Kiwix Alternatives

Kiwix is described as 'Enables you to have the whole Wikipedia at hand wherever you go! You don't need Internet, everything is stored on your computer, USB flash drive or DVD!' and is a very popular Encyclopedia in the education & reference category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Kiwix for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Web-based, Android, Windows and iPhone apps. The best Kiwix alternative is Wikipedia, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Kiwix are Grokipedia, XOWA, Wikiless and WebArchives.

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  1. Wikipedia icon

    Wikipedia

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    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.

    69 Wikipedia alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Samsung Galaxy Store
    • F-Droid
    • Kindle Fire
    • MediaWiki
    The home page of Wikipedia.
     

    • Wikipedia is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to Kiwix.

    • Wikipedia is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Kiwix.

    • Wikipedia is Free and Open SourceKiwix is also Free and Open Source
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    Grokipedia

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    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 .

    18 Grokipedia alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    Main landing page
     
  4. XOWA icon

    XOWA

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    XOWA is the free, open-source application that lets you download Wikipedia to your computer. Access all of Wikipedia offline -- without an internet connection!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Raspberry Pi
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    • Almost everyone thinks XOWA is a great Kiwix alternative.

    • XOWA is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Kiwix.

    • XOWA is Free and Open SourceKiwix is also Free and Open Source
  5. Wikiless icon

    Wikiless

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    Wikiless is a free open source alternative Wikipedia front-end focused on privacy.

    59 Wikiless alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    • Wikiless is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Kiwix.

    • Wikiless is Free and Open SourceKiwix is also Free and Open Source
    • Wikiless is Privacy focused, Lightweight and Security-focusedKiwix is not according to our users
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    WebArchives

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    A web archives viewer offering the ability to browse offline millions of articles from large community projects such as Wikipedia or Wikisource.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GTK+
    • GNOME
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  7. Aard Dictionary icon

    Aard Dictionary

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    Dictionary and offline Wikipedia reader.

    "Aard Dictionary is a free, fast, easy to use word lookup program that

    looks up words fast even with huge dictionaries like English Wikipedia looks up words in multiple dictionaries in multiple languages without switching .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Self-Hosted
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    Use the format slob, and is very very very fast in android.

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    • Aard Dictionary is Free and Open SourceKiwix is also Free and Open Source
  9. Wikimed icon

    Wikimed

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    With 75,000+ medical articles, WikiMed is the largest and most comprehensive collection of health-related articles available in English for offline use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  11. WikiIndex icon

    WikiIndex

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    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

    Platforms

    • Online
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  12. kiwix-serve

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    Kiwix-serve is a ZIM compatible Web server. With its help you can deliver ZIM file content over your network. Designed to serve Wikipedia zim files over LAN in an offline setting.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi
    kiwix-serve screenshot 1
     
  13. Okawix icon

    Okawix

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    Okawix lets you download the whole content of Wikipedia, with or without images, so that you can browse it offline:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    An Article
    Wikipedia 0.7 Main Page
    Language select for corpus download
     
  14. Archives icon

    Archives

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    Every day, countless of websites go offline for good. High server costs, government censorship, venture capitalism are some of the threats, many of your favorite websites are facing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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