Kiwix/ZIM - Offline Wikipedia

An abstract

Kiwix is a very powerful and easy to use tool combined with ZIM files to access wikis offline and are self host-able.

• Wikepdia ZIM (Format)
• OpenZIM Wiki

ZIM Repos

• OpenRepos (ZIM Files
• Internet Archive (ZIM Files)
• Kiwix Repo (ZIM Files)

Methods to run

Mobile/Desktop

• Kiwix App

Docker

name: Kiwix
services:
    kiwix-tools:
        ports: 
            - '8081:80' #I prefer to not use port 80 as it is usually used
        volumes:
          - type: bind 
            source: <your_ZIM_file_location>
            target: /kiwix-data
        stdin_open: true
        tty: true
        image: ghcr.io/kiwix/kiwix-tools
        command: >
          sh -c "for i in /kiwix-data/*
                do
                echo $i >&2
                kiwix-manage /kiwix-data/library.xml add $i
                done
                kiwix-serve --library /kiwix-data/library.xml"