Use KIWIX to Access Wikipedia and Other Resources Offline
You should use this free and open-source tool to secure a personal
copy of Wikipedia and other resource information valuable to you. KIWIX believes that access to knowledge
is a fundamental right. That’s why they’re dedicated to providing free
and open access to it for everyone, everywhere.
KIWIX enables you to have the whole of Wikipedia (and many other websites like TED talks, Stack Exchange, Gutenberg Project library, WikiHow, Khan Academy, freeCodeCamp, YouTube channels) Data downloaded on a Mac can be transferred to mobile devices.
The source code for the Mac and iOS versions is on GitHub.
You may have seen the recent stories about attacks on Wikipedia. Certain parties have:
- Discouraged people from donating
- Tried to buy it
- Promised to dox and harass editors who have different views than the targeting organization
Some of these same parties have been responsible for the removal of publicly funded databases from government websites. If you are concerned about censorship or data altered to fit a certain narrative, download KIWIX to avoid issues. It is still currently available on Mac App Store..
The most reliable way to get the Wikipedia data is to use a Mac to download the small peer-to-peer seed file for the large non-indexed ZIM file you want (not the pre-indexed package for Windows) from http://www.kiwix.org/wiki/Content\_in\_all\_languages, then use a peer-to-peer client (such as Folx) to download the actual ZIM data file to your computer. You can then transfer the ZIM file to your iOS device using iTunes/Apple Music File Sharing.