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WikiMed by Kiwix (Linux/Windows) 3.5.1

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Portable and installable builds for Electron and UWP

WikiMed by Kiwix is an offline medical encyclopaedia with content curated by MDwiki and Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine. Containing more than 67,000 medical and health-related articles, it makes medical knowledge available to people with limited Internet access or anyone who needs quick reference access to in-depth medical information. Other languages can be downloaded within the app.

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These custom apps are packaged with the 15 June 2024 English-language WikiMed archive mdwiki_en_all-app_maxi_2024-06.zim. They will run on 32bit and 64bit editions of Windows or Linux (tested on Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and OpenSUSE). The Windows builds are not compatible with Windows XP or Windows Vista. If you need an app compatible with those old platforms, get Kiwix JS Windows reader and download the latest WikiMed archive from within the app.

MS Store status: PUBLISHED
Winget status: PUBLISHED

Please choose the correct version:

Installation Instructions - Electron

  • For the Windows Web installer, simply download and launch. It will select the correct architecture automatically and install itself, together with a shortcut in yourshortcut menu. When you want to update the app, just install a new version over it (it will uninstall the old one for you). Please note that the Web installer needs Web access during the installation. If this is a problem, then use the standalone installer.
  • For the Windows Portable build, unzip the contents of the WikiMed-by-Kiwix-3.5.1-E.zip archive to any folder, or to a flash drive / thumb drive, and double click on Start WikiMed by Kiwix or Start WikiMed by Kiwix.bat, or open the kiwix-js-pwa-win32-ia32 folder and double click on WikiMed by Kiwix.exe.
  • For Windows 7/8/8.1, due to the deprecation of Chromium on these platforms, we now only provide one option: a standalone installer built with the last version of Electron that supported Chrome on Windows 7+. This is also a 32bit package (but will run on 64bit).
  • Microsoft Defender SmartScreen warning: If you get a Smartscreen notification when downloading an .exe, or on first launch of the zipped portable apps, follow instructions to "Run anyway" if you trust this site. Additionally, when you first download an .exe installer, you may get a warning in your downloads "Kiwix-JS-Electron isn't commonly downloaded". If you see this, click on the file and choose "Keep anyway". A second screen may then popup telling you the publisher. So long as it's kiwix, then click on "Sow more" and allow the app. If you prefer, use one of the appx versions (ending .appx or .appxbundle) as this format runs in a secure, isolated container.
  • For the Linux portable builds, download and save the correct AppImage file anywhere (e.g. your Desktop), and double-click it. If it doesn’t work, open a terminal and run chmod a+x WikiMed-by-Kiwix*.AppImage and then ./WikiMed-by-Kiwix*.AppImage.
    • On Debian, if you have issues running the AppImage on older versions of the OS, you can try adding the --no-sandbox switch to the command (see electron/electron#17972 (comment)). This is not necessary on recent versions.
    • On OpenSUSE, you may need to install Chrome in order to get the dependencies necessary to run the AppImage (because Electron apps run Chrome internally). With older versions of OpenSUSE, you may additionally need to use these commandline switches: ./WikiMed-by-Kiwix*.AppImage --use-gl=disabled --disable-gpu-compositing,¹ but this is no longer necessary in recent versions.
  • For the Linux installable builds:
    • Debian/Ubuntu: download the correct .deb package. Open a terminal, cd to the directory containing the package, and type sudo apt-get update followed by chmod a+x ./kiwix-js-wikimed*.deb, thensudo apt install ./kiwix-js-wikimed*.deb. To run the app from the command line, rather than from its installed icon, simply type kiwix-js-wikimed in terminal. On Debian, if you receive the error libgbm.so.1: cannot open shared object file, please run sudo apt install libgbm-dev. On older versions of Debian, you may have to add --no-sandbox to the command line when running the app, i.e. kiwix-js-wikimed --no-sandbox. When you want to update, just install the new version, and it will install over the old version.
    • For OpenSUSE and Fedora, it may be easiest to extract the files from the AppImage instead of using the Deb package. The executable is kiwix-js-wikimed and on older versions of OpenSUSE you may need to add the commandline switches --use-gl=disabled --disable-gpu-compositing.¹
  • Windows portable version: If you get a Windows Smartscreen notification on first launch, follow instructions to "Run anyway" if you trust this site. If you prefer, use the installable version WikiMed-by-Kiwix-Setup-3.5.1-E.exe which is digitally signed.

