Kiwix chrome extension

What is Kiwix?

Kiwix is a fun chrome extension. it's a free extension , it has 6,000+ active users since released its first version, it earns an average rating of 4.64 from 14 rated user, last update is 493 days ago.

What’s new in version 3.7.0?

                Kiwix is an offline Wikipedia (an many other offlined Web sites) viewer. See the official Web site: https://kiwix.org/

You need to download an archive (ZIM file) from https://library.kiwix.org, store it in on your device, and manually select it after starting the extension.

You can search among the article titles, and read any of them without any Internet access. All the content of Wikipedia is inside your device (including the images). It can also work with other works packed in the ZIM file format (see https://openzim.org for more details), but has been only tested on the Wikipedia ones.

If your Internet access is expensive/rare/slow/unreliable/watched/censored, you still can browse this amazing amount of knowledge and culture.

3.7.0
* FEATURE: Full-text search is now available in modern Firefox and Chromium if your ZIM archive has an ft index
* NEW: The API panel in Configuration now informs you if full-text searching is available for your ZIM and platform
* NEW: A new ZIM metadata property added in backend to show whether the loaded archive has an ft index
* NEW: Added code to initialize the new javascript-libzim W/ASM if needed
* UPDATE: Documentation updated to reflect the full-text searching capability
* UPDATE: Renamed the GitHub Repository 'master' branch to 'main'
* UPDATE: Changed some hard-coded values in build script to dynamic
* UPDATE: Provide a Workflow dispatch option to set the build version number
* UPDATE: Release packages that do not need to be signed are now automatically uploaded to the release server
* CLEANUP: Many deprecated JQuery statements have been converted to native DOM equivalents, speeding up code
* CLEANUP: Removed most usage of .innerHTML in the code
* FIX: Tweaks to Wikimedia dark theme for greater compatibility with LaTeX images

3.6.0
* FEATURE: ServiceWorker Mode is now the default, and compatible clients upgrade automatically to this mode
* FEATURE: On first run after update, the user is informed of the ServiceWorker Mode upgrade status (upgraded or incompatible)
* NEW: A warning (with suggestions) is provided if user opens an incompatible Zimit (warc2zim) archive type
* COMPATIBILITY: Minimum Firefox version has been raised to >=52, due to lack of full Extension APIs in earlier versions
* UPDATE: Detection of active content updated for compatibility with more no-namespace ZIM archives
* UPDATE: Nightly packages on the download server now include the date in their filenames
* FIX: Kiwix icon now has an outline so that it is visible against dark OS backgrounds

3.5.0
* FEATURE: The Enter key is now handled in Bootstrap dialogue boxes, triggering the default action
* FIX: Video seeking in ServiceWorker mode was not always working in some browser extensions
* FIX: In ServiceWorker mode, open external links in new tabs (instead of inside the iframe, which could fail), and warn the user
* FIX: Directory Entries were wrongly assumed to be no larger than 2048 bytes (this could lead to some infinite loop, with some very specific ZIM files
* UPDATE: Update logo on Firefox and Windows stores

3.4.0
* FEATURE: Provide automatic dark mode switching (based on the underlying OS theme) in browsers supporting theme detection
* FEATURE: Use bootstrap modal for alert and confirm dialogue boxes instead of native browser dialogues
* FIX: Partially remove dependency of backend on the User Interface
* FIX: Provide an alert if user selects random button when no ZIM is loaded
* UPDATE: Routine updates to dependencies: Karma, node-fetch, follow-redirects, minimist

3.3.1
* NOTICE: This is a bugfix release to fix critical errors with the Ubuntu Touch app. For main changelog, see v3.3.0 below.
* FIX: Improve packaging for the Ubuntu Touch app
* FIX: Provide a platform-compliant hook name for the Ubuntu Touch app (note that settings may be lost when upgrading to this version)
* BUGFIX: Correct the handling of version numbers in GitHub publishing workflow
* BUGFIX: Correct race condition preventing initialization of decompressors in some contexts (e.g. file:// protocol)

3.3.0
* FEATURE: Provided a workaround to enable Service Worker mode in Firefox extensions (via a PWA)
* NEW: App now defaults to Service Worker mode if accessed directly as a PWA (does not apply to browser extensions)
* NEW: Provided methods for resetting the app and bypassing the appCache from the UI
* NEW: Support for non-http URLs in img and link tags (e.g. data: javascript:) in JQuery mode
* NEW: Added helpful tooltips to icons and settings in the app
* NEW: Provided Code of Conduct and procedure for reporting bugs, for contributors (repository)
* NEW: Provided contributing guidelines and information for future developers (repository)
* FIX: Added missing 'controls' property to media containers in jQuery mode
* FIX: Scrolling to anchor targets in JQuery mode
* FIX: Caching of ZIM assets now includes any required query string in SW mode
* FIX: Any favicon declared by the ZIM is now extracted and attached in JQuery mode
* BUGFIX: Corrected the theme selection box height
* BUGFIX: Aligned the search bar with the search button
* BUGFIX: Disabled dragging of some UI elements
* BUGFIX: Incorrect processing of titles with question marks or hashes prevented display of some articles

3.2.0
* NEW: Support latest format of ZIM archives (with no namespace)
* NEW: Optimization of title search by eliminating redundancies
* NEW: Support new format of title listings (v1) in no-namespace ZIM archives
* NEW: 'Home' key can now be used to focus the search field
* NEW: Use native Promises (or modern polyfill where required) instead of Q, improving performance in modern browsers and IE11
* NEW: Use fast binary WASM decoders with fallback to ASM if necessary
* UPDATE: Clearer and more extensive documentation for end users in About
* UPDATE: Unit testing updated to latest QUnit, and use Karma instead of Nightwatch
* UPDATE: Replace Travis by GitHub Actions for continuous integration
* UPDATE: Added helper scripts and instructions for recompiling decompressors with Docker
* BUGFIX: Issue with calculation for selection of random articles
* BUGFIX: Incorrect syntax in usage of classList method that caused an exception in older browsers with rare ZIM types

3.1.0
* NEW: Low-level block cache significantly improves binary search speed, and can speed up resource loading in most browsers
* NEW: Archives with WebP-encoded images are now decoded in legacy browsers via a polyfill
* UPDATE: Images are now extracted sequentially in jQuery mode from the top of the DOM
* BUGFIX: Running binary searches are now cancelled completely if user enters new search term or navigates away
* BUGFIX: Active content warning was erroneously showing on some ZSTD WikiMedia landing pages in jQuery mode

3.0.0
* NEW: Add support for reading ZIM archives compressed with the zstandard compression algorithm
* UPDATE: Make Privacy Policy publicly accessible            

How to install Kiwix?

You could download the latest version crx file or older version files and install it.

Preview of Kiwix

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Reviews of kiwix:

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Eswar Rao October 20th, 2022

great solution for offline wikipedia. thanks to kiwix team

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alaska Canyon January 28th, 2022

only need update gui . big search bar is ugly and make read page hard

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TUMUSIIME ISAAC April 13th, 2019

This extension has saved me alot. It is really fast and I just set it to open as my homepage to avoid the hustle of having to load the files every time I open. I have even written a review about it at http://www.freetechug.blogspot.com

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