Kiwix Applications - Access Knowledge Offline on Various Platforms- Kiwix

Kiwix is available as a native application for Android, Linux, Mac OS, iOS and Windows operating systems. It is also available as Chrome, Firefox and Edge extensions. Content files can be downloaded from the apps or from the library.

Last but not least, you can also install it on Raspberry Pi and create your own offline hotspot.

Source code available on Github.
Source code available on Github.
  • Android

    Kiwix for Android

    Kiwix for Android

    This version is compatible with all devices that run Android v7.0 or higher. The app has full access to the Kiwix library and content can be downloaded directly from it onto your device.
    Please note that the playstore app has limitations with regard to opening files that have not been downloaded from the app.

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  • windows

    Kiwix for Windows

    Kiwix for Windows

    Download and unpack Kiwix 2.0 anywhere on your hard drive or on a flash drive to use it.

    Compatible With Older Versions (Windows XP, Vista, Etc.)

    Kiwix JS is a smaller alternative. It can be used as an offline-first Progressive Web App in your browser. There is a also Windows Store (UWP) version for Windows 10 or 11 tablets, phones, PC and Xbox, and an Electron app compatible with all Windows (XP, Vista, Win7/8/10/11) .

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  • Apple

    Kiwix for iOS and macOS

    Kiwix for iOS and macOS

    This version is compatible with all Apple devices.

    Source code available on Github.

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    Kiwix for GNU/Linux

    Kiwix for GNU/Linux

    Download the .appimage file, then set executable permissions and execute it. Or follow the instructions on the Flathub page.

    You can also find distro-specific packages for Debian and Ubuntu.
    If you are running Debian or Ubuntu, kiwix can be installed by running the command sudo apt install kiwix For Archlinux, you can install using sudo pacman -S kiwix-desktop Fedora users can install it by running sudo dnf install kiwix-desktop

    Source code is available on Github.

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    WikiMed for Android

    WikiMed for Android

    With 75,000+ medical articles, WikiMed is the largest and most comprehensive collection of health-related articles available in English. It includes content on diseases, medications, anatomy, and sanitation from Wikipedia.

    WikiMed mini has the same number of entries but in order to save on storage space it is limited to the leade and infobox (without images), which makes it about 85% smaller.

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    WikiMed for Windows

    WikiMed for Windows

    With 75,000+ medical articles, WikiMed is the largest and most comprehensive collection of health-related articles available in English. It includes content on diseases, medications, anatomy, and sanitation from Wikipedia.

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  • Wikimed for Linux

    Wikimed for Linux

    With 75,000+ medical articles, WikiMed is the largest and most comprehensive collection of health-related articles available in English. It includes content on diseases, medications, anatomy, and sanitation from Wikipedia.

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    Wikivoyage for Android

    Wikivoyage for Android

    The “Wikipedia of travel guides”, Wikivoyage offers tourism information for almost 30.000 destinations all over the world. The Electron version also supports older version of Windows (Vista, XP, 7)

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    Wikivoyage for Windows

    Wikivoyage for Windows

    The “Wikipedia of travel guides”, Wikivoyage offers tourism information for almost 30.000 destinations all over the world.

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  • Browser extensions

    Browser extensions

    Browser security will limit some features compared to the regular application, but all three extensions will read most ZIM files without problem.
    These extensions do not have a built-in library. You will need to get your zim files directly
    from the online library.

  • Raspberry

    Kiwix for Raspberry Pi

    Kiwix for Raspberry Pi

    You can install Kiwix-server on a Raspberry Pi and use it as a hotspot.
    Or have our servers build your configuration directly to speed things up.

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  • Kiwix Server

    Kiwix Server

    Kiwix Server is a .zim compatible web server: it allows you to deliver .zim files over the HTTP protocol within your local network – be it a University or your own house. Simply start Kiwix-Serve on your machine, and your content will be available for anybody through their web browser.

    Kiwix Server is provided as a self-contained binary in the Kiwix-Tools suite, which you can download below.

    Check out our github repository for usage and integration details, as well as other architectures (e.g. 32-bit).

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    Wikivoyage for Linux

    Wikivoyage for Linux

    The “Wikipedia of travel guides”, Wikivoyage offers tourism information for almost 30.000 destinations all over the world.

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