kiwix-js-windows
Kiwix JS Offline Wikipedia app packaged as PWA, Electron, NWJS and Universal Windows Platform (tablet/mobile/PC/Xbox) (by kiwix)
kiwix-tools
Command line Kiwix tools: kiwix-serve, kiwix-manage, ... (by kiwix)
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| kiwix-js-windows | kiwix-tools | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | 5 | |
| 49 | 211 | |
| - | 3.8% | |
| 9.8 | 7.3 | |
| 4 days ago | 2 months ago | |
| JavaScript | C++ | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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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-js-windows
Posts with mentions or reviews of kiwix-js-windows.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-13.
- Kiwix JS Windows and Linux 1.9.9 now with experimental support for Zimit archives
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All apps and content are completely free and open source. If Microsoft Store ever stops working, you can sideload easily with winget or from GitHub.
- New release of WikiMed by Kiwix - first release to contain new MDwiki ZIM!
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New releases of Kiwix JS browser extension and Kiwix JS Electron/UWP for Windows and Linux
Changelogs for these releases are: Kiwix JS browser extension and Kiwix JS Windows/Linux.
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How do I get the reader started?
If you don't want the store version, an alternative is the Electron package here: https://kiwix.github.io/kiwix-js-windows/kiwix-js-electron.html - look for the package "Kiwix JS Electron Setup". Direct link to that package is: https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-js-windows/releases/download/v1.8.5/Kiwix.JS.Electron.Setup.1.8.5-E.exe . I've just checked it, and I don't see any signature issue with that version. Let me know how you get on.
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Need to get your fix of Kiwix fast? Try the PWA version, runs almost anywhere!
Want to give feedback on this? Post here, or open an issue on the repo. This app comes in various formats: see Latest release for more info.
kiwix-tools
Posts with mentions or reviews of kiwix-tools.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-06.
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Kiwix is now available as a package
Kiwix is an offline reader that allows users to browse entire copies of Wikipedia (ca. 83Gb for the whole thing, incl. images), StackExchange (new release coming up soon), the Gutenberg project, etc. stored locally. The project is fully FOSS (here's the git repo) and the subreddit is r/Kiwix.
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Kiwix with terminal / cli web browser?
I rummaged a bit and found a super old feature request on Sourceforge specifically asking for compatibility with non-JS browsers, including lynx. That would be for Kiwix-serve (which you can find here)
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Seeking assistance with setting up offline Wikipedia on Windows 10 system
I setup an offline version using Kiwix-serve Tools. Essentially you: Get up to speed here: https://wiki.kiwix.org/wiki/Kiwix-serve Download for example 'wikipedia_en_all_maxi_2021-03.zim' from Here: https://download.kiwix.org/zim/wikipedia/ en = English - all_maxi = all content. Setup a web server using the kiwix-tools for example 'kiwix-tools_win-i686-3.1.2.zip' from here: https://download.kiwix.org/release/kiwix-tools/
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Kiwix pi hotspot not working.
I would recommend that for any issue you open a ticket on github, but I poked around and found this one:
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The full English Wikipedia on Kiwix now weighs 79Gb instead of 94Gb thanks to improvements in image compression
Yes and it's called kiwix-serve! you can find it here: https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-tools
What are some alternatives?
When comparing kiwix-js-windows and kiwix-tools you can also consider the following projects:
wikipedia-mirror - 🌐 Guide and tools to run a full offline mirror of Wikipedia.org with three different approaches: Nginx caching proxy, Kiwix + ZIM dump, and MediaWiki/XOWA + XML dump
offline-plugin - Offline plugin (ServiceWorker, AppCache) for webpack (https://webpack.js.org/)
kiwix-hotspot - Kiwix Hotspot Image Creator (Desktop) for Windows/macOS/Linux
kiwix-desktop - Kiwix for Windows and GNU/Linux desktops
community-modules
Apache Thrift - Apache Thrift
slob - Data store for Aard 2
iiab - Internet-in-a-Box - Build your own LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA with a Raspberry Pi !
zim-tools - Various ZIM command line tools
libzim - Reference implementation of the ZIM specification
kiwix-android - Kiwix for Android