paul Gu is a MediaWiki skin, template and extensions developer and offers MediaWiki skin customization, skin integration, Web site integration, MediaWiki extension installation, SEO, etc for pay | ||
| Raja Naik | Mumbai | India | raajanaikgmail.com | I am an expert PHP programmer and specialize in developing custom extensions and skins. I also perform installations, upgrades, and general MediaWiki consultation. |
| Russell John | Dhaka | Bangladesh | russellekushey.com | Provides consulting, setup/configuration, customizing, programming, training for MediaWiki. |
| rxy | Osaka | Japan | mediawiki-supportrxy.jp | (Currently only available with Japanese language messages) MediaWiki core installation, configuration, and an extension development. I am contributor for MediaWiki core (you can find my name in Special:Version/Credits) and cyber security engineer. |
| Saqib Iqbal | London | UK | siqbalbalochgmail.com | Setting up a new wiki-based site, extension-development, installation, User-Interface improvements and all MediaWiki-related issues |
| Sébastien DROUIN | Nice | France | sddevsd.info | Installation, update, design and customization of MediaWiki and extensions, sysadmin and developper |
| Seb35 | Rennes | France | seb35seb35.fr | MediaWiki consultant, long-time experience of MediaWiki, both technical (sysadmin) and as user |
| TiagoFerreira | Portugal | infotiagoferreira.nome.pt | MediaWiki and Semantic MediaWiki consultant for intranet enterprise environments, from information management into knowledge management. Embedded self-hosted solutions for SOHO and SMBs with QNAP. | |
| Vedmaka | Tbilisi | Georgia | god.vedmakagmail.com | Mediawiki and Semantic MediaWiki extensions development, engine configuration. |
| Vitaliy Klymets | Ukraine | vitaliklymetsgmail.com | Installations, configurations, updates, backups, migrations, templates, extensions. | |
| Yury Katkov | Saint Petersburg | Russia | katkov.juriygmail.com | MediaWiki and Semantic MediaWiki jobs: setup, configuration, advice and consulting |
| Zoran Dori | Serbia | zorandori4444gmail.com | All MediaWiki jobs, like setup, configuration, upgrading, consultation, support and other maintenance work. |
Companies that provide solutions and support for MediaWiki
| Name | City | Country | Contact Info | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ArchiXL | Netherlands | infoarchixl.nl | ArchiXL is an independent consultancy company specializing in enterprise and IT architecture. They help enterprises and government to organize their information and creating the necessary insight. They focus on organizations in the public and financial sectors. In ArchiXL Courses they offer trainings in the field of architecture. | |
| BairesDev | San Francisco, California | USA | infobairesdev.com | BairesDev is the fastest-growing Technology Solutions company in Latin America. We provide end-to-end software delivery and MediaWiki consulting on a global scale for companies of all sizes, from startups to some of the biggest companies in the world. Visit our webpage to know more: https://www.bairesdev.com/ |
| BitNami | provides an out-of-the-box installation of MediaWiki to use with VMware vFabric™ Application Director | |||
| BorderCloud | Paris | France | karima.rafesbordercloud.com | Linked Data consultancy/training/hoster on various software including MediaWiki and WikiBase(WikiData). |
| BreezyOps | Albuquerque, NM | USA | drobbinsbreezyops.com | Specializing in high-traffic MediaWiki deployments in the Cloud or on physical hardware (Load balancer, MySQL Cluster), Cargo-enabled MediaWiki sites, LDAP integration. |
| CiviHosting | USA | helpcivihosting.com | CiviHosting is a hosting firm specializing in Mediawiki with servers in the USA and Europe. Services include 24/7 support, daily backups, Visual Editor, as well as training and consulting.
