| Feature area | BlueSpice 3 | BlueSpice 4 | BlueSpice 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MediaWiki base | MediaWiki LTS 1.31 | MediaWiki LTS 1.39 | MediaWiki LTS 1.43 |
| PHP compatibility | PHP 7.x | PHP 8.1 | PHP 8.3 |
| User interface & skin | Calumma skin, responsive UI | Discovery skin, custom Special pages | Discovery skin,
Accessibility focus |
| Visual editing | VisualEditor | VisualEditor enhancements: Content Droplets, improved copy-and paste | VisualEditor + AI-assisted editing |
| Collaborative (simultaneous) editing | No | CollabPads | |
| Search engine | Elasticsearch | OpenSearch | |
| Roles & permissions | Role-based rights management | Improved permission manager | |
| Workflows & approvals | Basic workflows | BPMN-based workflows with editor | |
| Social & discussion features | Timeline, discussions, blogs (BlueSpiceSocial) | Simplified blog & comment system | |
| Task management & mentions | Links to profile page | Mentions, tasks, due dates, task reports | |
| Book & PDF export | Backend PDF template management
Switchable view of bookshelf (list and thumbnails) |
Page can be in multiple books
Thumbnail-based bookshelf |
Visual PDF template editor |
| AI features | No | AI Assistant (text generation & summaries, optional) | AI translation, AI chatbot (optional integrations) |
| Multilingual support | Manual / basic | DeepL-based translations, wiki-to-wiki translation transfer | DeepL Ad-hoc translations |
| Enterprise integrations | Limited | OAuth, improved APIs | Chat tools, ticket links, analytics (e.g. Matomo) |
