kiwix-android vs Kotatsu

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kiwix-android		Kotatsu
	Project
12	Mentions	22
799	Stars	2,822
2.6%	Growth	12.7%
9.7	Activity	9.9
3 days ago	Latest Commit	5 days ago
Kotlin	Language	Kotlin
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

kiwix-android

Posts with mentions or reviews of kiwix-android. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-22.

kiwix android3.8.1 cannt to search
1 project | /r/Kiwix | 9 Dec 2023

Thanks for checking that. So it seems like we have an issue with UTF8 search for mutli-byte character sets. I've opened this issue on GitHub to investigate further: Search appears to be broken with Chinese characters (possibly all UTF-8 multibyte characters).
Cant add Zim file to app.
1 project | /r/Kiwix | 6 Dec 2023

Either way the previous version still works. https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-android/releases/tag/3.8.0
Best Android E-Ink tablet for Kiwix?
1 project | /r/Kiwix | 2 Jul 2023
Why isn't the play store up to date?
2 projects | /r/Kiwix | 22 Feb 2023

Looking further it looks like 3.6.0 used to be on f-droid https://www.reddit.com/r/Kiwix/comments/wxaf88/kiwixandroid_360_available_on_fdroid_major_fix/ but was pulled all the way back to 2.4 due to containing non FOSS. https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-android/issues/30910 which looks like isn't slated to be fixed until 3.7.0
What is your Kotlin project?
13 projects | /r/Kotlin | 12 Oct 2022

https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-android haven’t been there for a few years now but happy with what I did and taught. Introduced kotlin to a pure java environment and it was so much better every time
⟳ 7 apps added, 50 updated at f-droid.org
11 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 22 Aug 2022

Kiwix (version 3.6.0): Offline Wikipedia reader
What's your favorite/best written of kotlin code?
2 projects | /r/Kotlin | 21 Jul 2022

https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-android/blob/develop/core/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/core/extensions/CursorExtensions.kt ah good it is still there, haven’t been on the project in years
Question About Kiwix & Android
1 project | /r/Kiwix | 8 Apr 2022

Never had such a problem with my Pixel4 but I would totally suggest you open a ticket on github describing the issue.
Kiwix can't read file from internal or external storage.
1 project | /r/fossdroid | 10 Mar 2022

It's a known issue and should be fixed with the next release, but feel free to open a ticket on https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-android/issues
Double character issue on a few apps
1 project | /r/unihertztitanpocket | 25 Oct 2021

That's an unusual issue - would you mind opening a ticket on https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-android/issues ? (basically indicate the Android version, device, Kiwix version, etc. so we can try and reproduce)

Kotatsu

Posts with mentions or reviews of Kotatsu. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-15.

⟳ 4 apps added, 121 updated at f-droid.org
24 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 15 Sep 2023

Kotatsu (version 6.0.3): Manga reader with online catalogues
For anyone that's on android and wants to read lookism without being bombarded with ads
1 project | /r/lookismcomic | 28 Aug 2023

Kotatsu - This isn't mine, just been really useful for me since I don't need to go on voidscans or cosmic scans.
Algum usuário de tachiyomi?
1 project | /r/animebrasil | 4 Jul 2023

Usa o Kotatsu é bem melhor https://kotatsu.app/
App for keeping track of animes watched & getting recommendations?
5 projects | /r/fossdroid | 20 Jun 2023

kotatsufor manga
Good app similar to this on Android
1 project | /r/mangaappsp | 18 Jun 2023
manga reading app
3 projects | /r/fossdroid | 7 Jun 2023
tachiyomi VS Kotatsu - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 25 Apr 2023

Both Android apps for manga
⟳ 1 apps added, 42 updated at f-droid.org
10 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 23 Apr 2023

Kotatsu (version 4.4.9): Manga reader with online catalogues
Kotatsu/OpenManga Alternatives for Windows?
3 projects | /r/manga | 5 Mar 2023

Are you refering to this Kotatsu (which has a windows build) or the Android app which used to be known as OpenManga?
Mil gyiiii
1 project | /r/delhi | 13 Nov 2022

or download directly from GithubReleases

What are some alternatives?

When comparing kiwix-android and Kotatsu you can also consider the following projects:

kiwix-hotspot - Kiwix Hotspot Image Creator (Desktop) for Windows/macOS/Linux

tachiyomi - Free and open source manga reader for Android.

kotter - A declarative, Kotlin-idiomatic API for writing dynamic console applications.

tachiyomi-extensions - Source extensions for the Tachiyomi app.

kiwix-js-pwa - Kiwix JS Offline Browser implemented as a Progressive Web App (PWA), and packaged as Electron, NWJS and UWP apps for Windows and Linux.

kinoko - An online manga browser.

Spell4Wiki - Spell4Wiki is a mobile application to record and upload audio for Wiktionary words to Wikimedia Commons. Spell4Wiki also a multilingual Wiki-Dictionary.

tachiyomi-1.x - [WIP] 1.x app rewrite

OkHttp - Square’s meticulous HTTP client for the JVM, Android, and GraalVM.

Tachiyomi - Free and open source manga reader for Android. [Moved to: https://github.com/tachiyomiorg/tachiyomi]

Sapphire-Assistant-Framework - An extensible framework for creating Android Assistants on-device. It does not require Google services or network connectivity

koreader - An ebook reader application supporting PDF, DjVu, EPUB, FB2 and many more formats, running on Cervantes, Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook and Android devices