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Pywikibot
is a Python library and collection of scripts that automate work on MediaWiki sites. Originally designed for Wikipedia, it is now used throughout the Wikimedia Foundation's projects and on many other wikis.
Running a bot
What is Pywikibot?
Learn how to
install and configure
Pywikibot
Access
existing scripts
for Pywikibot
Writing a bot
Learn how to
write a basic script
Read the documentation at
doc.wikimedia.org
Learn how to
interact with Wikidata
Take ideas from
Pywikibot Cookbook
Developing Pywikibot
Learn how to
contribute
to Pywikibot
Review the
source code on Gerrit
GitHub mirror
Diffusion mirror
Codesearch tool
List
bugs
for Pywikibot
Learn how to
translate
Pywikibot
Get help
Use the
#pywikibot IRC channel
connect
for quick questions
Sign up to the
main mailing list
for asking complex questions or sharing information
Get more help on
other support channels
Report a feature request or a bug
See also
Pywikibot compatibility with Python and MediaWiki
Help:Creating a bot
mwparserfromhell
(wikicode parser written in Python)
Other Python bots
Pywikibot workshop materials
Pywikibot
2020
Coolest Tool
Award Winner
in the category
Developer
News
18 April 2026
A new stable release 11.2.0 has been deployed. It is marked with
stable
tag.
A new pywikibot-scripts release 11.2.0 was published.
7 April 2026
Python 3.13.13 and 3.14.4 final releases are available.
14 March 2026
A new stable release 11.1.0 has been deployed.
A new pywikibot-scripts release 11.1.0 was published.
3 March 2026
Python 3.12.13, 3.11.15 and 3.10.20 final releases are available.
9 February 2026
Pywikibot 11
has been deployed. With Pywikibot 11 a lot of deprecations has been dropped. Pywikibot does not support Python 3.8 any longer (
T401802
A new pywikibot-scripts release 11.0.0 was published.
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