The Best Open Source Wikipedia AlternativesTop Encyclopedias and other similar apps like Wikipedia

The best open source alternative to Wikipedia is Kiwix. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Wikipedia and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Wikipedia are WikiReader, Wikiless, Citizendium and XOWA.

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  1. Kiwix icon
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    Provides offline access to Wikipedia and HTML content via ZIM format, featuring a full-text search engine, multi-language interface, export capabilities, bookmarks, content manager, and support for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, USB drives, and local servers.

    27 Kiwix alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Wine
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
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  2. WikiReader icon
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    Supports light mode, dark mode, Material You dynamic colors and 300+ Wikipedia languages

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  3. Wikiless icon
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    Wikiless is a free open source alternative Wikipedia front-end focused on privacy.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Citizendium icon
     10 likes

    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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  5. XOWA icon
     13 likes

    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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  6. 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.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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  7. WikiIndex icon
     14 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

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. WikiSpooks.com icon
     28 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.

    78 WikiSpooks.com alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
  9. Metacademy icon
     19 likes

    Metacademy - a free open source platform for efficient, personalized learning.

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    • Online
     
  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

    Platforms

    • Online
    • MediaWiki
     
  11. Wike icon
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    Wike is a Wikipedia reader for the GNOME Desktop. Provides access to all the content of this online encyclopedia in a native application, with a simpler and distraction-free view of articles.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Linux Mobile
     
  12. The Encyclopedia of Mathematics wiki is an open access resource designed specifically for the mathematics community. The original articles are from the online Encyclopaedia of Mathematics, published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 2002.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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