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Kiwix

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Kiwix 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!.

Kiwix viewing a page on Paris

License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Application types

Country of Origin

  • CH flagSwitzerland

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Android
  • iPhone
  • Android Tablet
  • iPad
  • Wine
  • Flathub
  • F-Droid  IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository
  • Google Chrome
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Mozilla Firefox
4.5 / 5 Avg rating (6)
91likes
3comments
0news articles

Features

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  1.  Save web page for offline use
  2.  Portable
  3.  Encyclopedia
  4.  Offline Reading
  5.  Ad-free
  6.  No registration required
  7.  Works Offline
  8.  Wiki
  9.  Data portability
  10.  Reading
  11.  Offline

 Tags

  • readers
  • offline-browser
  • wikipedia
  • offline-website
  • openzim
  • ted

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  • braky updated Kiwix
    7 days ago
  • thesuncitywitch liked Kiwix
    23 days ago
  • Gaian_Aqua_Killdeer commented on Kiwix
    about 2 months ago

    have to download .Zim files to search

  • braky updated Kiwix
    2 months ago
  • bobbyhiltz, niksavc, justarandom and intp liked Kiwix
    2 months ago
  • danielmichel rated Kiwix  
    5 months ago
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    5 months ago
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Kiwix information

  • Developed by

    CH flagKiwix
  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.5
  • Alternatives

    23 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Breton
    • Finnish
    • French
    • German
    • Hausa
    • Hebrew
    • Hindi
    • Igbo
    • Italian
    • Lingala
    • Luxembourgish
    • Macedonian
    • Polish
    • Russian
    • Chinese
    • Slovene
    • Swedish
    • Turkish

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Our users have written 3 comments and reviews about Kiwix, and it has gotten 91 likes

Kiwix was added to AlternativeTo by Aronzak on May 18, 2009 and this page was last updated May 15, 2025.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
Mr. Anon
Dec 3, 2023
2

FOSS wikipedia. A cool article someone wrote about it here:

https://practicalbetterments.com/download-all-of-wikipedia-on-your-phone/

Gaian Aqua Killdeer
Mar 29, 2025
0

have to download .Zim files to search

norz
Oct 9, 2015
1

Easier to read than BzReader for instance, which gives a more raw rendering.

What is Kiwix?

Kiwix enables you to have the whole Wikipedia at hand wherever you go! On a boat, in the middle of nowhere or in Jail, Kiwix gives you access to the whole human knowledge. You don't need Internet, everything is stored on your computer, USB flash drive or DVD!

Kiwix is an offline reader for web content. It's a software especially intended to make Wikipedia available without using Internet, but it is potentially suitable for all HTML contents. Kiwix supports the ZIM format, a highly compressed open format with additional meta-data.

Kiwix is mostly installed in schools, universities and libraries which can't afford a broadband Internet access. It's so much faster than the Internet and also can be used by many institutions to save bandwidth and reader's time. But many people use Kiwix for their own personal purpose. That's the case, for example, of persons suffering from censorship or prisoners.

Kiwix is really easy to use. It provides a range of features which make the usage comfortable:

  • Full text search engine
  • Bookmarks & Notes
  • HTTP server
  • PDF/HTML export
  • User interface in more than 80 languages
  • Tabs navigation
  • Integrated content manager and downloader

Kiwix is a pretty small and efficient software. You can perfectly use it with small or old computers. It runs on a big range of operating systems, on Android and on the three main PC operating systems: Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OSX and GNU/Linux distributions.