User:Sbmeirow/Offline

How To Read Wikipedia Offline by Steve Meirowsky (User:Sbmeirow)

Warning
Please do not throw rocks at me, since this article is currently located in my user space. I welcome useful edits and constructive input.

Introduction
This page is a collection of links and notes about using Wikipedia Offline. Some of this may be moved over to other existing Wikipedia articles later.

Web Sites Optimized For Mobile Devices

 * via Wikipedia, official site
 * via HAWHAW, converts larger article into smaller pieces for faster viewing
 * via Wapedia, optimized for older phones with tiny screens
 * via 7val

Software for Mobile Devices

 * See Help For Wikipedia Mobile Access
 * Wikipedia Mobile, iPhone, by Wikimedia Foundation

Dedicated Portable Device

 * WikiReader, $99 retail, $29/yr for updates

Software for Mobile Devices

 * See Help For Wikipedia Mobile Access
 * AllOfWiki, iPad / iPhone / iPod, I need to read further to determine which dump file format this app uses.
 * WikiPock, Android / Blackberry / Symbian / Windows Mobile, I need to read further to determine which dump file format this app uses.
 * Kiwix, Symbian, requires user to download 3rd-party high-compressed dump files in ZIM file format.

Software for Desktop Computers

 * XOWA
 * WikiTaxi, Windows, requires user to download official BZ2 dump files, then requires the user to run a utility to do a one-time lengthy uncompression of the BZ2 dump file.
 * BzReader, Windows, requires user to download official BZ2 dump files, and allows browsing of BZ2 without any conversion.
 * MzReader, Windows, makes the output of BzReader look more like Wikipedia website.
 * Kiwix, Windows / OSX / Linux, requires user to download 3rd-party high-compressed dump files in ZIM file format.
 * Okawix, Windows / Linux / Mac, uses torrents to download 3rd-party dump files (not sure if still in Zeno file format since they were working to convert to ZIM format in 2009/2010).
 * Offline Wikipedia Project, Linux

Software to Download Large Files

 * FlashGet, Windows.
 * μTorrent, Windows / Mac, excellent software to download torrents.

Download Wikipedia

 * Wikimedia DVD and Offline Downloads
 * Log of latest dumps.
 * The following BZ2 files are the original official database dump files.


 * Wikipedia
 * http://download.wikimedia.org/enwiki/latest/, directory for english dumps
 * http://dumps.wikimedia.org/enwiki/latest/enwiki-latest-pages-articles.xml.bz2 (6.8GB+) (too large for FAT32 file system drives)


 * WikiBooks
 * http://download.wikimedia.org/enwikibooks/latest/, directory for english dumps
 * http://dumps.wikimedia.org/enwikibooks/latest/enwikibooks-latest-pages-articles.xml.bz2 (90MB+)


 * WikiNews
 * http://download.wikimedia.org/enwikinews/latest/, directory for english dumps
 * http://dumps.wikimedia.org/enwikinews/latest/enwikinews-latest-pages-articles.xml.bz2 (29MB+)


 * WikiQuote
 * http://download.wikimedia.org/enwikiquote/latest/, directory for english dumps
 * http://dumps.wikimedia.org/enwikiquote/latest/enwikiquote-latest-pages-articles.xml.bz2 (53MB+)


 * WikiSource
 * http://download.wikimedia.org/enwikisource/latest/, directory for english dumps
 * http://dumps.wikimedia.org/enwikisource/latest/enwikisource-latest-pages-articles.xml.bz2 (995MB+)


 * WikiVersity
 * http://download.wikimedia.org/enwikiversity/latest/, directory for english dumps
 * http://dumps.wikimedia.org/enwikiversity/latest/enwikiversity-latest-pages-articles.xml.bz2 (29MB+)


 * Wiktionary
 * http://download.wikimedia.org/enwiktionary/latest/, directory for english dumps
 * http://dumps.wikimedia.org/enwiktionary/latest/enwiktionary-latest-pages-articles.xml.bz2 (194MB+)


 * Simple English Wikipedia
 * http://dumps.wikimedia.org/simplewiki/latest/, directory for english dumps
 * http://dumps.wikimedia.org/simplewiki/latest/simplewiki-latest-pages-articles.xml.bz2 (74MB+)