¹ With many thanks to Jay Midura for documenting the switches needed for OpenSUSE.

Release Notes

  • This app is packaged with the 15 June 2024 English-language WikiMed archive mdwiki_en_all-app_maxi_2024-06.zim. The packaged archive is located in the archives folder (where this is accessible). See the readme in that folder if you wish to add a different archive as the packaged ZIM;
  • You can download WikiMed in other languages from the Configuration page;
  • It supports dark mode, and opening different navigable windows by right-clicking or ctrl-clicking a link (see Configuration);
  • You can print by pressing Ctrl-P or using the print icon (but see Known Issues below). If local printers are not available (after clicking on More options...) then print to PDF and use another app to print;
  • You can open a new browsable window by middle-clicking, ctrl-clicking or long-pressing an article link (not available in every mode, see option in Configuration);
  • There is support for Full-Screen mode in most browsers and frameworks, and orientation locking in some mobile browsers (e.g. Android).
  • Electron versions of the app now support Full-Text searching;
  • In title search, you can use wildcards .* or .+ (this works best if you start the search with a normal alphanumeric string). You can include a more complex regular expression by enclosing it within (?:my_regular_expression). See Configuration -> About for more details and limitations;
  • You can search for any file in a ZIM by prefixing the namespace, e.g. I/isaac.*newton for images of Isaac Newton (or in no-namespace ZIMs C/isaac.*newton.*webp).

Known Issues

  • The Electron app may need to be restarted TWICE to update fully to the latest code.
  • Printing: In Electron apps, no preview is available prior to printing: we recommend you print to PDF first and then print the PDF, or use the PWA instead for printing (which has print preview). Before printing, ensure all sect...
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Supplementary installation files for WikiMed Electron

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Supplementary installation files for Kiwix JS Electron

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Kiwix JS Linux/Windows 3.4.6 / 3.4.7

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Portable and installable builds for UWP, PWA, Electron and NWJS

Kiwix is an offline browser of archival content from Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg, TED Talks, Wikivoyage, Stackexchange, and many other sources. It makes knowledge available to people with limited or no Internet access. The software as well as the content is free for anyone to use. It requires at least one offline ZIM archive (which can be downloaded in the app).

Kiwix JS Seven Wonders Montage trans

To use this app, download your choice of free content in-app from the Download Library on the Configuration page. For what's new, see the changes listed in the CHANGELOG. Builds are provided for 32bit and 64bit editions of Windows and Linux (tested on Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and OpenSUSE).

MS Store status: PUBLISHED
Winget status: PUBLISHED

Please choose the correct version (those marked [AUTO] will self-update automatically when there is a new version):

  • Any modern OS (PWA)

    • Try out our installable PWA (Progressive Web App) simply by visiting https://pwa.kiwix.org/ [AUTO]. Incredibly light, no store or download required, no heavy framework! It works offline once the app has cached its code, and in Chrome/Edge/Chromium, you can install it right from within the app (in Firefox you can bookmark it). On Android (Chrome), we strongly recommend you enable the Origin Private File System option (when you click Select Storage), as it is much faster, and you can download archives directly into this storage. (This option exists in Firefox for Android, but it is currently limited to just 10GB.) On iOS (Safari), you can add the PWA to your home screen - NB on iOS only you must use Safari because Apple currently bans Service Workers in other browsers.

  • Linux (see installation instructions below screenshot):

  • Windows:

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Installation Instructions - Electron/NWJS

