kiwix-js VS kiwix-js-pwa

Please note the lightweight browser-extension version of Kiwix JS also has dark themes, but not yet the DarkReader plugin. We have opened an issue for that.

For your information, even though the world is saying goodbye to Internet Explorer, our Kiwix JS keeps support for: IE11, IceCat 60.7, Firefox OS, Windows Mobile, all while supporting the latest versions of Firefox, Chrome and Edge. Because we want to make sure that anyone, anywhere in the world, is able to read and access Kiwix archives!

There are new releases of the lightweight, JavaScript-based Kiwix JS reader: version 3.4.0 of the browser extensions for Firefox, Chrome and Edge; and version 1.9.6 of the Electron/NWJS and UWP versions of Kiwix JS for Windows and Linux.

May I ask what the difference between your github link is and this link? https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-js

WikiMed by Kiwix is now at v2.7.4. The packages for 64bit and 32bit Linux and Windows contain the October 2023 WikiMed English ZIM (mdwiki_en_all_maxi_2023-10), together with the changes in the CHANGELOG. The Electron app uses Electron v22.3.25.

Release packages for Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE, AppImage, Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10/11: https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-js-windows/releases/tag/v2.5.0

The packages contain the March 2023 WikiMed English ZIM (mdwiki_en_all_maxi_2023-03), because there have been no new updated MDWiki ZIM archives since March, together with the changes in the CHANGELOG (also copied below). The Electron app uses Electron v22.3.8.

Release: https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-js-windows/releases/tag/v2.4.6-Wikivoyage

See full changelog for fixes and updates.

For overall changelog, see https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-js-windows/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md.

Please note that Zimit support in the PWA is experimental, and it may struggle with highly dynamic content. Any issues can be reported to me here. Kiwix devs will be working on standardized (and hopefully more universal) Zimit support across the range of apps, with dedicated developer focus planned for the end of May.

u/verrucagnome This fix is now released in v2.4.0: https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-js-windows/releases/tag/v2.4.0 and the PWA https://pwa.kiwix.org (let it update to v2.4.0).

u/Nibb31 There's no need to run it in Docker, as you can compile the Electron versions on either Linux or Windows simply by cloning the Repo and running npm install --save-dev, then npm start to test, or npm run dist-linux (or dist-win), to make packages. See scripts in package.json. It uses electron-builder to build the apps, in case you're familiar with its CLI.

The packages contain the December 2022 WikiMed English ZIM (mdwiki_en_all_maxi_2022-12), together with the changes in the CHANGELOG. The Electron app uses Electron v18.3.15.