# wikimedia/apps-android-wikipedia

📱The official Wikipedia app for Android!

Repository: https://github.com/wikimedia/apps-android-wikipedia
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/apps-android-wikipedia
Homepage: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Android/App_hacking
Language: Kotlin
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: wikipedia, java, mediawiki, wiki, android, android-app, kotlin, wikipedia-android, rest-api, mediawiki-api, coroutines, viewmodel
Last push: 2026-08-26T22:21:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 67, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4695, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 8, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3011, forks 845 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:37.801495+00:00)

## What it is
The official open-source Wikipedia Android application, built in Kotlin and Java. It provides mobile access to Wikipedia content via the MediaWiki and REST APIs, with features like article reading, search, offline saving, and editing.

## Use cases
- read wikipedia articles on android
- search wikipedia offline
- contribute to the official wikipedia android app
- browse wiki content on a mobile device
- save articles for offline reading
- learn how a large production android app is built

## When to choose
- you want the official Wikipedia experience on Android
- you want to contribute to or study a mature, large-scale Kotlin Android codebase
- you need a reference for MediaWiki/REST API integration on Android

## When to avoid
- you need a wiki reader for platforms other than Android
- you want a lightweight library to embed Wikipedia content in your own app
- you need a generic MediaWiki client SDK rather than a full app

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: http-client, search-engine
- domain: education, mobile-development, web-development
- platform: jvm
- tags: wikipedia, mediawiki-api, open-source-app, offline-reading, wikimedia, offline, android

## Member repositories
- wikimedia/apps-android-wikipedia (main) score 88

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:37.801495+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:47:02.720585+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/wikimedia/apps-android-wikipedia (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:37.801495+00:00, sha cda02dae4f41)
  - homepage: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Android/App_hacking (fetched 2026-08-29T09:45:27.451597+00:00, sha bb98ce97e577)
  - site_page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:About (fetched 2026-08-29T09:45:27.457719+00:00, sha c021439fd19d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.