The freely available version BlueSpice free is considered one of the most popular wiki computer programs for knowledge management in companies.

This led to the founding of a company that would develop and provide the missing functions in the future.

[11] The free version is made available for download as a classic server installation in a tarball or as a Docker image, with BlueSpice free having the widest distribution via the official Docker version (with more than 1 million pulls in three years).

Full compatibility with MediaWiki 1.27 ExtendedFileList, CategoryManager, Logged Reviews, Review with semantic properties, Compatibility with PHP7 Updated Visual Editor, Insert templates function, filtering of all special pages, revised permission manager with new mouse-over function, daily or weekly combined notifications, inserting signatures, integration and visualization of dynamic maps.

Social: an activity, communication and interaction layer, Extended Search: based on Elasticsearch, Responsive skin "Calumma" supports mobile view and touch interaction, Graphical list: new interface element for better usability, MediaWiki VisualEditor: native support for wikitext, Role-based permissions: simplifies rights configuration, reworked authentication stack: LDAP and SAML authentication[13] Revised title bar and navigation (subpages, discussion pages, categories, revision status), UX enhancements, full screen mode, improved search scoring, enhanced table formatting and font colors, improved document embedding, support for NGINX web server, performance enhancements, improved screen reader support, delivery of Semantic MediaWiki 3.0, release of BlueSpice repositories, public docker image for BlueSpice free[14] Word import (BlueSpice Pro) upload, split content, preview, page list; file attachments; improved file upload function; enhanced blog permissions; new dialogue for PDF export; enhanced workflow activities; tag inspectors; editor for navigation menus.

[16] Content droplets, advanced menu editor, startpage templates, filter elements of your page content, embed PDF preview on wiki page and more improvements.