We at OSDG recently collaborated with the Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group (IMDUG) and Open Knowledge Initiatives (OKI), IIIT Hyderabad to help conduct their latest hackathon, the Indic Wikimedia Hackathon Hyderabad 2026, held from 26th to 28th June 2026.
Structure
Unlike regular “competitive” hackathons, Wikimedia hackathons are a place where people work together to build tools for the MediaWiki ecosystem. This seems like a pretty fun idea, and we at OSDG look forward to experiment with this format in the coming year.
For more details, you can check out the Meta-Wiki Event Page and the Etherpad.
Project Showcase
1. New Wikipedia Editor Onboarding Platform
A centralized platform designed to streamline the onboarding experience for new Wikimedia volunteers while reducing repetitive administrative overhead for community organizers.
Links: GitHub Repository | Phabricator T430437 | Phabricator T430438
2. WikiLinkua
A web-based language learning platform focused on building the existing vocabulary of the learner using Wikidata Lexemes and Wiktionary.
Links: GitHub Repository | Phabricator T425045
3. LinguaLibre
A collaborative, multilingual, audiovisual corpus project by Wikimédia France aimed at expanding knowledge about languages and supporting online language communities.
Links: GitLab Repository | Phabricator Project Page
4. OpenSpeaks
A suite of tools for community-based language and cultural documentation. It includes Subtitler (subtitle editing), Tome (metadata management and video uploading), and Bento (file organization and analysis).
Links: Subtitler Phabricator | Tome Phabricator
5. Translate Tagger
An automation tool that applies internationalization markup on pages to be made translatable on multilingual wikis like Wikimedia Commons, reducing hours of manual formatting down to seconds.
Links: GitHub Repository | Phabricator Project Page
6. Montage
A photo evaluation tool for the Wiki Loves Monuments competition. The team added an aggregate scoring final round, dark mode functionality, image zooming, parameterized round validation, and expanded round data views.
Links: GitHub Repository
7. Scribe
An offline virtual keyboard that integrates Wikidata. The team implemented clipboard functionality and resolved deployment bugs.
8. Deployr
A deployment tool built to automate the workflow and database connections for deploying applications to Wikimedia Toolforge.
9. Clip2Commons
A browser-based video upload tool for Wikimedia Commons that allows users to sign in and upload files directly without server queues.
Links: GitLab Repository
10. Wikievol Tool
A development utility targeting Wiki evolution analytics and platform tracking metrics.
Links: GitHub Repository
11. NPOV Drift Detector
A research tool that monitors a Wikipedia article’s full edit history to detect directional and persistent neutral point-of-view (NPOV) drift windows for human review.
Links: GitHub Repository | Phabricator T428896
12. Observability Tool
An infrastructure tool designed to improve tracking, monitoring, and scope visibility within Toolforge environments.
Links: GitLab Repository
13. Wikisource Reader App & Metadata API
An Android mobile application and metadata indexer that allows users to search, download, and read public domain works hosted on the Wikisource project.
Links: GitHub Application Repository | GitLab Indexer Repository
14. Wikimedia Commons App
An Android application enabling users to upload freely licensed media, locate nearby points of interest requiring photographs, and track their contributions.
Links: GitHub Repository
15. LanguageSelector Rewrite
A reconstruction of the Universal Language Selector (ULS) settings interface using Vue.js and the Codex design system to provide responsive mobile support for Wikimedia projects.
Links: Phabricator T430255
16. WikiSage / WikiGPT
An artificial intelligence integration project focused on parsing, summarizing, or querying wiki knowledge bases.
You can find the photos from the event at this commons page.