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Aard 2 vs kiwix-serve: catalog facts
Aard 2	kiwix-serve
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Android	Linux, Self-hosted, Command line
Offline Wikipedia and dictionary lookups Bookmarks and lookup history	Serves whole offline wikis to any browser on the network Includes library management and full-text search tools
Dictionary files must be downloaded separately Interface is plain	Command-line only, with no graphical setup Building from source requires libkiwix and libzim
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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