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The best open source Encyclopedia alternative to Fandom is MediaWiki. If that doesn't work for you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Fandom, but unfortunately only two of them are open source Encyclopedias. If you can't find an alternative you can try to remove all filters.
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173 likes85 MediaWiki alternativesMediaWiki is a free software wiki package written in PHP, originally for use on Wikipedia. It is now used by several other projects of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation and by many other wikis.
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9 likes33 Citizendium alternativesCitizendium, powered by MediaWiki, is "an open wiki project dedicated to creating a free, comprehensive, and reliable repository of structured knowledge". Unlike with Wikipedia, a contributor must register using their real name and verify their identity.
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MediaWiki is server software that you would need to find a host for/run your own server whereas FANDOM does all the hosting for you and actually runs MediaWiki meaning it isn't really an alternative at all.