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 (by pirate)
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. (by kiwix)
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| wikipedia-mirror | kiwix-js-pwa | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 26 | |
| 324 | 146 | |
| - | 5.5% | |
| 1.8 | 9.7 | |
| about 3 years ago | 4 days ago | |
| Shell | JavaScript | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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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.
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.
wikipedia-mirror
Posts with mentions or reviews of wikipedia-mirror.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-28.
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I made the prepper version of the Internet
Haha well good news is that if you have a Wikipedia Mirror (they have instructions here -> https://github.com/pirate/wikipedia-mirror) it’s continually syncing with Wikipedia as a whole so if/when SHTF your copy of Wikipedia will be up to date as of the moment there’s power loss 👌, from there using u/UnsignedMark ’s concept network you / others could keep Wikipedia going pending only electricity. On that note SCADA + Solar Panels go brrr hahahaha
- 星期五讲点轻松的吧, 僵尸启示录发生之后你下线的硬盘还有GB的多少动漫/爱情动作片？
kiwix-js-pwa
Posts with mentions or reviews of kiwix-js-pwa.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-14.
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[Release] WikiMed by Kiwix (Linux/Windows) v2.7.4
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.
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Kiwix JS Linux and Windows v2.5.0 - major enhancement to Zimit rendering, speed and stability improvements
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
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WikiMed by Kiwix packaged app for Linux and Windows v2.4.8
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.
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Massive content update for the Wikivoyage by Kiwix packaged app (Linux and Windows) 2.4.6 👇
Release: https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-js-windows/releases/tag/v2.4.6-Wikivoyage
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Update: Kiwix JS Windows and Linux 2.4.4
See full changelog for fixes and updates.
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Updates to Kiwix JS Electron/PWA, and Kiwix JS WikiMed (versions 2.4.x March 2023)
For overall changelog, see https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-js-windows/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md.
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My personal guide on how to read .zim files that use service workers on your desktop
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.
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Any way to stop screen rotation on Kiwix JS PWA on Android?
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).
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New useability update for Kiwix JS for Linux and Windows v2.3.0
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.
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Desktop WikiMed app now with Full-Text search (experimental - works only with the Electron app for modern Linux and Windows)
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.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing wikipedia-mirror and kiwix-js-pwa you can also consider the following projects:
tiddlywiki-docker - Tools for running TiddlyWiki via a Docker container
kiwix-tools - Command line Kiwix tools: kiwix-serve, kiwix-manage, ...
mwoffliner - Mediawiki scraper: all your wiki articles in one highly compressed ZIM file
offline-plugin - Offline plugin (ServiceWorker, AppCache) for webpack (https://webpack.js.org/)
docker-traefik-nextcloud-nginx - docker compose files for traefik nextcloud and nginx
kiwix-desktop - Kiwix for Windows and GNU/Linux desktops
wrolpi - Create your own off-grid library
kiwix-hotspot - Kiwix Hotspot Image Creator (Desktop) for Windows/macOS/Linux
slickstack - Lightning-fast WordPress on Nginx
pwa-qr-code-scanner - Lightweight progressive web app for scanning QR codes offline
nginx-proxy-automation - Automated docker nginx proxy integrated with letsencrypt.
operations-puppet - Wikimedia Foundation operates some of the largest collaborative projects in the world. This is the Puppet repo for our servers. This repository is a mirror; see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_access for contributing.
wikipedia-mirror vs tiddlywiki-docker
kiwix-js-pwa vs kiwix-tools
wikipedia-mirror vs mwoffliner
kiwix-js-pwa vs offline-plugin
wikipedia-mirror vs docker-traefik-nextcloud-nginx
kiwix-js-pwa vs kiwix-desktop
wikipedia-mirror vs wrolpi
kiwix-js-pwa vs kiwix-hotspot
wikipedia-mirror vs slickstack
kiwix-js-pwa vs pwa-qr-code-scanner
wikipedia-mirror vs nginx-proxy-automation
kiwix-js-pwa vs operations-puppet