Installation

Initially, clone the repo with the command.

git clone https://github.com/wikimedia/WikiContrib.git

The tool has two different components(Backend and Frontend). Each of them has its installation instructions.

Backend

Now, if you type command ls (for linux) or dir (for windows), you can see a directory named WikiContrib. Go inside the directory using the command cd WikiContrib. There will be two directories in it:

1. backend
2. frontend

If you go inside backend directory( use command cd backend). You can find another directory named WikiContrib. It is the main project backend directory. cd into WikiContrib and follow the instructions here to install the backend .

Frontend

You will see two directories in the project’s root directory: 1. backend 2. frontend

If you go inside frontend directory( use command cd frontend). You can find another directory named WikiContrib-Frontend. It is the main project directory. cd into WikiContrib-Frontend and follow the instructions here to install the frontend .