Kiwix
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Kiwix window on macOS
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| Developer(s) | Emmanuel Engelhart, Renaud Gaudin |
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| Preview release |
0.9 / November 1, 2014
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| Repository | github |
| Development status | Active |
| Operating system | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Platform | IA-32, x64 |
| Size | 30.6 MB – 106 MB |
| Available in | 100 languages |
| License | GPLv3 |
| Website | www |
| Stable release |
1.95 / August 2, 2015
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| Repository | github |
| Operating system | Android |
| Size | 6.2 MB |
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Kiwix MacOS
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| Original author(s) | Emmanuel Engelhart, Renaud Gaudin |
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| Stable release |
1.0 / August 11, 2015
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| Repository | github |
| Operating system | iOS, Android, Windows, Linux, macOS |
| Size | 48.3 MB |
Kiwix is a free and open-source offline web browser created by Emmanuel Engelhart and Renaud Gaudin in 2007. It was first launched to allow offline access to , but has since expanded to include other projects from the as well as public domain texts from the Project Gutenberg. Available in more than 100 languages, Kiwix has been included in several high-profile projects, from smuggling operations in North Korea to Google Impact Challenge's recipient Libraries Without Borders.
In February 2013 Kiwix won SourceForge's Project of the Month award.
Kiwix won a CH Open Source Award in 2015.
The software is designed as an offline reader for web content. It is used on computers without an internet connection, computers with a slow or expensive connection, and to avoid censorship. It can also be used while travelling (e.g. on a plane or train).
All content files are compressed in ZIM format, which makes them smaller, but leaves them easy to index, search, and selectively decompress.
The ZIM files are then opened with Kiwix, which looks and behaves like a web browser. Kiwix offers full text search, tabbed navigation and the option to export articles to PDF and HTML.
There is an HTTP server version called kiwix-serve; this allows a computer to host Kiwix content, and make it available to other computers on a network. The other computers see an ordinary website. kiwix-plug is a version for plug computers which is often used to provide a wifi server.
Kiwix uses the deprecated Mozilla framework localised on , but plans to replace it.
A list of content available on Kiwix exists; sublists for content in specific languages also exist. Content can be loaded through Kiwix itself (see screenshot).
In November 2014 a ZIM version of all open texts forming part of Project Gutenberg was made available.
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