Category: 2025

Skaion Corporation faces a paradox daily: their clients need them to test how their security systems perform in real-world Internet conditions, but Skaion absolutely cannot connect their test networks to the actual Internet. The solution? Build their own Internet—complete with a working Wikipedia. The Challenge: Control vs. Realism Computer security testing is all about observing...read more

It’s already been almost five months since the last release: we’re excited to announce the arrival of Kiwix JS Browser Extension v4.3! This release brings a complete reimagining of the dark/light theme system, making it smarter and more adaptive than ever before, together with improvements to archive loading, file-system management and numerous fixes. And to...read more

Here is a summary of questions that popped here and there over the past couple of months: Where can one download a pre-2022 (meaning pre-AI slop) of the English Wikipedia? Wikipedia is probably still very much slop-free thanks to its myriad editors and a policy to shoot on sight if AI is suspected, but there...read more

In late October, as autumn draped Munich in its golds and greys, a curious gathering took place: the Google Mentor Summit, an annual conclave for those who guide the next generation of open-source contributors. It is, as one attendee put it, “the place to be” for mentors and organisers of the Google Summer of Code...read more

This is a story that will sound all too familiar to anyone who has ever watched good money chase bad ideas. Somewhere in Uganda, there sits a computer lab. It cost a small fortune—gleaming machines purchased with the best of intentions by well-meaning donors who wanted to drag education into the digital age. The computers...read more

Starting August 26th, new regulations have come into effect in Switzerland. Much like the rest of the world, we are temporarily suspending all Hotspot shipments to the USA. The issue is that with the removal of the de minimis provision for international packages, we are now required to collect all taxes and tariffs on U.S....read more

Great news, after a year-and-a-half hiatus and quite the emotional rollercoster, the offline version of Wikipedia is back! You can download it at browse.library.kiwix.org and we recommend you do so using bittorrent, as this will allow an easier / faster deployment across our many users. For users in English, the full 7 million entries (including...read more

Hot from the press, a new release for the Apple port of the Kiwix app! The full changelog is here if you are interested in the detailed list of fixes and updates, but the Big One today is the Hotspot feature: So, how does it work? First, open Kiwix on your phone or computer; Then...read more

A few people have been writing to ask about an update to the English Wikipedia ZIM file, and we figured this would warrant a post of its own. TL;DR: the last run failed with new bugs, we’re releasing mediawiki offliner 1.15.1 and pushing through, new ETA is end June. About 99% of Wikipedia zim files...read more

Sometimes the most meaningful journeys begin with a simple request from an old friend. That’s exactly how The Thika Alumni Trust started – with a visit to a former school and a principal’s hopeful ask for help. A School Reunion That Changed Everything In 2015, during a holiday visit to Kenya, one of the founders...read more