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0.9 alpha1 version screenshot (screencast)

Kiwix is an offline reader for Web content. It's especially intended to make Wikipedia available offline (see features). With Kiwix, you can enjoy Wikipedia on a boat, in the middle of nowhere... or in Jail. Kiwix manages to do that by reading ZIM files, a highly compressed open format with additional meta-data.

Kiwix uses the Mozilla framework and is available in more than 80 languages. It has full text search, tabbed navigation and possibility to export articles to PDF and HTML.

Kiwix is a free software (GPL3), that means you can freely copy, modify and spread it.

News feed

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Downloads

Kiwix reader

First of all, download Kiwix reader with regards to the operating system you're using. The size is fewer than 22 megabytes and no installations is required. You should only extract it and then go to the next section and download a Zim file.

Note: You can ignore this step if you are a Windows user and you want to download Portable Pre-indexed ZIM from the next section.

⇓ OS X	⇓ Windows 32	⇓ GNU/Linux
Ubuntu PPA	⇓ Gentoo	⇓ Archlinux	⇓ Sugar	Debian

Wikipedia files

In order to read the Wikipedia articles offline, download the Zim file relating to the specific Wikipedia you want. To view the full list of ZIM files, click on "→ Full list with all languages..." below the table.

There are two kinds of downloads:

Non-indexed ZIM contains only a ZIM file and you may want to index it to be able to use the fulltext search.
Portable pre-indexed ZIM contains Kiwix application only for Windows or Linux with an indexed ZIM file. So you should download the Kiwix reader from the previous section if you're not a Windows user. The ZIM file may be split into several 2 gigabytes parts to be compatible with FAT32 filesystems.

Note: The pre-indexed ZIM files could be copied in the different computers with Windows/Linux operating systems, Mac users may face some problems.

Note: There are two options to download for each non-indexed and pre-indexed versions:

Direct download which downloads the file directly from Wikimedia Foundation servers.
Bittorent which downloads the file with a torrent software.

Template:ZIMdumps

Please, send us a feedback about your motivations to download Kiwix!

Compilation

You can try compiling Kiwix for yourself. The application source code can be downloaded ⇓ here. Otherwise, try one of the pre-compiled versions.

Contact

Report a bug or request a feature.
Email: contact (at) kiwix.org
Mailing-list (public archive):
- kiwix-developer (at) lists.sourceforge.net for software development concerns
- kiwix-testing (at) lists.sourceforge.net for software testing concerns
- kiwix-svn (at) lists.sourceforge.net to be kept informed about SVN commits
Jabber: kelson (at) kiwix.org
IRC: #kiwix on irc.freenode.net join or use web interface

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 '''Kiwix''' is an offline reader for Web content. It's especially intended to make Wikipedia available offline (see [[features]]). With Kiwix, you can enjoy Wikipedia on a boat, in the middle of nowhere... or in Jail. Kiwix manages to do that by reading ZIM files, a highly compressed open format with additional meta-data.
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 Kiwix is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software free software] ([https://kiwix.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/kiwix/moulinkiwix/COPYING GPL3]), that means you can freely copy, modify and spread it.
+</translate>
 {{Identi.ca}}
+<translate>
+==Downloads==
-==Downloads==
 ===Kiwix reader===
 First of all, download Kiwix reader with regards to the operating system you're using. The size is fewer than 22 megabytes and no installations is required. You should only extract it and then go to the next section and download a Zim file.
 '''Note:''' You can ignore this step if you are a Windows user and you want to download '''Portable Pre-indexed ZIM''' from the next section.
+</translate>
 {{download}}
+<translate>
+===Wikipedia files===
-===Wikipedia files===
+In order to read the Wikipedia articles offline, download the Zim file relating to the specific Wikipedia you want.
-In order to read the Wikipedia articles offline, download the Zim file relating to the specific Wikipedia you want. There are two versions available for English Wikipedia, the first has 45000 pictured Good Articles (GA) and Featured Articles (FA) till 2010 and the second has the whole articles without any images (This information is clarified for every Zim file in the '''Number of articles''' column). In order to view the full list of ZIM files, click on "'''→ Full list with all languages...'''" below the table.
+To view the full list of ZIM files, click on "'''→ Full list with all languages...'''" below the table.
-There are two options to download:
+There are two kinds of downloads:
-* '''non-indexed ZIM''' contains only a ZIM file and you may want to [[ZIM Indexing|index]] it to be able to use the fulltext search.
+* '''Non-indexed ZIM''' contains only a ZIM file and you may want to [[Special:MyLanguage/ZIM Indexing|index]] it to be able to use the fulltext search.
-* '''Portable Pre-indexed ZIM''' contains Kiwix application ''only for Windows'' with an indexed ZIM file. So you should download the Kiwix reader from the previous section if you're not a Windows user. The ZIM file may be split into several 2 gigabytes parts to be compatible with FAT32 filesystems.
+* '''Portable pre-indexed ZIM''' contains Kiwix application ''only for Windows or Linux'' with an indexed ZIM file. So you should download the Kiwix reader from the previous section if you're not a Windows user. The ZIM file may be split into several 2 gigabytes parts to be compatible with FAT32 filesystems.
-'''Note:''' The Pre-index ZIM files could be copied in the different computers with Windows/Linux operating systems, Mac users may face with some problems.
+'''Note:''' The pre-indexed ZIM files could be copied in the different computers with Windows/Linux operating systems, Mac users may face some problems.
 '''Note:''' There are two options to download for each non-indexed and pre-indexed versions:
-* '''Direct download''' which downloads the file directly from Wikimedia servers.
+* '''Direct download''' which downloads the file directly from Wikimedia Foundation servers.
 * '''Bittorent''' which downloads the file with a torrent software.
 {{ZIMdumps|en}}
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 == Compilation ==
 You can try [[Compile Kiwix|compiling Kiwix]] for yourself. The application source code can be downloaded [http://sourceforge.net/projects/kiwix/files/0.9_rc2/kiwix-0.9-rc2-src.tar.gz/download &dArr; here]. Otherwise, try one of the pre-compiled versions.
 ==Contact==
 * [http://reportabug.kiwix.org Report a bug] or [http://requestafeature.kiwix.org request a feature].
 * Email:  contact (at) kiwix.org
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 {{metadesc|Kiwix enables you to have the whole Wikipedia at hand wherever you go! You don't need Internet, everything is stored on your computer, USB flash drive or DVD!}}
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