Golden Alternatives

Sites and apps similar to Golden include Wikipedia, which is free and open source. Other options are Wikiversity, Grokipedia, Encyclopædia Britannica and WikiSpooks.com. Encyclopedias like Golden are a crowded field, with more than 25 alternatives for Android, iPad, iPhone, Mac and Windows.

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  1. Wikipedia icon
     1703 likes

    Free content, multilingual online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers through a model of open collaboration, using a wiki-based editing system.

    68 Wikipedia alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • iPad
    • Samsung Galaxy Store
    • F-Droid
    • Kindle Fire
    • OpenAPK
    • MediaWiki
    • visionOS
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  2. Wikiversity icon
     81 likes

    Wikiversity is a Wikimedia Foundation project devoted to learning resources, learning projects, and research for use in all levels, types, and styles of education from pre-school to university, including professional training and informal learning.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Online
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  3. Grokipedia icon
     17 likes

    Grokipedia is an online encyclopedia created by xAI that positions itself as an alternative to Wikipedia. Articles are generated and later labeled as “fact checked by .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2025

    Platforms

    • Online
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  4. The Encyclopædia Britannica is a general English-language encyclopaedia published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., a privately-held company. The articles in the Britannica are aimed at educated adult readers, and written by a staff of about 100 full-time editors and...

    26 Encyclopædia Britannica alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
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  5. WikiSpooks.com icon
     29 likes

    WikiSpooks is a global alternative encyclopedia on politics, spy craft, deep state intelligence, and conspiracies, free of corporate influence, partisan politics, or government propaganda for historians and truth-seekers to read, edit, and share.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Platforms

    • Online
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  6. Wikiwand icon
     30 likes

    Wikiwand is a modern interface for web and mobile, that optimizes Wikipedia's amazing content for a quicker and significantly improved reading experience.

    13 Wikiwand alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  7. Scholarpedia icon
     27 likes

    Scholarpedia is a peer-reviewed open-access encyclopedia written and maintained by scholarly experts from around the world. Scholarpedia is inspired by Wikipedia and aims to complement it by providing in-depth scholarly treatments of academic topics.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Platforms

    • Online
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  8. WikiIndex icon
     15 likes

    Welcome to WikiIndex, a wiki of all wiki, wiki people, wiki software, wiki farms, and wiki ideas, a 'work in progress' founded in 2006.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Online
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  9. Oppia icon
     26 likes

    Oppia is a free, open-source learning platform. Full of interactive activities called 'explorations', Oppia helps curious minds learn and teach.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  10. Libregamewiki icon
     11 likes

    LibreGameWiki the free gaming encyclopedia for games developed as open source and using open media.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2017

    Platforms

    • Online
    • MediaWiki
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  11. Gene Wiki icon
     4 likes

    Gene Wiki app provides extensive information on genes names and genetics.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2021

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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