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People have been asking for a while, and we delivered! It is now easier to: Upload your own files; Upload (or remove) your own ZIM files; Add a password to your network (the hotspot is open by default); Set a clock; Enable and check usage metrics. ... [More] And all of this through an easy-to-use admin dashboard,...read more The post New release: Hotspot Admin Panel appeared first on Kiwix. [Less]

Skaion Corporation faces a paradox daily: their clients need them to test how their security systems perform in real-world Internet conditions, but Skaion absolutely cannot connect their test networks to the actual Internet. The solution? Build their ... [More] own Internet—complete with a working Wikipedia. The Challenge: Control vs. Realism Computer security testing is all about observing...read more The post How do you test cybersecurity without the internet? appeared first on Kiwix. [Less]

It’s already been almost five months since the last release: we’re excited to announce the arrival of Kiwix JS Browser Extension v4.3! This release brings a complete reimagining of the dark/light theme system, making it smarter and more adaptive than ... [More] ever before, together with improvements to archive loading, file-system management and numerous fixes. And to...read more The post Kiwix JS 4.3.0 is out – Theme overhaul and Quality of Life Improvements! appeared first on Kiwix. [Less]

Here is a summary of questions that popped here and there over the past couple of months: Where can one download a pre-2022 (meaning pre-AI slop) of the English Wikipedia? Wikipedia is probably still very much slop-free thanks to its myriad editors ... [More] and a policy to shoot on sight if AI is suspected, but there...read more The post Question time, Q4 2025 appeared first on Kiwix. [Less]

In late October, as autumn draped Munich in its golds and greys, a curious gathering took place: the Google Mentor Summit, an annual conclave for those who guide the next generation of open-source contributors. It is, as one attendee put it, “the ... [More] place to be” for mentors and organisers of the Google Summer of Code...read more The post What an Unconference can teach about open source appeared first on Kiwix. [Less]

This is a story that will sound all too familiar to anyone who has ever watched good money chase bad ideas. Somewhere in Uganda, there sits a computer lab. It cost a small fortune—gleaming machines purchased with the best of intentions by ... [More] well-meaning donors who wanted to drag education into the digital age. The computers...read more The post The Million-Dollar Computer Lab That Taught Nobody: Good Intentions, and a Better Solutions appeared first on Kiwix. [Less]

Starting August 26th, new regulations have come into effect in Switzerland. Much like the rest of the world, we are temporarily suspending all Hotspot shipments to the USA. The issue is that with the removal of the de minimis provision for ... [More] international packages, we are now required to collect all taxes and tariffs on U.S....read more The post We are stopping shipments to the US appeared first on Kiwix. [Less]

Great news, after a year-and-a-half hiatus and quite the emotional rollercoster, the offline version of Wikipedia is back! You can download it at browse.library.kiwix.org and we recommend you do so using bittorrent, as this will allow an easier / ... [More] faster deployment across our many users. For users in English, the full 7 million entries (including...read more The post Habemus Wikipediam! appeared first on Kiwix. [Less]

Hot from the press, a new release for the Apple port of the Kiwix app! The full changelog is here if you are interested in the detailed list of fixes and updates, but the Big One today is the Hotspot feature: So, how does it work? First, open Kiwix ... [More] on your phone or computer; Then...read more The post Kiwix for iOS / macOS has been released and brings the Hotspot feature to your device appeared first on Kiwix. [Less]

A few people have been writing to ask about an update to the English Wikipedia ZIM file, and we figured this would warrant a post of its own. TL;DR: the last run failed with new bugs, we’re releasing mediawiki offliner 1.15.1 and pushing through, new ... [More] ETA is end June. About 99% of Wikipedia zim files...read more The post An update on the offline Wikipedia update appeared first on Kiwix. [Less]