pywikibot
Python MediaWiki Bot Framework
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes. Pywikibot is a mature, actively maintained framework with no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and permissive licensing. It is the standard choice for MediaWiki automation in Python and has a clear deprecation policy for API stability. Install it if you need to automate wiki operations or access Wikibase data programmatically.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.9 or higher.
- MediaWiki API version 1.31 or higher on the target wiki.
- Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel distribution.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license permits free use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions, making it suitable for both open-source and commercial projects.
last release 2026-07-22 (23 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-14 · 767 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 321,052 downloads/mo, #7,625 on PyPI
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pip install pywikibot
import pywikibot
site = pywikibot.Site('en', 'wikipedia')
page = pywikibot.Page(site, 'Wikipedia:Sandbox')
page.text = page.text.replace('foo', 'bar')
page.save('Replacing "foo" with "bar"')- Whether the framework supports all current MediaWiki API features beyond version 1.31
- Performance characteristics when handling large-scale edits or queries across multiple wikis
What it is and what it does
Pywikibot is a Python framework that wraps the MediaWiki API, enabling developers to automate wiki operations—reading pages, editing content, managing revisions, and querying Wikibase repositories. It abstracts the raw HTTP API into Python objects like Site, Page, and ItemPage, making it straightforward to write bots and scripts that interact with Wikipedia, Wikidata, and other MediaWiki-powered wikis.
The framework provides both low-level API access through request objects and high-level abstractions through bot classes (such as ExistingPageBot) that handle common patterns like iterating over pages and applying bulk edits. It depends on mwparserfromhell for wiki markup parsing, packaging for version handling, and requests for HTTP communication. The library supports modern Python versions (3.9–3.15) and is actively maintained by the Wikimedia community.
Use it for
- Automate bulk edits across Wikipedia articles or other MediaWiki wikis using bot scripts
- Retrieve and process structured data from Wikidata or other Wikibase repositories
- Build custom tools to monitor page revisions, user contributions, or wiki statistics
- Parse and manipulate wiki markup (templates, links, categories) in page content
- Integrate wiki data into external applications or pipelines via the MediaWiki API
Worth the install?
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Yes.
Pywikibot is a mature, actively maintained framework with no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and permissive licensing. It is the standard choice for MediaWiki automation in Python and has a clear deprecation policy for API stability. Install it if you need to automate wiki operations or access Wikibase data programmatically.
Install
pywikibot on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel distribution. The package is actively maintained with a recent release (23 days old) and has 767 repository stars, indicating stable ongoing development.
Requires Python 3.9 or higher. MediaWiki API version 1.31 or higher on the target wiki.
License in practice
MIT license permits free use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions, making it suitable for both open-source and commercial projects.
Quickstart
pip install pywikibot
import pywikibot
site = pywikibot.Site('en', 'wikipedia')
page = pywikibot.Page(site, 'Wikipedia:Sandbox')
page.text = page.text.replace('foo', 'bar')
page.save('Replacing "foo" with "bar"')Verify before relying
- Whether the framework supports all current MediaWiki API features beyond version 1.31
- Performance characteristics when handling large-scale edits or queries across multiple wikis
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.9.0 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 3 packagesmwparserfromhellpackagingrequests |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 23 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 321,052 / month, #7,625 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
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