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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.


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'''Kiwix''' is perfect to read '''Wikipedia''' offline. In order to read and enjoy the Wikipedia articles offline, you will need:
There are two kinds of downloads:
# Kiwix (the software)
* '''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.
# The [http://www.openzim.org ZIM file] with the content of the specific linguistic Wikipedia the user want (for example in English).
* '''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.
# Optionally, the index allowing fulltext searches.
'''Note:''' The pre-indexed ZIM files could be copied in the different computers with Windows/Linux operating systems, Mac users may face some problems.


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== Download ==
'''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.
To obtain Wikipedia offline on your computer, you can download these previously listed components separately or download a package with everything inside. That's the reason why we propose both to download:
* '''Bittorent''' which downloads the file with a torrent software.
* '''Non-indexed ZIM''' files 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''' file contain the Kiwix software with an indexed ZIM file. Everything is compressed in a ZIP file. For now, these packages work only for wit Microsoft Windows and GNU/Linux. In these packages, the ZIM files may be split into several 2 gigabytes parts to be compatible with FAT32 file-systems.
 
The portable pre-indexed ZIM is a little bit bigger than the Non-indexed ZIM file, but if you have enough bandwidth, we recommend to download it. It's the easiest way to have a directly usable Wikipedia offline and this package be really easy to copy on many different places.
 
There are two ways to downloads each file:
* ''Bittorent'' (recommended) which downloads the file with a [http://www.utorrent.com torrent software].
* ''Direct download'' which downloads the file directly with your browser. If you already have Kiwix installed on your computer, we recommend to download this ZIM file from the internal Kiwix library.


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== Usage ==
 
If you have downloaded a '''Non-indexed ZIM''' file, then you only need to open it with Kiwix (you have downloaded separatly) and if you need it, index it in addition.
 
If you have downloaded the '''Portable pre-indexed ZIM''', you will need to unzip it before using it. One time it's unzipped you can find the Kiwix executable in the "kiwix" directory if you use Microsoft Windows or in "kiwix-linux" directory if you use GNU/Linux.
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