Kiwix-plug

A plug computer beside an iPhone

A Dreamplug, the first supported plug

Default welcome page of the kiwix-plug

Kiwix-plug in action, plugged in a wall

Kiwix-plug is a solution which provides a public Wifi hotspot allowing every person with a Wifi network card and a device to surf Wikipedia (or any content available as a ZIM file). Kiwix-plug is based on a small server call plug computer which is a computer as big as a fist and directly plugable on the power network. You can extend its wifi coverage by pluging additional wifi routers.

The first development of this solution is granted by Wikimédia France in the scope of the Afripedia project.

Usage

The whole readme explaining how to setup a kiwix-plug can be found here.

Supported hardware

• Globalscape Dreamplug

Contact us if you want that we support other models of plug computers.

Archives

• First grant request (Internews) (failed)
• Second grant request (Wikimédia france) (successful)
• Technical configuration of the first prototype

See also

• Wikipedia article about the Nimbus Plug Computer
• Blog post about Afripedia in French
• Blog post about Afripedia in English

Press review

• zndnet.fr - Afripedia, un projet pour développer Wikipédia en Afrique
• numerama.fr - Afripedia veut développer Wikipédia en Afrique avec du WiFi hors-ligne
• citazine.fr - Afripedia, Wikipédia pour l'Afrique
• slateafrique.com - Afripedia ou comment consulter Wikipedia sans Internet