wikiHow:Powered and Inspired by MediaWiki

MediaWiki is the open source wiki software created by the Wikimedia Foundation that powers wikiHow. It is available for free under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 .

In addition, the idea for wikiHow was inspired by Wikipedia , a free-content encyclopedia built on the same wiki software platform. Wikipedia is a free resource that benefits the whole world. We provide accurate and clear "How To" instructions, much as Wikipedia provides free encyclopedic information.

MediaWiki Extensions

wikiHow runs a somewhat modified version of MediaWiki. Some of the changes made to the software by us are freely available as extensions. It is our goal to both create extensions that help wikiHow users along in their quest to make wikiHow the best how-to manual in the world and to give these modifications back to the open source community. However, because some features are interdependent, it is difficult to release them individually.

A complete list of our extensions is available at wikiHow's version page.