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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!

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License model

  • Free • Open Source

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Android
  • Android Tablet
  • Raspberry Pi
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Discontinued

The latest version (4.6.15.2101) was released in January 2021.

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  1.  Works Offline
  2.  Dark Mode
  3.  Offline Reading

 Tags

  • wikipedia
  • offline-wikipedia

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  • namdx1987 liked XOWA
    •18 days ago
  • POX updated XOWA
    •19 days ago
  • generalSeven commented on XOWA
    •19 days ago

    Hasn't been updated since 2020.

  • forcemajore liked XOWA
    •11 months ago
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XOWA information

  • Developed by

    gnosygnu

  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.

  • Written in

  • Alternatives

    15 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

AlternativeTo Categories

Education & Reference, News & Books

GitHub repository

  •  391 Stars
  •  40 Forks
  •  415 Open Issues
  •   Updated Feb 25, 2022 
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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about XOWA, and it has gotten 11 likes

XOWA was added to AlternativeTo by piotrex on Jan 19, 2013 and this page was last updated Apr 10, 2025.

Comments and Reviews

   
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norz
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•Jul 17, 2015
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Tried to install and use XOWA, but I encountered so many errors that I gave up. Errors were related to the JVM, wiki downloads failing and not resuming, etc.

I decided to give a try to Kiwix, which proved to run very well.

generalSeven
•Apr 10, 2025
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Hasn't been updated since 2020.

What is XOWA?

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

Features:

  • Download a complete, recent copy of English Wikipedia.
  • Display 5.0+ million articles in full HTML formatting.
  • Show images within an article. Access 5.0+ million images using the offline image databases.
  • Set up over 800+ other wikis.
  • Update your wiki whenever you want, using Wikimedia's database backups.
  • Navigate between offline wikis. Click on "Look up this word in Wiktionary" and instantly view the page in Wiktionary.
  • Edit articles to remove vandalism or errors.
  • Install to a flash memory card for portability to other machines.
  • Run on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Raspberry Pi, and Android
  • View the HTML for any wiki page
  • Search for any page by title using a Wikipedia-like Search box
  • Browse pages by alphabetical order using Special:AllPages
  • Find a word on a page.
  • Access a history of viewed pages
  • Bookmark your favorite pages.

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