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| systemsforpeople | Canada | infoweb_2019systemsforpeople.com, User:David Mason | Extensive use of Semantic MediaWiki for university research, cultural sites. Free overviews, ongoing training, custom front ends. | |
| DIQA | Karlsruhe | Germany | infodiqa-pm.com Contact page (English) Contact page (German) | Consulting and development for MediaWiki, Semantic MediaWiki, SharePoint. Professional software products for knowledge management DataWiki, information management in SharePoint, and Linked Data. |
| Doalogue | Tel Aviv | Israel | contact page | Doalogue is a knowledge mangement and consulting company. We offer organizational/bussiness wiki solutions: Intranet and Internet wiki setup, implementation & training, backend & frontend (skin) development. We maintain Doalogue wiki, newseminar and many other wikis. |
| Dokit | Paris, FR | France | contactdokit.io | Mediawiki consulting, Development of Extensions, Skin design, Semantic MediaWiki and PageForm integration and Hosting. |
| Energypedia Consult GmbH | Eschborn | Germany | supportenergypedia-consult.com | Consultancy for web-based monitoring and project platforms (WebMo), software for knowledge management, and databases. |
| End Point Corporation | USA | MediaWiki consulting: troubleshooting, custom extensions, Postgres integration, SphinxSearch | ||
| EvolvNet | Portland | USA | djmevolvnet.com - Dave Myers | EvolvNet designs, builds and maintains portals, communities, information hubs and intranets based on the MediaWiki platform. |
| Frequenze Software | Italy | infofrequenze.it Andrea Ganduglia | Website development, sysadmin consultancy etc. for open applications. They worked with several companies and public institutions, also with intranet MediaWikis; main problems they report, authentication integration and parser/syntax reuse outside the wiki. | |
| gesinn.it GmbH & Co. KG | Schwarzenfeld, Regensburg | Germany | solutionsgesinn.it | Enterprise class MediaWiki solutions:
Setup, customization, programming, consulting and training. |
| Hallo Welt! | Regensburg | Germany | infohallowelt.com | MediaWiki consulting, training, setup/configuration, customizing and programming. Developer of BlueSpice MediaWiki. |
| Iris-SemData | Romania, UK | Lia Veja | Semantic Web and Semantic MediaWiki consulting, implementation, support, training, Big Data Analytics, Machine Learning, AI algorithms. | |
| Juggel | Netherlands | infojuggel.com | Juggel specializes in MediaWiki based Information and Productivity platforms. Juggel provides out-of-the-box in-the-cloud solutions that enable you to create the perfect knowledge base for your company. | |
| KM-A Knowledge Management Associates | Vienna | Austria | bernhard.krabinakm-a.net | Semantic MediaWiki and Wikibase/Wikidata consulting, implementation, support, and training. Data, Information and Knowledge Management. |
| Kreablo AB | Sweden | http://www.kreablo.se/x/bin/view/Ext/Kontakt | MediaWiki and XWiki consulting, implementation, training | |
| masterssystems Serverhosting & -Management | Tripoint D-F-CH | Germany | Wikimedian since 2004, IT Engineer by profession. I do a lot of MediaWiki stuff for several Wikimedia chapters, for my own and in external projects as a consultant. For my day job I run a small server hosting company. | |
| Mediawiki4Intranet | Russia | vitalifyourcmc.ru | Maintain Mediawiki4Intranet, a MediaWiki distribution bundled with 75 extensions good for corporate intranet wikis. | |
| MWUsers | Phoenix, AZ | USA | Contact form | MWUsers provides fully-managed MediaWiki Hosting, professional support services, and custom development in addition to our community support platform. |
| MyWikis Consulting | USA | salesmywikis.com | MediaWiki is a powerful tool that can be used for any part of your organization. We're here to help you figure out how to best integrate it for your organization. In addition to our hosting services, MyWikis's consulting services are here to help you get your wiki working for your company. Bundle discounts are provided for clients who are using MyWikis for wiki hosting. With 10+ years of experience with MediaWiki and almost 10 years as a company, we're able to deliver results for anything, built on top of time-tested expertise. More info on our website | |