  • For the Windows Web installer for Windows 10/11, simply download and launch. It will select the correct architecture automatically and install itself, together with a shortcut in your shortcut menu. It auto-updates, but if you want to update it manually, then just install a new version over it (it will uninstall the old one for you). Please note that the Web installer needs Web access during the installation. If this is a problem, then use the standalone installer.
  • For the Windows 10/11 Portable builds (64bit only), the executable version (ending .exe) can just be run, but it may be a bit slow to start up. For a faster experience, use one of the zipped versions: unzip the contents of the package to any folder, or to a thumb drive, and double click on Start Kiwix JS [Electron/Windows] or Start Kiwix JS [Electron/Windows].bat.
  • For Windows 7/8/8.1, due to the deprecation of Chromium on these platforms, we now only provide one option: a standalone installer built with the last version of Electron that supported Chrome on Windows 7+. This is also a 32bit package (but will run on 64bit).
  • Microsoft Defender SmartScreen warning: If you get a Smartscreen notification when downloading an .exe, or on first launch of the zipped portable apps, follow instructions to "Run anyway" if you trust this site. Additionally, when you first download an .exe installer, you may get a warning in your downloads "Kiwix-JS-Electron isn't commonly downloaded". If you see this, click on the file and choose "Keep anyway". A second screen may then popup telling you the publisher. So long as it's Kiwix, then click on "Sow more" and allow the app. If you prefer, use one of the appx versions (ending .appx or .appxbundle) as this format runs in a secure, isolated container.
  • For the Linux portable builds, download and save the correct AppImage file anywhere (e.g. your Desktop), and double-click it. If it doesn’t work, open a terminal and run chmod a+x Kiwix-JS-Electron*.AppImage and then ./Kiwix-JS-Electron*.AppImage. This version will auto-update.
    • On Debian, if you have issues running the AppImage on older versions of the OS, you can try adding the --no-sandbox switch to the command (see electron/electron#17972 (comment)). This is not necessary on recent versions.
    • On OpenSUSE, you may need to install Chrome in order to get the dependencies necessary to run the AppImage (because Electron apps run Chrome internally). With older versions of OpenSUSE, you may additionally need to use these commandline switches: ./Kiwix-JS-Electron*.AppImage --use-gl=disabled --disable-gpu-compositing,¹ but this is no longer necessary in recent versions.
    • On ChromeOS, you need to run the AppImage in the Debian-based VM (Crostini). Download the appropriate AppImage for your Chromebook (the standard AppImage if it uses an Intel Celeron, or the ARM64 version if it has an ARM chip). Move this file to you Linux Files. Do chmod +x on the file. Then run with ./Kiwix-JS-Electron-x.x.x-E.AppImage. If you get errors about missing fuse and libnss3, simply install these manually: sudo apt-get install fuse and sudo apt-get install libnss3.
  • For the Linux installable builds:
    • Debian/Ubuntu: download the correct .deb package. Open a terminal, cd to the directory containing the package, and type sudo apt-get update followed by chmod a+x ./kiwix-js-electron*.deb, then sudo apt install ./kiwix-js-electron*.deb. To run the app from the command line, rather than from its installed icon, simply type kiwix-js-electron in terminal. On Debian, if you receive the error `libgbm.so.1: cannot open shar...
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Wikivoyage by Kiwix (Linux/Windows) 3.4.4

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Wikivoyage by Kiwix (Linux/Windows) 3.4.4

Portable and installable builds for UWP and Electron

Wikiovyage by Kiwix is an offline travel guide featuring more than 32,000 destinations worldwide. It contains the English-language content, including images, of the Wikivoyage online wiki, Wikipedia's official sister site. Other languages can be downloaded within the app.

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These custom apps are packaged with the 11 October 2024 English-language Wikivoyage archive wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2024-10. They will run on 32bit and 64bit editions of Windows or Linux (tested on Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and OpenSUSE). The Windows builds are not compatible with Windows XP or Windows Vista. If you need an app compatible with those old platforms, get Kiwix JS Windows reader and download the latest Wikivoyage archive from within the app.

MS Store status: PUBLISHED
Winget status: PUBLISHED

Please choose the correct version:

