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

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

Todo

  • Localize kiwix-serve (C++, Perl)
  • Fix awstats subpages (bash, conf)
  • Add license to all articles (footer) (Perl, PHP)
  • Fix categories which are big (too big pages, not all articles are there) (PHP)
  • Add HTTPs support to kiwix-serve or at least to kiwix-plug (nginx) (C++ or/and conf)
  • Add Piratebox mode (bash, conf)
  • Replace mlabel by mkdosfs (bash)
  • Plug too slow to boot (bash, conf) Fixed it by changing bootcmd in uBoot. Now boots in less than 3mn. Fixed on all 21 plugs.
  • Nouvelle version du ZIM Wikipédia (Kiwix, openZIM, bash)
  • ZIM du Wiktionnaire (Kiwix, openZIM, bash)
  • ZIM de WikiSource (tres demandé)
  • Document Plug-like server config of Nginx+Kiwix-serve

Archives

See also

Press review

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