Q559020
Sign in to savealt=Kiwix, running on an Android tablet|thumb|272x272px|Kiwix app, running on an Android tablet Kiwix is a free and open-source offline web browser created by Emmanuel Engelhart and Renaud Gaudin in 2007. It was first launched to enable 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 to Googl
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Kiwix is a free, open-source software application that lets people access websites and online content without an internet connection, originally created to provide offline access to Wikipedia. It has become widely used in places with limited internet access and has expanded to include many other resources beyond Wikipedia, such as educational materials and reference texts.
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Key facts
- Software.name
- Kiwix
- Software.logo
- class=skin-invert|200px|alt=Kiwix logo
- Software.screenshot
- Kiwix Desktop 2.3.1.png
- Software.caption
- Kiwix 2.3.1 running on Windows 11
- Software.ver layout
- stacked
- Software.programming language
- C++ (desktop), Kotlin (Android), Swift (iOS, macOS), JavaScript (browser, Electron, UWP)
- Software.operating system
- Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, Linux, Windows 10 Mobile, Ubuntu Touch
- Software.language count
- 100
- Software.license
- GPLv3
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11 sectionsContents
- History
- Description
- Available content
- Historic Wikipedia articles selection releases
- Deployments
- Package managers and app stores
- See also
- Notes and references
- Notes
- References
- External links
alt=Kiwix, running on an Android tablet|thumb|272x272px|Kiwix app, running on an Android tablet Kiwix is a free and open-source offline web browser created by Emmanuel Engelhart and Renaud Gaudin in 2007. It was first launched to enable 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 to Google Impact Challenge's recipient Bibliothèques Sans Frontières.
== History == Founder Emmanuel Engelhart sees Wikipedia as a common good, saying "The contents of Wikipedia should be available for everyone! Even without Internet access. This is why I have launched the Kiwix project."