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The best Encyclopedia alternative to Reference.com is Wikipedia, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Reference.com and ten of them are Encyclopedias so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Encyclopedia alternatives to Reference.com are Encyclopædia Britannica, Wikiless, WikiSpooks.com and Encyclopedia.com.

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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

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Samsung Galaxy Store
    • F-Droid
    • Kindle Fire
    • MediaWiki
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    • Wikipedia is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to Reference.com.

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

    • Wikipedia is Free and Open SourceReference.com is Free and Proprietary
  2. Encyclopædia Britannica icon

    Encyclopædia Britannica

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    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

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Online
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  4. Wikiless icon

    Wikiless

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

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

    • Wikiless is Free and Open SourceReference.com is Free and Proprietary
    • Wikiless is Privacy focused, Lightweight and Security-focusedReference.com is not according to our users
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    WikiSpooks.com

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    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.

    79 WikiSpooks.com alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
  6. Encyclopedia.com icon

    Encyclopedia.com

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    Online dictionary and encyclopedia with pictures, facts, and videos. Get information and homework help with millions of articles in our free, online library.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  7. Citizendium icon

    Citizendium

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    Citizendium, powered by MediaWiki, is "an open wiki project dedicated to creating a free, comprehensive, and reliable repository of structured knowledge". Unlike with Wikipedia, a contributor must register using their real name and verify their identity.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • MediaWiki
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  9. Conzept icon

    Conzept

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    Conzept is an attempt to create an encyclopedia for the 21st century. A modern topic-exploration tool based on Wikipedia, Wikidata, Open Library, GBIF and other useful information sources.

    11 Conzept alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  10. Stubia icon

    Stubia

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    Stubia is a mobile encyclopedia that limits each article to 160 characters: this limitation makes each topic easy to understand.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  11. Alchetron icon

    Alchetron

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    Alchetron.com is a free social encyclopedia for world where you can create, organize and learn easily using topics.

    With Alchetron you can search & share thousands of organized topics which can be biographies, free courses for students etc.

    33 Alchetron alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  12. Advanced English Dictionary icon

    Advanced English Dictionary

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    Advanced English Dictionary is better than other dictionaries, not just because it contains far more words than a conventional paper dictionary, but because it uses a radically new approach to searching for words.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • Java Mobile
    • Symbian S60
    • Blackberry
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