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Two barsScore 6.4

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Runs widely1 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Wikiquote is ranked #14 of 31 in online encyclopedias on Freedom251. It runs on Web. There is a free plan.

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Wikiquote Free Free quotation compendium · collaboratively written wikiquote.org · 9 Oct 2026

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Free plan: Yes
Citation tools: Yes
Content formats: text and images
Update frequency: not stated

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Purpose: Wikiquote is a free compendium of quotations written collaboratively by readers.
Editing: Anyone can edit an entry by clicking its edit link.
Coverage: The English Wikiquote contains more than 72,000 articles and the site links to many language editions.
Organization: Wikiquote is run by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation.
Browsing: Wikiquote organizes entries around people, literary works, proverbs, films, television shows, themes, and categories.
Search: Users can search Wikiquote for a quotation and browse matching articles, although search may be temporarily disabled when Wikimedia servers are heavily loaded.
Contributions: The project supports creating articles and editing existing pages, with help pages and contributor policies and guidelines.
Content license: Wikiquote content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License and GNU Free Documentation License.
Reuse: Wikiquote material may be reused commercially or otherwise under CC BY-SA if users preserve the share-alike freedom and credit the source, usually with a link to the article.
Random quote limit: Wikiquote does not provide a practical way to pull individual quotations directly for random quote generation because quotations are stored in wiki articles.
Integrations: The project describes itself alongside Wikimedia sister projects including Wikipedia, Wikisource, Wiktionary, and Wikidata.
Privacy: Wikiquote links to the Wikimedia Foundation Privacy Policy, which explains how personal information is collected, used, and shared on Wikimedia Sites.
Support: Wikiquote directs questions about how to use the site to the Village pump and general knowledge questions to the Reference Desk.
Content limitation: Wikiquote may contain content some users consider offensive, vulgar, or profane.
Price from: Free

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Best Online Encyclopedias in 2026#14 of 31

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Sources

en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wikiquote:About· checked 9 Oct 2026
wikiquote.org· checked 9 Oct 2026
en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Main_Page· checked 9 Oct 2026
en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wikiquote:FAQ· checked 9 Oct 2026
meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_policy· checked 9 Oct 2026
en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Help:Contents· checked 9 Oct 2026