Kiwix-plug

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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.

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

Two Kiwix-plugs

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.

Todo

Localize kiwix-serve
Fix awstats subpages
Add license to all articles (footer)
Fix categories which are big (too big pages, not all articles are there)
Add HTTPs support to kiwix-serve or at least to kiwix-plug (nginx)
Add Piratebox mode
Replace mlabel by mkfat
Plug too slow to boot

Archives

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

See also

Press review

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