Category: Hotspot

Do you want to access offline content without having to store it permanently on your phone or computer? Would you like to be able to share this content instantly with friends and family? What happens if the internet is down and you can’t cheat access Wikipedia during Quizz Night? Well for all these scenarios and...read more

We are happy to announce that the new Hotspot Imager is now available to all. The Imager allows anyone to package zim files onto a $60 Raspberry Pi and use it as a simple hotspot to share your favourite educational websites in places without internet access. What’s new? Images now up to 1 TB (from...read more

Quick how-to for people who like us struggled with figuring this box out.

You can now download a prepackaged image for your Raspberry Hotspot containing the following zim files should your internet connection go offline and you need some backup documentation (call it “insurance”). The selection will obviously be updated as new we zim up new websites over time. Documentation Alpine Linux Bootstrap Gentoo Mediawiki MDN Web Docs...read more

When the Orange Foundation needed a solution to bridge the digital divide for 500,000 kids, they found us.

The end is not nigh, but if it is then you'll be a little more ready

Education is the cornerstone of progress. Making it available offline supports this mission.

Letzte Woche haben wir den ersten Schritt gemacht bei der Verbreitung von Kiwix in Tangerang (Indonesien). Zusammen mit Wikimedia Indonesia und dem Institut Teknologi Tangerang Selatan (ITTS) haben wir eine lokale Schule in einem Aussenbezirk von Tangerang besucht: Global Tangerang. Mit ihren 109 Schülern, 6 Lehrpersonen und 5 Unterrichtsräumen hat die Schule zu wenig Mittel,...read more

Last week was our first step in sharing Kiwix in Tangerang, Indonesia. Together with Wikimedia Indonesia and Institut Teknologi Tangerang Selatan (ITTS), we journeyed to the outskirt of Tangerang to visit a local school – Global Tangerang. With 109 students enrolled, 6 teachers, and 5 classrooms, they have insufficient resources to spare for a stable...read more

The Literate Earth Project is a US-based non-profit. They manage 16 schools in Uganda, and another at the Imvepi refugee camp. They have been active for the past ten years already. Literate Earth reached out because their next step is to deploy Raspberry Pi hotspots with Offline Wikipedia on them. They would also like to...read more