Coolest Tool Award/Full history
This is a combined list of the winners and honorable mentions from all years of the Coolest Tool Award.
Tools that are represented in Wikidata have the "award received" property indicating the year they received a Coolest Tool award. See Q115752574 (Wikimedia Coolest Tool Award) (example query).
| Year | Winner | Video | Category | Category description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Web2Cit | 🎥 | Quality | Tools to improve content quality |
| 2024 | Cat-a-lot | 🎥 | Editor | Tools that augment editing |
| 2024 | InteGraality | 🎥 | Experience | Intuitive and easy to use |
| 2024 | Wikidata Walkabout | 🎥 | Tiny | Small tools and tools that do one thing well |
| 2024 | View It! | 🎥 | Newcomer | New tools or tools by new developers |
| 2024 | ISA Tool | 🎥 | Eggbeater | Tools in use for more than 10 years |
| 2024 | CampWiz | 🎥 | Honorable mention | |
| 2022 | Citation Hunt | Newbie friendly | Tools that are accessible to newbies | |
| 2022 | MoreMenu | Editor | Tools that augment editing | |
| 2022 | PetScan | Reusable | Serves many wikis and projects | |
| 2022 | PatchDemo | Developer | Tools that primarily serve developers | |
| 2022 | Bullseye | Newcomer | New tools or tools by new developers | |
| 2022 | Wiki99 | Diversity | Tools that help include a variety of people, languages, cultures ... | |
| 2022 | Scholia | Impact | Intuitive and easy to use | |
| 2022 | TwinkleMobile | Mobile | Tools to improve content quality | |
| 2022 | OpenRefine | Eggbeater | Tools in use for more than 10 years | |
| 2022 | Wikibooks printable version | Honorable mentions | ||
| 2022 | Created Articles | Honorable mentions | ||
| 2021 | WikiShootMe | 📼 | Experience | Intuitive and easy to use |
| 2021 | Quarry | 📼 | Developer | Tools that primarily serve developers |
| 2021 | GlobalWatchlist | 📼 | Newcomer | New tools or tools by new developers |
| 2021 | Humaniki | 📼 | Diversity | Tools that help include a variety of people, languages, cultures ... |
| 2021 | Depictor | 📼 | Quality | Tools to improve content quality |
| 2021 | diffedit | 📼 | Tiny | Small tools and tools that do one thing well |
| 2021 | Convenient Discussions | 📼 | Versatile | Tools that support multiple workflows |
| 2021 | Wudele | 📼 | Reusable | Serves many wikis and projects |
| 2021 | PAWS | 📼 | Editor | Tools that augment editing |
| 2021 | Earwig's Copyvio Detector | 📼 | Eggbeater | Tools in use for more than 10 years |
| 2021 | CopyPatrol | 📼 | Honorable mentions | |
| 2021 | MediaWiki CLI | 📼 | Honorable mentions | |
| 2021 | VizQuery | 📼 | Honorable mentions | |
| 2021 | WBStack | 📼 | Honorable mentions | |
| 2020 | AWB (AutoWikiBrowser) | 📼 | Editor | Tools that augment editing |
| 2020 | SDZeroBot | 📼 | Newcomer | New tools or tools by new developers |
| 2020 | Proofread Page extension | 📼 | Impact | Tools that have broad or deep impact |
| 2020 | Listen to Wikipedia | 📼 | Experience | Intuitive and easy to use |
| 2020 | GlobalUserPage | 📼 | Reusable | Serves many wikis and projects |
| 2020 | AbuseFilter | 📼 | Quality | Tools to improve content quality |
| 2020 | Pywikibot | 📼 | Developer | Tools that primarily serve developers |
| 2020 | Lingua Libre | 📼 | Diversity | Tools that help include a variety of people, languages, cultures ... |
| 2020 | CropTool | 📼 | Tiny | Small tools and tools that do one thing well |
| 2020 | XTools | 📼 | Eggbeater | Tools in use for more than 10 years |
| 2020 | Listeria | 📼 | Honorable mentions | |
| 2020 | Entity Explosion | 📼 | Honorable mentions | |
| 2020 | Earwig's Copyvio Detector | 📼 | Honorable mentions | |
| 2020 | Wikidata Lexeme Forms | 📼 | Honorable mentions | |
| 2020 | Convenient Discussions | 📼 | Honorable mentions | |
| 2020 | Wudele | 📼 | Honorable mentions | |
| 2019 | Locator-tool | Experience | Intuitive and easy to use | |
| 2019 | HotCat | Tiny | Small tools and tools that do one thing well | |
| 2019 | InternetArchiveBot | Impact | Tools that have broad or deep impact | |
| 2019 | Pageviews Analysis | Reusable | Serves many wikis and projects | |
| 2019 | QuickStatements | Editor | Tools that augment editing | |
| 2019 | Codesearch | Developer | Tools that primarily serve developers | |
| 2019 | Commons Mobile app | Mobile | Mobile apps and mobile-focused tools | |
| 2019 | NOA upload tool (awarded to Sohmen) | Newcomer tool | New tools or tools by new developers | |
| 2019 | Programs & Events Dashboard | Outreach | Tools that help grow the movement | |
| 2019 | Twinkle | Eggbeater | Tools in use for more than 10 years |