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kiwix-serveWebArchive
Free

Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.

 Free

Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.

Linux, Self-hosted, Command line Linux
  • Serves whole offline wikis to any browser on the network
  • Includes library management and full-text search tools
  • Reads ZIM archives fully offline
  • Full-text search within an archive
  • Command-line only, with no graphical setup
  • Building from source requires libkiwix and libzim
  • Young project with few contributors
  • Linux only
Downloadable app, Self-hosted Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-3.0 License: GPL-3.0-or-later
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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