# wikimedia/wikipedia-ios

📱The official Wikipedia iOS app.

Repository: https://github.com/wikimedia/wikipedia-ios
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wikipedia-ios
Homepage: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/iOS
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: wikipedia, objective-c, swift
Last push: 2026-08-26T21:56:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 97, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4695, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 21, "gap_med": 15.0, "n_releases_24m": 41}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3441, forks 911 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:05.096984+00:00)

## What it is
The official Wikipedia iOS application developed by the Wikimedia Foundation, written in Swift and Objective-C. It provides mobile access to Wikipedia articles with features like the Explore Feed, Year in Review, and offline reading.

## Use cases
- read wikipedia articles on iphone
- browse wikipedia offline on ios
- contribute to the official wikipedia ios app
- get a native mobile wikipedia experience
- save articles to read later on ios
- explore trending wikipedia content on mobile

## When to choose
- you want the official, maintained Wikipedia experience on iPhone or iPad
- you want to contribute to or fork a mature, MIT-licensed iOS codebase
- you need localized, accessible Wikipedia reading with Wikimedia-backed features

## When to avoid
- you need a Wikipedia client for Android or desktop
- you want a lightweight embeddable library rather than a full app
- you need deep customization of the reading experience beyond what the app offers

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: search-engine, internationalization, developer-tools
- domain: education, mobile-development, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: wikipedia, wikimedia, objective-c, open-source-app, reading-app, offline-reading, ios, swift, mobile

## Member repositories
- wikimedia/wikipedia-ios (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:05.096984+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 2026-08-29T18:37:39.447629+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/wikimedia/wikipedia-ios (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:05.096984+00:00, sha 34f8fe8dcb79)
  - homepage: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/iOS (fetched 2026-08-29T09:31:32.734719+00:00, sha 31bf7c8b1ff7)
  - site_page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:About (fetched 2026-08-29T09:31:32.741922+00:00, sha c021439fd19d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.