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Re: "Offline Wikipedia Browser?"

In: u/Half_Elf_Monk

They weren't kidding about offline first. It's completely offline (503) - https://library.kiwix.org/

❄ ghost

May 05 · 2 weeks ago

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🌲 Half_Elf_Monk

Offline Wikipedia Browser? — Wikipedia is mostly text. Yes, there are images too. Why isn't there some kind of local program that lets users browse the encyclopedia offline? I'll grant that it's not too much data overhead on the internet, but still. It could get monthly syncs with wikipedia archives (they let you export a .tar.gz of the whole site iirc) as updates. It could hyperlink internally, and open web browsers for external links. There'd be less telemetry all around, since everything is...

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