Kiwix-plug

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.

A plug computer beside an iPhone

A Dreamplug, the first supported plug

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.

Archives

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

See also

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