🌐 Guide and tools to run a full offline mirror of Wikipedia.org with three different approaches: Nginx caching proxy, Kiwix + ZIM dump, and MediaWiki/XOWA + XML dump

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• Updated Mar 25, 2025
• PLpgSQL

MediaWiki scraper: all your wiki articles in one highly compressed ZIM file

nodejs scraper offline mediawiki wikipedia archive zim openzim

• Updated Nov 8, 2026
• TypeScript

Reference implementation of the ZIM specification

compression offline file-format kiwix zim openzim

• Updated Oct 19, 2026
• C++

OpenZIM MCP is a modern, secure, and high-performance MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that enables AI models to access and search ZIM format knowledge bases offline.

mcp kiwix zim openzim mcp-server

• Updated Nov 9, 2026
• Python

Create a ZIM file from a Youtube channel/username/playlist

scraper youtube zim openzim

• Updated Nov 9, 2026
• Python

iFixit to ZIM scraper

scraper kiwix zim ifixit openzim

• Updated Jun 15, 2026
• Python

Libzim binding for Node.js: read/write ZIM files in Javascript

nodejs library offline cpp binding webscraping zim openzim

• Updated Oct 30, 2026
• C++

nodejs ZIM file creator

mediawiki zim openzim

• Updated Apr 16, 2021
• JavaScript

ZIM-based retrieval augmented proxy for OpenAI-compatible AI

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• Updated Sep 18, 2026
• Python

Automated knowledge dataset mirroring for critical sources (Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Internet Archive) to provide reliable offline access and disaster recovery, with resumable updates, modular plugins, and deploy anywhere support (Linux, Raspberry Pi and others.....)

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• Updated Nov 8, 2026
• Shell

Offline ZIM dump of nethackwiki.com

nethack wiki kiwix zim openzim

• Updated Jul 17, 2022
• Shell

Éducation & Numérique scraper

scraper zim openzim

• Updated Mar 22, 2023
• Python

📦 Pure Go ZIM implementation

go golang zim openzim

• Updated Aug 20, 2026
• Go

A candle-lit 3D library for Kiwix ZIM files: walk the shelves and read Project Gutenberg, Wikipedia and Wikisource in VR (Meta Quest), on a desktop or a phone.

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• Updated Nov 11, 2026
• JavaScript

A tool for creating ZIM files (more specifically: their configuration) for Wikipedia articles in a specific geographical region.

wikidata kiwix zim openzim

• Updated Jun 29, 2026
• TypeScript

Convert a zim file to a waj file

kiwix zim openzim

• Updated Apr 10, 2025
• Rust

A native Go library for reading ZIM files — the open archive format used by Kiwix for offline access to Wikipedia and other web content.

golang kiwix zim go-library openzim offline-wikipedia

• Updated May 23, 2026
• Go

📖 Convert OpenZIM files to markdown datasets

go markdown golang reader-mode openzim

• Updated Sep 19, 2026
• Go

📡 Self-hostable offline ZIM search engine and crawler

go golang search-engine web-crawler web-scraper openzim

• Updated Aug 23, 2026
• Go

免安装 / 离线 / 跨平台的 Kiwix 离线维基 U 盘便携服务器 · Zero-install offline Wikipedia server on a USB drive

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• Updated Oct 20, 2026
• C#