# Kiwix

Kiwix for Windows and GNU/Linux desktops

Repository: https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-desktop
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kiwix
Homepage: https://download.kiwix.org/release/kiwix-desktop/
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: qt5, windows, linux, zim, offline, wikipedia
Last push: 2026-08-24T12:07:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 87/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 64, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3195, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 241, "gap_med": 5, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1441, forks 177 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:44.221823+00:00)

## What it is
Kiwix for Android is an offline reader application that displays Web content, primarily Wikipedia, from highly compressed ZIM archive files. It is written in Kotlin and supports Android versions 7.1 through 15.

## Use cases
- read wikipedia offline on my phone
- access educational content without internet
- browse zim files on android
- download wikipedia for offline use while traveling
- use an encyclopedia in areas with no connectivity
- save web content for offline reading on mobile

## When to choose
- you need offline access to Wikipedia or other ZIM-format content on an Android device
- you work or travel in areas with limited or no internet connectivity
- you want an open-source, GPL-licensed offline reader

## When to avoid
- you need to read ZIM files on desktop or iOS rather than Android
- you rely on the Play Store variant and need to load ZIM files from arbitrary storage locations, which Android 11+ policies restrict
- you need live, up-to-date web content rather than static offline archives

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, search-engine, file-system
- domain: education, self-hosted, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: offline-reader, zim-format, wikipedia, openzim, kotlin, offline-content, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- kiwix/kiwix-desktop (main) score 87
- kiwix/kiwix-android (main) score 90

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:44.221823+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 2026-08-30T04:35:46.464649+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-desktop (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:44.221823+00:00, sha 1396461d4581)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.