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A simple parsing tool for MediaWiki's wikitext markup. Current version: 0.56.4. Releases follow no fixed cadence.

data serialization

pip install wikitextparser

github ↗package ↗

INSTALL

IMPORT

SIG · WIKITEXTPARSER

wikitextparser

datapythonv1.0.1

Install

2.5s avg

Import

338ms

Disk

24MB

Pass rate

10/ 10

Env Coverage10 / 10

glibc

3.9–3.13

musl

3.9–3.13

Install & Compatibility

Where this runs

tested against v1.0.1 · pip install

no network on importno background threads

Install × environment matrix

Each cell = how many times install + import succeeded across repeated harness runs. Partial = flaky.
glibc = Debian/Ubuntu slim · musl = Alpine Linux

musl

py 3.10–3.95 runs

installs and imports cleanly · install 0.0s · import 0.352s · 27.8MB

glibc

py 3.10–3.95 runs

installs and imports cleanly · install 2.5s · import 0.324s · 29MB

24MB installed

● package 24MB

Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

WikiText

✓ import wikitextparser as wtp

Use alias for brevity.

parse

✓ from wikitextparser import parse

Direct import of the parse function.

Parse a simple wikitext string and access wikilinks and templates.

import wikitextparser as wtp wikitext = """[[Link]] == Heading == Some ''italic'' text.""" parsed = wtp.parse(wikitext) print(parsed.templates) # empty list print(parsed.wikilinks) # [WikiLink('Link')]

Debug

Known issues

gotchaThe library returns an empty list for `templates` if no template syntax is present. New users often expect `None` instead.

fix

Check `len(result.templates) > 0` to see if any templates exist.

affects: all

deprecatedThe `remove_comments` method was deprecated in v0.55 in favor of the `strip_comments` parameter

fix

Use `parse(text, strip_comments=True)` instead of calling `.remove_comments()`.

affects: >=0.55

gotchaWikitext with unclosed tags may raise a `ParseError`. The parser expects valid markup.

fix

Ensure wikitext is well-formed or catch `wikitextparser.ParseError`.

affects: all

Errors

Common errors & fixes

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'wikitextparser'

The package is not installed.

fix

Run `pip install wikitextparser`.

AttributeError: 'WikiText' object has no attribute 'templates'

Using an outdated version where attributes differed.

fix

Upgrade to latest version: `pip install --upgrade wikitextparser`.

Upgrade

Version history

1.0.1latest on PyPI · released Jun 19, 2026

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Resources

githubhttps://github.com/5j9/wikitextparser ↗

packagehttps://pypi.org/project/wikitextparser/ ↗