Coolest Tool Award/Full history
This is a combined list of the winners and honorable mentions from all years of the Coolest Tool Award.
| Year | Winner | Video | Category | Category description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |