Kiwix

Web content for people without internet access. Go #offline and take Wikipedia, TED talks, the Gutenberg Project library & more with you! https://kiwix.org

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2024-12-25 19:29:52

If you think it's time for the Wikimedia Foundation to complete #mastodonmigration, then you can:
* Subscribe to (pretty inactive) @nprofile…jfal
* Challenge clearly the rationals to stay on "the hostile network" at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Social_media #elonmusk #wikipedia

2024-12-25 12:32:49

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@nprofile…gxkp Does someone know if the WMF has plans to go to #mastodonmigration... or at least run somewhere an active discussion on the topic?

2024-12-25 10:05:53

Kiwix 2.4 for Windows & GNU/Linux has been released!
18 months of dev. work, more than a dozen of developers, almost 250 issues fixed have been necessary!
Most important improvements:
* Revamping of the internal Library
* Robuster download manager
* Far better portable version
* New table of content
* Revamped search box
... here is the complete changelog https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-desktop/releases/tag/2.4.0
Enjoy it!
https://kiwix.org/en/applications/
#edtech #foss #wikipedia #offline... and all the best to #elonmusk ;)
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2024-12-23 14:20:40

🎄 Season's Greetings! WikiMed by Kiwix v3.5.1 released for Linux/Windows!
🎁 June 2024 WikiMed package (code update only)
* Main fixes: popover positioning and styling improvements
* Tested on Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Windows 7-11
⛄ Get it:
* Web: kiwix.github.io/kiwix-js-pwa/wikimed/
* Microsoft Store: apps.microsoft.com/detail/9PHJSNP1CZ8J (in certification)
* Winget: winget install kiwix.wikimed (published)
🌟 Happy Holidays from the Kiwix team!
#Kiwix #OpenSource #FOSS #Wikipedia
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2024-12-20 08:57:51

Folks at Uptime Robot are asking for community feedback for FOSS orgs that they should support with free monitoring.
Guess who's using Uptime Robot, is FOSS, and would ❤️ LOVE❤️ some support?
🚨 FOLKS YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT ->
https://info450823.typeform.com/to/W74kugKR
(also don't be cheap, if there's any other FOSS program you know of you can add them as well, eh)

2024-12-14 12:45:57

Kiwix for #iOS & #macOS 3.6.0 is out!
Lost of bug fixes, the most important being the one impacting large downloads! #edtech #foss #offline
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kiwix/id997079563

2024-12-10 15:26:30

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Alright, they finally shared the cancellation email.
It is a bit underwhelming tbh as it simply states that they will be closing our account at the end of the following month. No reason given, but the wording does not sound like we broke their Terms of Service.
Enough to get closure and move on at least. It does pay to make some noise on the interwebs! \o/

2024-12-09 11:28:46

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@nprofile…u97f Yeah we've moved on now and are a bit sad about the whole thing, but it would be nice to know at some point and get closure.

2024-12-09 09:15:43

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If there is any silver lining to this, it is that we could see a few points of vulnerabilities as well as our ability to turn things around in a reasonably quick manner (here be kudos for the two heroes who manage our infra).
Learning were made, and we will see in the coming weeks/months how we can implement new safegards within our resource constraints.
/END

2024-12-09 09:15:29

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Luckily we have mirrors and these were not affected. We grabbed a new machine somewhere else (Scaleway ; if we name-and-shame the one we might as well name-and-greet the other) and immediately started re-importing our data to our new Master server.
All in all, it still took about 48 hours to get these 8-ish TB back online.

2024-12-09 09:13:55

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In the meantime, all servers had been wiped already so no way to retrieve our data.
If you are looking for a bad case of the Mondays, well, that was one.

2024-12-09 09:13:29

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Turns out that Hetzner has decided to cancel our account and terminate all servers. There was no warning (yes, we checked our spam folder), and nobody could be reached before Monday morning.
When reached, they could not explain the reason for the cancellation:
Them: - We sent you an email.
Us : -We did not receive it, can you please resend?
Them: - We don't have it
Us: ಠ_ಠ

2024-12-09 09:11:57

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Murphy's law states that if things can go wrong, they will. Ideally in the worst possible way.
For us, that meant having our servers disconnected at 00:00 on a Sunday.
Our main storage backend became entirely unreachable. For the average user that meant not being able to access the library and download files, and for us that meant not being able to connect to it and see what was wrong.

2024-12-09 09:09:38

So last week (on Sunday 1 December at 00:00), our server host canceled its service without warning.
TL;DR: we do not recommend using @nprofile…mcca 's service
Everyone else: a short 🧵
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2024-12-04 09:32:08

Things are now back to normal ✌️
Thank you all for your support. 😊
Happy downloading!

