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Best Productivity ResourcesBy Shushant LakhyaniVerified creator

Desktop App

Kiwix

Read Wikipedia and other reference sites fully offline on your desktop.

Visit Kiwix4.6

  • Rating

    4.6 / 5

  • Pricing

    Free

  • Difficulty

    Beginner

  • Works on

    Windows, Linux, Offline

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What is Kiwix?

Kiwix is a free, open-source reader for Windows and Linux that opens offline copies of Wikipedia, Stack Exchange, Project Gutenberg and other reference sites. You download a single file once and can then search and read everything without an internet connection, which makes it great for focused study, travel or places with patchy Wi-Fi.

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Pros: what Kiwix does well

  • Whole reference sites with no internet
  • Fast full-text search
  • Free and open source

Cons: where it falls short

  • Large downloads for full Wikipedia
  • Offline copies need updating now and then

Who Kiwix is for

Students, travellers and anyone who wants distraction-free reference reading.

Who can skip it

People who are always online and happy using a browser.

Kiwix alternatives

Not sold on Kiwix? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

All Learning resources

Readest

Focus: ebook reader, epub and annotations. Shares open source and github with Kiwix. Adds macOS, iOS and Android. Same 4.6 rating.

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.6Visit

Sioyek

Focus: pdf reader, research papers and keyboard. Shares open source and github with Kiwix. Adds macOS. Same 4.6 rating.

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.6Visit

Fluent Reader

Focus: rss reader, news feeds and reading. Shares open source and github with Kiwix. Adds macOS. Rated 4.5 (Kiwix: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.5Visit

Thorium Reader

Focus: ebook reader, epub and accessibility. Shares open source and github with Kiwix. Adds macOS. Rated 4.5 (Kiwix: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.5Visit

SingleFile

Focus: web archive and save web page. Shares offline reading and open source with Kiwix. A browser extension, not a desktop app. Adds Chrome, Firefox and Safari. Rated 4.7 (Kiwix: 4.6).

Browser ExtensionFreeChrome, Firefox
4.7Visit

Wikipedia

Focus: encyclopedia, research and open knowledge. Shares reference with Kiwix. A website, not a desktop app. Adds Web, iOS and Android. Rated 4.8 (Kiwix: 4.6).

WebsiteFreeWeb, iOS
4.8Visit

Free alternatives to Kiwix

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

Koodo Reader

Focus: ebook reader, epub and pdf reader. Shares open source and github with Kiwix. Adds macOS and Web. Same 4.6 rating.

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.6Visit

Xournal++

Focus: handwriting, pdf annotation and pen input. Shares open source and github with Kiwix. Adds macOS. Same 4.6 rating.

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.6Visit

RSS Guard

Focus: rss reader, news feeds and podcasts. Shares open source and github with Kiwix. Adds macOS. Rated 4.4 (Kiwix: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.4Visit

KOReader

Focus: ebook reader, e-ink and pdf reader. Shares open source and github with Kiwix. A mobile app, not a desktop app. Adds Android. Rated 4.7 (Kiwix: 4.6).

Mobile AppFreeAndroid, Linux
4.7Visit

Linkwarden

Focus: bookmarks, read it later and web archive. Shares open source and github with Kiwix. A web app, not a desktop app. Adds Web, iOS and Android. Rated 4.7 (Kiwix: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb, iOS
4.7Visit
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