Digitizing to Preserve a Museum’s Heritage & Legacy
Welcome to the Museum of Dewantara Kirti Griya, a haven of knowledge and tribute dedicated to Indonesia’s visionary educator Ki Hajar Dewantara. Showcasing his life’s work in fighting for accessible education in Indonesia, this museum is embarking on a...
Kiwix4Schools mentorship Q&A, June 9, 2023
The event took place over Zoom, everything went smoothly thanks to the ever-efficient Ruby (seconded by Eugene and Jael). This hour-long meeting turned to 90 minutes of discussions, which is testament to the participants enthusiasm (and their need for answers. Took...
New WikiMed app for Linux and Windows v2.4.8
WikiMed by Kiwix is now at v2.4.8. The headline feature is a new, modern bundling system which makes a smaller, faster core app with better memory management, while still supporting the same wide range of modern and legacy browsers. The packages contain the March 2023...Our docker images are on now GHCR.io
We have been pushing our images to both docker.io and ghcr.io for a good while now (2y+). Following the recent (March 2023) announcement, re-announcement then cancellation announcement, we have decided to only publish our images to ghcr.io for the foreseeable future....We’re hiring! Senior Python developer wanted
Kiwix is the leading offline solution for people who cannot access internet content – be it because of data cost, low connectivity, or outright censorship. It is free, and open-source. Simply put, our software copies the entirety of websites that can then be...
One Simple Tool is Transforming Schools in Ghana
“Have you wondered how many people will spend 24.44% of their income on 1G of data? Your guess is as good as mine.” In 2016, the United Nations declared internet access a human right, yet in Africa, in 2023, there remains a significant gap in connectivity. Despite the...
French Prisons Use Wikipedia to Change Inmates’ Future
Let me tell you, dear reader, about the importance of education for those who find themselves behind bars. The Club informatique pénitentiaire, or CLIP, has been working its magic in French prisons since 1985. 250 volunteers running computer workshops for 2,000...What is the size of Wikipedia?
The short answer is : 20 GB (give or take). This is also the wrong answer, because all you would have there would be a long, long, unformatted text file – no images, hyperlinks, or even section headers. Great for machine-learning (if that), but little else. If...