2024-12-02 16:16:46

Current estimate for return to a normal service and full access to content is Wednesday. Wish us luck! ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ

2024-12-02 13:07:17

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@nprofile…h00k Thanks for raising this! It seems there is a dependency of the BitTorrent tracker on the ZIM storage backend for the hash whitelist. 😢 It's also difficult for users to get torrent files or magnet links without download.kiwix.org, as this runs the MirrorBrain software that provides the information. We don't appear to have a separately maintained list of torrents. We're looking into it! In the meantime, it looks like downloading files directly from a mirror is the only current backup...

2024-12-01 23:15:55

🔧 While our main ZIM download server is out of action (we are working hard to restore it), did you know that several mirror sites carry our content for redundancy and to spread the weight of downloads? 🌐
💾 Some mirrors you can access right now to get offline content archives are listed in the following Reddit post:
🔗 https://www.reddit.com/r/Kiwix/comments/1h4e0gp/lets_provide_a_list_of_mirrors_of/
#kiwix #offline #mirror #mirrors #foss 📚

2024-12-01 10:25:28

We suffer of a massive outage on our main storage service! We work to bring the service back as quickly as possible. Follow the status at https://status.kiwix.org. Sorry for the inconvenience.

2024-11-30 07:28:20

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@nprofile…n8w2 At Kiwix, policy is that, modulo infrastructure incident, peer code reviewing has the highest priority.

2024-11-29 13:38:06

Happy Friday!
If you are a software developer, please do not forget to push everything into production before disconnecting for the week-end.
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2024-11-26 09:56:15

Would you believe that this was our logo in 2008?
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2024-11-22 09:44:13

ICYMI: all medical content is now packaged as a Raspberry Hotspot-friendly image that you can easily download, flash and enjoy offline.
https://kiwix.org/en/wifi-hotspot/
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2024-11-19 22:24:47

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@nprofile…85mj @nprofile…q4w8 No, because (1):we don't have the resources to handle such a big file (2) this would so huge

2024-11-19 01:32:17

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@nprofile…85mj @nprofile…q4w8 Look at https://library.kiwix.org. You should be able to find quickly what you need. Both versions of Wikipedias are made available there: with and without image thumbnails.

2024-11-14 08:33:11

Das digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache gibt es jetzt ab sofort auch als offline Android App !
Rund 250.000 Wörterbucheinträge, jederzeit abrufbar, kostenlos und werbefrei \o/
Download: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kiwix.kiwixcustomdwds
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2024-11-14 08:17:30

New content available for offline consumption: Football database
https://library.kiwix.org/#lang=eng&q=football+database
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2024-11-08 06:32:42

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And the 3000th followers record is reached! Thx @npub1d34…aa2u!

2024-11-06 16:55:14

New content available for download and offline use: ManKier - a full collection of Linux man pages and documentation
https://library.kiwix.org/#lang=eng&q=mankier
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2024-10-22 12:27:58

🚨 PSA: Our sole Asian mirror hit 25TiB of data in about 4 days (!) and we are looking for other Asia/Oceania-based mirrors to help balance the load and make it easier for people to download content.
Our larger mirrors are institutional, but we do have a few private ones so everybody is welcome to join.
If you have a public server with highspeed bandwidth and unlimited traffic, please DM or reach out to contact+mirror[at]kiwix.org
Thank youuuu🙏
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2024-10-07 09:37:20

New content dropped for download and offline viewing: Medline Plus
https://library.kiwix.org/#lang=eng&q=medline
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2024-10-03 12:07:34

YSK that Kiwix was on Reddit's front page yesterday \o/
15k upvotes - not bad!
https://www.reddit.com/r/YouShouldKnow/comments/1fusb5u/ysk_its_free_to_download_the_entirety_of/
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2024-10-02 17:06:27

Developers not having enough fun at coding PRs, so starting to encode their comments on #GitHub ;) #livemylife #FOSS
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2024-09-28 09:01:05

We will soon reached 3.000 followers, here on #Mastodon! More than we ever had on Twitter! Who will be the 3.000th??? #mastodonmigration
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2024-09-27 12:58:18

Hey, look at that! Kiwix now has its own merch store for all you kiwi needs.
https://www.redbubble.com/people/kiwixoffline/shop?artistUserName=kiwixoffline&asc=u&iaCode=all-departments&sortOrder=recent
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2024-09-18 15:59:44

New content available for download: survivor library ("How to survive when the technology does not")
https://library.kiwix.org/#lang=eng&q=survivor
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2024-06-26 06:28:43

Add this to your bookmarks : https://pivot-to-ai.com
Our good friend
@npub1lp8…4rrw is launching a new site to document humans wishing they had CPU-powered overlords, and it does not look like he is going to be short of lulz-worthy material anytime soon!