Kiwix JS Browser Extension

Kiwix is an offline reader for content from Wikipedia, TED Talks, Stackexchange, and many other sources.

[To use this app you MUST download, for free, an archive with your chosen content, see below.] Kiwix is an offline reader for content from Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg, TED Talks, Wikivoyage, Stackexchange, etc. It makes knowledge available to people with limited or no Internet access, or to anyone who wants to have easy offline access to a vast repository of information. The software as well as the content is free for anyone to use. You can get the whole of Wikipedia, and hundreds of other resources, on your device to use completely offline in your own language. You can have amazing reference tools at your fingertips wherever you are. Just download your chosen archive and store it on your device (see instructions from About page of app). Great for travelling, or any place where access to the Internet is difficult or expensive! Kiwix is often faster than Wikipedia for quick consultation. This app reads a larger offline file that you can download to your device. You must download the archive separately (see About tab in the app for instructions). Offline files are available for Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikivoyage, Wikimedicine, Wikimaths, TED Talks, Project Gutenberg, and hundreds of other resources, in all the available Wikipedia languages. This extension is very handy, always a click away in your browser. If you would like a packaged version of Kiwix JS, we make a separate Electron app for Linux and Windows based on this codebase with some additional features. It runs independently of the browser - get more info at https://kiwix.github.io/kiwix-js-pwa/app. There are also packaged versions which include the latest WikiMed (Medical Wikipedia), and Wikivoyage. If you are interested in the full range of Kiwix apps, including for iOS and Android, please visit https://www.kiwix.org. ## Kiwix JS v4.2.0 Released on *2024-06-15* * FEATURE: Added a Table of Contents display and bottom toolbar button * FEATURE: Added snippets support when doing a fulltext search * ENHANCEMENT: Config and Info menus can now be "unclicked" to return to the currently open article * ENHANCEMENT: Created a new library loader with fallback to mirror sources if Kiwix library is down * ENHANCEMENT: Make Kiwix search results accessible for screen readers * ENHANCEMENT: When a folder is picked, show up to 10 archives in the file select area * ENHANCEMENT: Improved keyboard navigation of fulltext search list * FIX: Failure to set expected article in ServiceWorker Mode * FIX: Sizing of random button on home page * FIX: Sizing of search bar on narrow screens * FIX: Improved popover placement and style support * FIX: Handle user clicking on child element of list item * FIX: Correctly specify conditions for WASM usage instead of ASM fallback * FIX: Properly select file in archive dropdown on refresh * FIX: Dark theme display of dropdowns and folders * UPDATE: Removed display of brief article description in popovers * UPDATE: Use latest manifest v3 format for v3 extension * INFO: Typos and minor inaccuracies in app info * DEV: Change incorrect function calls to spinner * DEV: Added a small automated UI test for a small Zimit2 archive * DEV: Converted QUnit tests to Mocha Unit tests * DEV: Clean up and separate Unit tests and E2E tests * DEV: Add ESLint tests and improve stability of E2E tests * DEV: Bump javascript-libzim to v0.9 with support for suggestions and snippets * DEV: Build compact code by default to avoid style deoptimization warning on building for production * DEV: Bump Vite to v6.2.6 * DEV: Build Ubuntu Touch app with `ubuntu-sdk-20.04` * DEV: Various security updates