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Summary

XOWA is the free, open-source application that lets you download Wikipedia to your computer. Access all of Wikipedia offline -- without an internet connection!

XOWA showing Wikipedia's article on Wikipedia

Features

  • Download a complete, recent copy of English Wikipedia.
  • Display 5.0+ million articles in full HTML formatting.
  • Show images within an article. Access 5.0+ million images using the offline image databases.
  • Set up over 800+ other wikis including:
  • Update your wiki whenever you want, using Wikimedia's database backups.
  • Navigate between offline wikis. Click on "Look up this word in Wiktionary" and instantly view the page in Wiktionary.
  • Edit articles to remove vandalism or errors.
  • Install to a flash memory card for portability to other machines.
  • Run on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Raspberry Pi, and Android
  • View the HTML for any wiki page
  • Search for any page by title using a Wikipedia-like Search box
  • Browse pages by alphabetical order using Special:AllPages
  • Find a word on a page.
  • Access a history of viewed pages
  • Bookmark your favorite pages.

Recent News

2017-01-27 2017-01 Chinese wikis released
2017-01-02 2016-12 English Wikipedia released. Also, 2016-12 Italian and Swahili wikis
2016-12-04 2016-11 Dutch and Russian wikis released. Also, 2016-11 German Wikipedia
2016-11-13 2016-10 French, Polish, Swedish, Spanish wikis released. Also, 2016-11 English Wikipedia
2016-10-24 2016-10 English and German Wikis updated (Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikivoyage, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikiversity, Wikinews)
2016-10-16 2016-10 English and German Wikipedia updated
2016-09-25 2016-09 French, English and German Wikipedia updated
2016-09-05 Czech Wikis updated

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