#WIKI OFFLINE PAGES FOR FREE#
#WIKI OFFLINE PAGES FULL VERSION#
#WIKI OFFLINE PAGES SOFTWARE#
#WIKI OFFLINE PAGES DOWNLOAD#
#WIKI OFFLINE PAGES WINDOWS#

If those huge downloads seem too time-consuming for your broadband Internet connection, you can choose to download smaller versions of the Wikipedia which might be more useful to your needs like the simple English Wikipedia (730MB), 6000 child-friendly Wikipedia articles (2.6GB), or the 30,000 best Wikipedia articles (2.3GB). You can download the bittorrent versions of these files also. I decided to download the January 2012 version, but it was a huge 9.7 GB download file! Pre-indexed ZIM files and the Kiwix Wikipedia reader are also available for combined download (9.2GB).

#WIKI OFFLINE PAGES FULL VERSION#

You can download an older version since 2010 which has 45,000 articles with pictures (3.7GB), or download the latest full version which contains all Wikipedia articles, but contains no pictures to reduce the download size. These files are frequently updated and right now I can see to English versions on the website. ZIM files are a standardised open format to store wiki content for offline use. Then you need to download the full Wikipedia.ZIM file which contains all the articles of Wikipedia to the particular date mentioned on the download files.

#WIKI OFFLINE PAGES WINDOWS#

I chose to download the Windows version on my computer.Īnd here is what the start-up screen looks like. First, you can start by downloading the version of Kwix for your operating system like Mac, Windows, Linux and more.

#WIKI OFFLINE PAGES SOFTWARE#

To get started, download the most popular Wikipedia reader Kiwix, open-source free software for reading web content offline and is especially recommended for reading Wikipedia content offline. Simply download complete Wikipedia on your computer and its easy to spend reading time on your next long flight. But downloading Wikipedia database dumps and processing them for reading is not as simple as it sounds, and specialized Wikipedia readers make the task easier. I am sure that many of us love to read the comprehensive information provided by Wikipedia, an authoritative resource on every topic compiled by voluntary editors and contributors. Thus, it easy for interested readers to download the full Wikipedia database and browse it offline. Wikipedia officially makes available free database dumps for personal use and you can easily download Wikipedia dumps.

#WIKI OFFLINE PAGES FOR FREE#

The Wikipedia data will be among other packages.Download Wikipedia offline on your computer to read full Wikipedia articles offline for free wherever you are in the world. To download the Wikipedia data for a region, go to the available packages for download in the main menu, find the needed region and open it. Once loaded, Wikipedia data becomes available in general, as well as offline. If it is loaded for one region and not loaded for another, in the first case you can work with Wikipedia information when viewing the region on a map, and in the other case the region will not have any Wikipedia information. Wikipedia data is available for each geographic region. Configure preferred languages to read articles.Display the Wikipedia POIs on the map for the required profile.Download the Wikipedia packages for the required regions.Purchase and Enable Wikipedia plugin in the Plugins section of the main menu.To display Wikipedia data on the map, you need to make the following setting: Wikipedia is a free, multilingual open-collaborative online encyclopedia created and maintained by a community of volunteer editors using a wiki-based editing system. You can read them as needed, switch languages, and search for other information on Wikipedia. The Wikipedia POI, as well as related articles, are available offline. When you tap on a point of interest, it expands to provide brief information from Wikipedia, as well as the ability to open a full article. If the Wikipedia option is toggled on in the menu, a Wikipedia POI appears on the map. The map has two kinds of uploaded knowledge from Wikipedia: a brief information and a full article.īrief information is provided by Wikipedia POIs (an abbreviation for ' point of interest'). Once enabled, it allows you to upload Wikipedia data downloaded for each geographical region. The Wikipedia plugin is a separate feature that can be enabled/disabled as needed. It is available offline and shows Wikipedia articles in relation to the points of interest right on the map. Having Wikipedia on your trip helps you learn more about the places you visit. The Wikipedia plugin is a paid feature of the OsmAnd app.

Wiki offline pages