Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser

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AutoWikiBrowser

Original author(s)	Bluemoose (retired)
Developer(s)	Magioladitis Reedy Rjwilmsi Kingboyk
Stable release	6.3.1.1 (August 9, 2024 (2024-08-09)) [±]
Preview release	SVN (SVN) [±]
Repository	sourceforge.net/p/autowikibrowser/code/HEAD/tree/
Written in	C#
Operating system	Windows Vista and later
Platform	.NET Framework
Available in	English
Type	Wikipedia tool
License	GPL v2
Website	sourceforge.net/projects/autowikibrowser/

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AutoWikiBrowser (AWB) is a semi-automated MediaWiki editor designed to make tedious or repetitive editing tasks quicker and easier. It is a .NET desktop application which includes a browser capable of processing a user-generated list of pages to modify. For each page, AWB presents proposed changes for implementation, then moves to the next page in the list after the user confirms or skips the changes. When configured to do so, it can also suggest incidental changes, such as formatting adjustments, alongside the main edits.

AWB is developed for Windows operating system versions Vista onwards. While it also functions reasonably well under Wine on macOS and certain Linux distributions, these platforms are not officially supported.

AWB can generate a list of pages from a variety of sources, including single or multiple categories, "What links here", wikilinks on a page, a text file, a Google search, a user's watchlist, or a user's contributions. It also includes a Database Scanner for searching Wikipedia database dumps. Additionally, its edit box supports the Microsoft Text Services Framework, enabling functionality with speech recognition and handwriting applications.

The sources are available under the GPLv2 (see Documentation page). It is written in C# using Microsoft Visual C# Express Edition/Visual Studio, which is freely available at Microsoft downloads.

There is an AWB IRC channel at #AutoWikiBrowser ^connect.