[Self-Hosting] Improve Installation - 09.06.2026
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	Jan 14 2026, 4:38 PM

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Long Term Goal:
Wikibase self-hosting operations are more accessible, robust and easier to manage.

Goal Q1 & Q2:
The ease of self-hosting improves, as measured against the baseline metric and target defined in Q4 2025.

We defined time for installation as a metric to measure the ease of self-hosting. We have chosen this metric due to the low adoption rates of Wikibase Suite assuming most dropouts occur during installation. The average installation time is 120 minutes (!) with a target to reduce this to 60 minutes at least.

The working doc to track current state and further improvements

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Due Date: Jun 9 2026, 11:00 AM

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Resolved	Goal	None	T414606 [Self-Hosting] Improve Installation - 09.06.2026
Resolved		Deepesha_WMDE	T414616 [Self-Hosting] First iteration: improve guide and .env - 17.02.2026
Resolved		Deepesha_WMDE	T414827 [Self-Hosting] Edit installation guide
Resolved		Deepesha_WMDE	T414828 [Self-Hosting] Edit .env template
Resolved		Deepesha_WMDE	T415186 [Self-Hosting] Split content in readme on Github
Resolved		kera_wmde	T416239 [Self-Hosting] User test with Jacob :)
Resolved		lojo_wmde	T399695 [Self-Hosting] Installer
Resolved		Leif_WMDE	T400166 [SetupWizzard] Review current version
Resolved		lojo_wmde	T418838 [Self-Hosting] Deploy Setup: target version handling
Resolved		lojo_wmde	T418841 [Self-Hosting] Installer: align and finalize UI/UX (web)
Open		lojo_wmde	T418842 [Self-Hosting] Installer: CLI or no CLI?
Resolved		lojo_wmde	T418851 [Self-Hosting] WBS Deploy Setup: resolve repository location
Resolved		Deepesha_WMDE	T422692 [Self-Hosting] Documentation Installer
Resolved		lojo_wmde	T425646 [Deploy] Move into its own repository along with Installer
Resolved		lojo_wmde	T432698 [Self-Hosting] Installer UX improvements
Resolved		None	T422473 [Self-Hosting] Edit .env template and readme

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I don't know what approach are you working in but lately I'm thinking probably we need to use a different repo than https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-pipeline for just the current «deploy» content since AFAIK there is no need for the immense amount of users for the pipeline code. Probably this change will have minor impact but would reduce the complexity a bit. Also, naming, neither «wikibase-release-pipeline» or «deploy» are meaningful. So, this new repo would have a better naming as «wikibase-suite-something» or similar.

My 2¢.

Another point related in my point of view. Now we have a set of minimal properties ready to be imported in a empty WB with the needed tools. See wikibase-bootstrap and T391815.