Kiwix

Kiwix
Developer(s)
Stable release(s)
Desktop2.3.1 / 16 April 2023; 19 months ago (2023-04-16)[1]
Android3.10 / 27 May 2024; 6 months ago (2024-05-27)[2]
iOS1.15.6 / 24 May 2022; 2 years ago (2022-05-24)[3]
Electron2.4.4 / 14 April 2023; 19 months ago (2023-04-14)[4]
UWP2.4.4 / 13 April 2023; 19 months ago (2023-04-13)[5]
Browsers3.6.0 / 12 November 2022; 2 years ago (2022-11-12)[6]
Repository
Written inC++ (desktop), Kotlin (Android), Swift (iOS, macOS), JavaScript (browser, Electron, UWP)
Operating systemAndroid, iOS, macOS, Windows, Linux, Windows 10 Mobile, Ubuntu Touch[7]
Size
  • Desktop: 121 MB
  • Electron: 71.1 MB
  • Android: 80 MB
  • iOS: 48.3 MB
  • UWP: 12.1 MB
Available in100 languages[8]
LicenseGPLv3
Websitewww.kiwix.org
Library of history and rationalwiki etc.
Kiwix Android App

Kiwix is a free and open-source offline web browser created by Emmanuel Engelhart and Renaud Gaudin in 2007.[9] It was first launched to allow offline access to Wikipedia, but has since expanded to include other projects from the Wikimedia Foundation, public domain texts from Project Gutenberg, many of the Stack Exchange sites, and many other resources. Available in more than 100 languages, Kiwix has been included in several high-profile projects, from smuggling operations in North Korea[10] to Google Impact Challenge's recipient Bibliothèques Sans Frontières.[11]

  1. ^ "kiwix-desktop: Releases". GitHub.
  2. ^ "Kiwix for Android 3.10 is out!". 27 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Kiwix on the App Store". App Store. 29 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Kiwix JS Windows/Linux: Releases". GitHub.
  5. ^ "Kiwix JS". Windows Store. Microsoft.
  6. ^ "Kiwix JS". GitHub.
  7. ^ "OpenStore". OpenStore. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference sourceforge was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference sutherland2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ "The plot to free North Korea with smuggled episodes of 'Friends'". Wired. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  11. ^ "Les Lauréats du Google Impact Challenge". Retrieved 27 April 2016.