| NobleProg MediaWiki Training UK Szkolenia MediaWiki MediaWiki Courses US MediaWiki Courses CN | UK, Poland, USA China | bernard.szlachtanobleprog.co.uk info | specialize in training and consultancy on various software including MediaWiki | |
| Open Technology Group | infootg-nc.com | IT training including courses in MediaWiki Administration and Managing Content with MediaWiki | ||
| Open Tech Strategies, LLC | New York / Chicago | USA | infoopentechstrategies.com | Custom open source development based on MediaWiki. See Torque, Torque Sites, ActivityLog, TeamComments, SimpleBook, and SimpleFavorites for examples. |
| OpenFox.io | Tel Aviv | Israel | officeopenfox.io | OpenFox.io is a platform for organisational wikis based on MediaWiki. We developed and maintain internal organisational-wikis as well as open knowledge portals such as Sheatufim, Haogdan and Matana (Education.gov). |
| PediaPress | Mainz | Germany | developmentpediapress.com | online service that lets you create customized books from wiki content developed and maintain some extensions such as Collection |
| Professional Wiki | Berlin | Germany | infoprofessional.wiki Contact page (English) Contact page (German) | High quality services by MediaWiki veterans Jeroen De Dauw and Karsten Hoffmeyer. We provide managed MediaWiki hosting, custom development, professional support, training, advise, software upgrades and more. |
| Return on Intelligence | Philadelphia, St. Petersburg, Riga | USA, Russia, Latvia | Outsourced software development, commercial software solutions. Large enterprise projects using MediaWiki, its extensions, and Semantic MediaWiki technologies for delivering knowledge management systems. | |
| Richard Carter Consultancy Alternative: Earl Grey & Battenburg | UK | Twitter: RCConsultancy User:Earlgreybattenburg / User:Rcconsultancy | MediaWiki consultancy and skin design, Drupal, Inkspace, OpenCommerce training author of MediaWiki Skins Design working on HTML5 MediaWiki skin and responsive MediaWiki skin. | |
| Sémantiki | France | Contact page, Nicolas Nallet | MediaWiki consulting, implementation, support, remote administration | |
| Wiki Valley | France | contactwiki-valley.com | MediaWiki Consulting, Support and Training. Private wikis Hosting. Conseil en MediaWiki, support et formations. Hébergement de wikis privés. | |
| Wiki.WerkVanBart | Leiden | Netherlands | Contact Bart Mulckhuijse here or on this wiki | Consultancy on professional implementations of MediaWiki and Semantic MediaWiki. |
| WikiAhoi | Vienna | Austria | ahoiwikiahoi.at | Knowledge management with Semantic MediaWiki for companies. Consulting, concept, training. |
| Wikibase Solutions | Rotterdam, Oosterhout | Netherlands | infowikibase-solutions.com Contact page | Leading business solutions provider in applications (offering consultancy, development, implementation, training, maintenance and support). Using MediaWiki, Semantic MediaWiki and other platforms/frameworks. Experienced in AWS, Azure and ElasticSearch. We have a happy worldwide clientbase in public and private sector. Strong presence in US and Western Europe. |
| WikiHoster.net | Berlin | Germany | Karsten Hoffmeyer → kontakt wikihoster.net→ Contact page | MediaWiki and Semantic MediaWiki consulting, implementation, setup, support, training as well as hosting. |
| WikiTeq | Boca Raton, FL | USA | Contact the WikiTeq team | Full-service MediaWiki solutions, including site setup, extension development, skin design, semantic technologies, hosting and continued support. Headed by Ike Hecht. |
| WikiVote | Moscow, Dubna, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod | Russia | Katkov Yury katkov.juriygmail.com | developing products for collaborative knowledge management, foresights, roadmaps, editing structured documents (standards, visions, strategies, partner agreements) using MediaWiki + Semantic MediaWiki as a basic platform. Legislative crowdsourcings, mostly for the governments and organizations |
| WikiWorks | USA | Yaron Koren, yaronwikiworks.com | MediaWiki consulting, installation, skin design, data structure setup, hosting and development. Led by Yaron Koren, author of Working with MediaWiki. |
Discord
On the MediaWiki on Discord, there is a #professional-services channel you can post in to let people know you are looking for a MediaWiki developer.
