zimit

Make a ZIM file from any Web site and surf offline! (by openzim)

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  • Zim vs WARC ?
    2 projects | /r/Kiwix | 15 Nov 2022
    There are clearly similarities between the two, given that Kiwix put resources into making WARC content available in ZIM archives (i.e. Zimit-style ZIMs, created with the Zimit scraper and warc2zim backend). But as u/IMayBeABitShy said, the ZIM specification focuses on providing a highly compressed container that is readable on-the-fly (i.e. by decompressing only the needed content to show an article), whereas WARC, or rather the compressed version WACZ, is merely a zipped version of the WARC data (request headers and responses). It is also readable on-the-fly, but compression will not be as optimal as the zstandard compression used by modern ZIM archives.
  • What's the "best" way to make your own ZIMs (in docker)?
    2 projects | /r/Kiwix | 21 Oct 2022
    I'm looking at making my own ZIM though not sure the best way to go about it. I've seen zimit on Github and the mwoffliner on Github too.
  • How do I zimit listings with slideshows?
    2 projects | /r/Kiwix | 21 Jul 2022
    You would have more chances at getting a technical reply to your technical issue by hitting https://github.com/openzim/zimit/issues I believe
  • Openzim/zimit using docker on Windows 10; mounting the volume with the complete .zim file works how exactly?
    1 project | /r/Kiwix | 11 Jul 2022
    The zimit readme says it uses /output as the default directory, so we can use that as the name for our docker's volume.
  • Prepping for the end of the internet.
    5 projects | /r/preppers | 16 Jun 2022
    Zimit. This tool allows you to convert an existing website into an offline ZIM archive. https://hub.docker.com/r/openzim/zimit
  • Reading from the web offline and distraction-free
    7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Oct 2021
    which worked quite well for most sites, but still very far from a general-purpose solution.

    There is also more powerful/general-purpose scraper that generates a ZIM file here: https://github.com/openzim/zimit

    It would be really nice to a "common" scraper code base that takes care of scraping (possibly with a real headless browser) and outputs all assets as files + info as JSON. This common code base could then be used by all kinds of programs to package the content as standalone HTML zip files, ePub, ZIM, or even PDF for crazy people like me who like to print things ;)

  • You can now create your own zim files!
    1 project | /r/Kiwix | 22 Dec 2020
    There is a limit at 1,000 items for each zim because we don’t want to DDoS unsuspecting websites with requests; and also would not be able to afford the bill If it becomes as popular as we think it will be. But since this is free software, you can obviously cut the middleman by copying, studying, modifying and redistributing the code that can be found here: https://github.com/openzim/zimit or contact us directly and get the full thing for a small fee (tbd, but this should not be a blocker for legitimate uses).
  • We Developed A Tool To Make A Copy Of Most
    1 project | /r/DataHoarder | 21 Dec 2020
    Documentation is available at github.com/openzim/zimit and github.com/kiwix (there's a repo for each platform, kiwix-serve and android are the ones to look at atm for integration of service workers)
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