Kiwix is available as a native application for Android, Linux, Mac OS, iOS and Windows operating systems. It is also available as Chrome, Firefox and Edge extensions. Content files can be downloaded from the apps or from the library.
Last but not least, you can also install it on Raspberry Pi and create your own offline hotspot.
Source code available on Github.
Source code available on Github.
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Kiwix for Android
Kiwix for Android
This version is compatible with all devices that run Android v7.0 or higher. The app has full access to the Kiwix library and content can be downloaded directly from it onto your device.
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Kiwix for Windows
Kiwix for Windows
Download and unpack Kiwix 2.0 anywhere on your hard drive or on a flash drive to use it.
Compatible With Older Versions (Windows XP, Vista, Etc.)
Kiwix JS is a smaller alternative. It can be used as an offline-first Progressive Web App in your browser. There is a also Windows Store (UWP) version for Windows 10 or 11 tablets, phones, PC and Xbox, and an Electron app compatible with all Windows (XP, Vista, Win7/8/10/11) .
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Kiwix for iOS and macOS
Kiwix for iOS and macOS
This version is compatible with all Apple devices.
Source code available on Github.
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Kiwix for GNU/Linux
Kiwix for GNU/Linux
Download the .appimage file, then set executable permissions and execute it. Or follow the instructions on the Flathub page.
You can also find distro-specific packages for Debian and Ubuntu.
If you are running Debian or Ubuntu, kiwix can be installed by running the command sudo apt install kiwix For Archlinux, you can install using sudo pacman -S kiwix-desktop Fedora users can install it by running sudo dnf install kiwix-desktopSource code is available on Github.
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WikiMed for Android
WikiMed for Android
With 75,000+ medical articles, WikiMed is the largest and most comprehensive collection of health-related articles available in English. It includes content on diseases, medications, anatomy, and sanitation from Wikipedia.
WikiMed mini has the same number of entries but in order to save on storage space it is limited to the leade and infobox (without images), which makes it about 85% smaller.
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WikiMed for Windows
WikiMed for Windows
With 75,000+ medical articles, WikiMed is the largest and most comprehensive collection of health-related articles available in English. It includes content on diseases, medications, anatomy, and sanitation from Wikipedia.
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Wikimed for Linux
Wikimed for Linux
With 75,000+ medical articles, WikiMed is the largest and most comprehensive collection of health-related articles available in English. It includes content on diseases, medications, anatomy, and sanitation from Wikipedia.
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Wikivoyage for Android
Wikivoyage for Android
The “Wikipedia of travel guides”, Wikivoyage offers tourism information for almost 30.000 destinations all over the world. The Electron version also supports older version of Windows (Vista, XP, 7)
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Wikivoyage for Windows
Wikivoyage for Windows
The “Wikipedia of travel guides”, Wikivoyage offers tourism information for almost 30.000 destinations all over the world.
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Browser extensions
Browser extensions
Browser security will limit some features compared to the regular application, but all three extensions will read most ZIM files without problem.
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Kiwix for Raspberry Pi
Kiwix for Raspberry Pi
You can install Kiwix-server on a Raspberry Pi and use it as a hotspot.
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Kiwix Server
Kiwix Server
Kiwix Server is a .zim compatible web server: it allows you to deliver .zim files over the HTTP protocol within your local network – be it a University or your own house. Simply start Kiwix-Serve on your machine, and your content will be available for anybody through their web browser.
Kiwix Server is provided as a self-contained binary in the Kiwix-Tools suite, which you can download below.
Check out our github repository for usage and integration details, as well as other architectures (e.g. 32-bit).
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Wikivoyage for Linux
Wikivoyage for Linux
The “Wikipedia of travel guides”, Wikivoyage offers tourism information for almost 30.000 destinations all over the world.
