2020, Content, Release notes
It’s there. Finally, a tool for anyone to generate their own zim file! Yes, it is that awesome. And it is called Zimit. How does it work? As you can see, the web interface is pretty lean – it is what we put under the hood that matters. On your end, you...
2020, Kiwix JS, Release notes
The lightweight web app and browser extension version of Kiwix, Kiwix JS, has now reached version 3.0. It is primarily intended for use as a browser extension/add-on, and you can find one for your browser by searching for Kiwix in the Mozilla, Chrome and...
2020, Content, Release notes
On October 15th, 2020, the 2nd generation WP 1.0 web tool was shut down, and the 3rd generation tool was launched to 100%. This was a major milestone for the project, representing over 2 years of planning and migration work. What is the WP 1.0 “web tool”...
2020, Android, Content, Desktop, General, Hotspot
Here is a broad update of where we stand in terms of technology for the project. First, the chart below summarizes broadly our tech stack and may or may not help you navigate what follows: Overall Kiwix is healthier than ever, with about 30% more code contributors,...
2020, Android, Apple, Desktop, General, Hotspot, Kiwix JS
Tickets -be it bug reports or feature requests- are the basics of any software improvement. The lack of tickets or poorly written ones seriously impair a healthy software development. Like building a house on weak foundations, this should be avoided. Why open a...