Installation Instructions - Electron

  • For the Windows Web installer, simply download and launch. It will select the correct architecture automatically and install itself, together with a shortcut in yourshortcut menu. When you want to update the app, just install a new version over it (it will uninstall the old one for you). Please note that the Web installer needs Web access during the installation. If this is a problem, then use the standalone installer.
  • For the Windows Portable build, unzip the contents of the Wikivoyage-by-Kiwix-3.4.4-E.zip archive to any folder, or to a flash drive / thumb drive, and double click on Start Wikivoyage by Kiwix or Start Wikivoyage by Kiwix.bat, or open the kiwix-js-pwa-win32-ia32 folder and double click on Wikivoyage by Kiwix.exe.
  • For Windows 7/8/8.1, due to the deprecation of Chromium on these platforms, we now only provide one option: a standalone installer built with the last version of Electron that supported Chrome on Windows 7+. This is also a 32bit package (but will run on 64bit).
  • Microsoft Defender SmartScreen warning: If you get a Smartscreen notification when downloading an .exe, or on first launch of the zipped portable apps, follow instructions to "Run anyway" if you trust this site. Additionally, when you first download an .exe installer, you may get a warning in your downloads "Kiwix-JS-Electron isn't commonly downloaded". If you see this, click on the file and choose "Keep anyway". A second screen may then popup telling you the publisher. So long as it's kiwix, then click on "Sow more" and allow the app. If you prefer, use one of the appx versions (ending .appx or .appxbundle) as this format runs in a secure, isolated container.
  • For the Linux portable builds, download and save the correct AppImage file anywhere (e.g. your Desktop), and double-click it. If it doesn’t work, open a terminal and run chmod a+x Wikivoyage-by-Kiwix*.AppImage and then ./Wikivoyage-by-Kiwix*.AppImage.
    • On Debian, if you have issues running the AppImage on older versions of the OS, you can try adding the --no-sandbox switch to the command (see electron/electron#17972 (comment)). This is not necessary on recent versions.
    • On OpenSUSE, you may need to install Chrome in order to get the dependencies necessary to run the AppImage (because Electron apps run Chrome internally). With older versions of OpenSUSE, you may additionally need to use these commandline switches: ./Wikivoyage-by-Kiwix*.AppImage --use-gl=disabled --disable-gpu-compositing,¹ but this is no longer necessary in recent versions.
    • On ChromeOS, you need to run the AppImage in the Debian-based VM (Crostini). Download the appropriate AppImage for your Chromebook (the standard AppImage if it uses an Intel Celeron, or the ARM64 version if it has an ARM chip). Move this file to you Linux Files. Do chmod +x on the file. Then run with ./Wikivoyage-by-Kiwix-x.x.x-E.AppImage. If you get errors about missing fuse and libnss3, simply install these manually: sudo apt-get install fuse and sudo apt-get install libnss3.
  • For the Linux installable builds:
    • Debian/Ubuntu: download the correct .deb package. Open a terminal, cd to the directory containing the package, and type sudo apt-get update followed by chmod a+x ./kiwix-js-wikivoyage*.deb, then sudo apt install ./kiwix-js-wikivoyage*.deb. To run the app from the command line, rather than from its installed icon, simply type kiwix-js-wikivoyage in terminal. On Debian, if you receive the error libgbm.so.1: cannot open shared object file, please run sudo apt install libgbm-dev. On older versions of Debian, you may have to add --no-sandbox to the command line when running the app, i.e. kiwix-js-wikivoyage --no-sandbox. When you want to update, just install the new version, and it will install over the old version.
    • For OpenSUSE and Fedora, it may be easiest to extract the files from the AppImage instead of using the Deb package. The executable is kiwix-js-wikivoyage and on older versions of OpenSUSE you may need to add the commandline switches --use-gl=disabled --disable-gpu-compositing.¹
  • Windows portable version: If you get a Windows Smartscreen notification on first launch, follow instructions to "Run anyway" if you trust this site. If you prefer, use the installable version Wikivoyage-by-Kiwix-Setup-3.4.4-E.exe which is digitally signed.

¹ With many thanks to Jay Midura for documenting the switches needed for OpenSUSE.

Release Notes

  • This app is packaged with the 11 October 2024 English-language Wikivoyage archive wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2024-10. The packaged archive is located in the archives folder (where this is accessible). See the readme in that folder if you wish to add a different archive as the packaged ZIM;
  • You can download Wikivoyage in other languages from the Configuration page (see Known Issues below);
  • It supports dark mode, and opening different navigable windows by right-clicking or ctrl-clicking a link (see Configuration);
  • You can print by pressing Ctrl-P or using the print icon. If local printers are not available (after clicking on More options...) then print to PDF and use another app to print;
  • You can open a new browsable window by right-clicking, middle-clicking or ctrl-clicking an article link (not available in every mode, see option in Configuration);
  • There is support for Full-Screen mode in most browsers and frameworks, and orientation locking in some mobile browsers (e.g. Android).
  • Electron versions of the app now support Full-Text searching;
  • In title search, you can use wildcards .* or .+ (this works best if you start the search with a normal alphanumeric string). You can include a more complex regular expression by enclosing it within (?:my_regular_expression). See Configuration -> About for more d...
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Supplementary installation files for Wikivoyage Electron

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Supplementary installation files for Kiwix JS Electron

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Kiwix JS Linux/Windows 3.4.1

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Wikivoyage by Kiwix (Linux/Windows) 3.3.10

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Supplementary installation files for Wikivoyage Electron

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