Why BlueSpice?

Because BlueSpice is the best software for managing your company knowledge quickly and flexibly.

Experience the best of the open source wiki world with BlueSpice, combined with the key features for your company’s processes.

Take advantage of the benefits BlueSpice offers

The best open source wiki software

Best value for money

Perfect support for your processes

Important features for companies without additional add-ons.

Future-proof thanks to continuous development

Service & support from the developer

What our users love about BlueSpice

We asked users what BlueSpice brings to their day-to-day work. Here are the top 10 answers.

Fast search

Shorter search times for processes, responsibilities, product descriptions, how-tos, guidelines, instructions, customer documentation, minutes, planning documents, reports, and much more.

Less interruptions

Significant reduction in unnecessary requests such as emails, phone calls, and informal conversations as well as superfluous internal communication.

Central knowledge base

Creation of a central knowledge database that can be accessed by all teams, departments and branches with minimal technical effort.

Efficient knowledge consolidation

Quick and easy integration of different levels of knowledge without lengthy approval processes and waiting times, as well as merging scattered documentation from different sources.

Standardized onboarding

BlueSpice enables efficient and depersonalized onboarding of new employees.

Improved collaboration

Promoting the corporate culture towards more collaboration and self-organization. Employees share knowledge and update documents proactively.

Best practices & standards

BlueSpice supports the restructuring of content according to industry standards through appropriate templates and support for system configuration and setup.

Ideal combination of features

Perfect for enterprise knowledge bases, documentation, and management systems based on a wiki.

Autonomy

The extensive documentation of the software makes it possible to adapt the system and carry out internal training without outside help.

Professional services

Additional professional services are available, either through partners or directly from the manufacturer.

Our reliable foundation – Wikipedia’s software

BlueSpice extends MediaWiki, the software of Wikipedia, with the most important features for your company.

Illustration of two developers in front of a large monitor. They are working together on open source software such as BlueSpice.

Every child knows it – Wikipedia. In the more than 20 years of its existence, it has developed into one of the largest websites in the world. It receives 6,000 hits per second.

Countless developers worldwide are working on this open-source wiki project. MediaWiki thus offers a stable, long-term developed, well-maintained code base based on the latest web standards with a large community. There could hardly be a better and more secure basis for knowledge management.

You only get this level of stability and flexibility with BlueSpice.

What is open source and what are its advantages?

Code is visible

Open code is a must for maximum transparency and trust.

Code is customizable

The software can be customized by anyone to suit their needs.

Use & transfer

Open source licenses grant users extended rights to use, redistribute and modify software.

Protection from appropriation

The copyrights of open-source software remain with all contributors.

Reduction of vendor lock-in

Open source reduces the user’s ties to a single manufacturer or IT service provider.

High code security

The rapid pace of development means that security gaps and faults are quickly rectified.

Continuous further development

Development is not only “customer-driven”, but also receives constant input from a committed community.

Development of open standards

Open source contributes to the development of standards that make different software solutions and systems compatible.

Why Hallo Welt! GmbH?

We are the developers of BlueSpice and know our product inside out. Personal support and professional, German-speaking support are therefore standard in our company. We support customers from all industries and offer comprehensive enterprise services and resources with our 40+ employees.

Our focus is on adhering to IT security and data protection standards and compliance requirements. BlueSpice cloud services are fully EU GDPR-compliant. We are constantly developing improvements in the area of accessibility and take into account relevant standards such as WCAG.

2025

  • The WiBe-Back project, a BlueSpice implementation with an AI chatbot for use in medium-sized companies, wins the Saxon Transfer Prize
  • Installation automation with Docker as a milestone for deployments on customer servers (on-premises)

2024

  • First wiki with AI chatbot: BMBF’s “Handbook of Project Funding” (HdP)
  • BlueSpice Cloud is now technologically based on Kubernetes

2022

2021

  • Switch to cloud-first development model
  • BlueSpice reaches 1 million downloads on Docker

2020

2016

  • Automation of BlueSpice build and testing processes as a new cornerstone of quality assurance

2015

  • Transformation of the company into an open source software product manufacturer
  • Renaming of the “Hallo Welt! – Medienwerkstatt” to “Hallo Welt! GmbH”
  • The innovative BlueSpice subscription model opens up new growth opportunities and creates planning security

2013

  • Takeover of the release management for Wikimedia Foundation

2012

  • Our client Lobbypedia receives the Grimme Online Award
  • International cooperation project with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in the creation of their web platform
  • Cooperation with hyperscalers and cloud providers: Microsoft Azure Integration, Fujitsu Cloud Store

2010

  • Release of BlueSpice MediaWiki
  • First wiki system for certified quality management (ISO 9001:2008) in productive customer use
  • Start of cooperation with Wikimedia Deutschland and takeover of development projects

2008

  • HalloWiki Sunrise: The first standardized enterprise solution for MediaWiki
  • First implementation of a Visual Editor for MediaWiki

2007

  • Foundation of “Hallo Welt! – Medienwerkstatt GmbH”
  • First customer projects with IBM Germany (“bluepedia”) and HUK-Coburg

BlueSpice News

  • BITV 2.0 seal for BlueSpice

    16. January 2026

    At the end of 2025, BlueSpice was awarded the “Optimized Accessibility BITV 2.0 12/2025” seal by the Pfennigparade Foundation. This is a milestone on the path to making the popular wiki software more accessible to people with disabilities.

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  • We’re taking a short Christmas break

    15. December 2025

    Hallo Welt! GmbH will be closed for holidays from December 24, 2025, through January 6, 2026. Here's how to contact us during this time.

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  • Hello BlueSpice 5.2

    19. November 2025

    Optimize your company knowledge with BlueSpice 5.2 thanks to AI chatbot, AI-supported search, smart chat functions, and new links to external tools.

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  • Bavaria’s digital policy at a turning point

    24. October 2025

    The debate surrounding digital policy in Germany is intensifying. Even experienced IT experts have been surprised by the unexpectedly heated public debate on this topic in recent days. The general consensus is that digital sovereignty and open source are the guiding principles of the future, including for Bavaria.

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