starcitizentools/citizen-skin

A beautiful, usable, responsive MediaWiki skin with in-depth extension support. Originally developed for the Star Citizen Wiki.

v3.17.0 2026-06-04 19:32 UTC

Requires

• composer/installers: ^2|^1.0.1

Requires (Dev)

• mediawiki/mediawiki-codesniffer: 51.0.0
• mediawiki/mediawiki-phan-config: 0.20.0
• mediawiki/minus-x: 2.0.1
• php-parallel-lint/php-console-highlighter: 1.0.0
• php-parallel-lint/php-parallel-lint: 1.4.0

GPL-3.0-or-later

• alistair3149
• Octfx

• wiki
• mediawiki
• skin

README

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Citizen

Citizen is a beautiful, usable, responsive MediaWiki skin that makes extensions part of the cohesive experience.

🚀 Live demo | ✨ Showcase | 📚 Documentation

Notable features

• Responsive layout: Responsive and able to adapt to different screen sizes. 📱💻🖥️
• Command palette: Quick access to everything. 🔍⚡️
• Light/dark mode: Switch between light and dark mode. ☀️🌙
• Improved extension UI: Adjust supported extensions to be more usable and cohesive. 🤝🔗
• Extensible preferences: Let users personalize their experience, and let gadgets add their own options. 👀📃
• Collapsible sections: Collapse and expand article sections. 📖📕
• Persistent ToC: Access ToC anywhere in the article. 🔍📖
• Progressive Web App: Give a more app-like experience when user add your wiki to their home screen. 📱

Installation

1. Download place the file(s) in a directory called Citizen in your skins/ folder.

2. Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:

   wfLoadSkin( 'Citizen' );

3. ✔️Done - Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the skin is successfully installed.

Configurations

Check out the configuration documentation for more details.

Requirements

• MediaWiki 1.43.0 or later
• For the legacy versions, check the other release branches:

Version	MediaWiki version
2.40.2	1.39.4 – 1.42.7
1.17.9	1.35.2 – 1.39.3

Extensions

Check out the extensions documentation for recommended extensions and supported extension styles.

Contributors