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Wikipedia vs WebArchive: catalog facts
Wikipedia	WebArchive
Free Free and ad-free; funded by donations to the Wikimedia Foundation.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.
Android, iOS	Linux
No ads and no cost Save articles for offline reading	Reads ZIM archives fully offline Full-text search within an archive
Saved articles must be chosen individually rather than downloading whole wikis	Young project with few contributors Linux only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
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 1, 2026

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