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'''Kiwix''' is an offline reader for online content like {{tag|Wikipedia}}, Project Gutenberg, or TED Talks.  It makes knowledge available to people with no or limited [[:Category:Internet|internet]] access.  The [[:Category:Software|software]], as well as the content, is free to use for anyone.  It is potentially suitable for all [[:Category:HTML|HTML]] content.  Kiwix supports the {{tag|ZIM}} format, a highly compressed open file format with additional meta-data.
'''Kiwix''' is an offline reader for online content like {{tag|Wikipedia}}, Project Gutenberg, or TED Talks.  It makes knowledge available to people with no or limited [[:Category:Internet|internet]] access.  The [[:Category:Software|software]], as well as the content, is free to use for anyone.  It is potentially suitable for all [[:Category:HTML|HTML]] content.  Kiwix supports the {{tag|ZIM}} format, a highly compressed open file format with additional meta-data.


Kiwix is a {{tag|Nonprofit|non-profit}}, and is {{tag|open source}} and {{tag|free software}}, which means you can freely copy, modify, and distribute it.
Kiwix is a {{tag|Non-profit|non-profit}}, and is {{tag|open source}} and {{tag|free software}}, which means you can freely copy, modify, and distribute it.


Kiwix is mostly installed in [[:Category:School|schools]], [[:Category:University|universities]], and [[:Category:Library|libraries]] which can't afford a [[:Category:Broadband|broadband]] internet access.  It is much faster than the internet, and also can be used by many [[:Category:Institution|institutions]] to save bandwidth and reader's time.  But many people use Kiwix for their own personal purposes, for example, of people suffering from censorship, or prisoners.
Kiwix is mostly installed in [[:Category:School|schools]], [[:Category:University|universities]], and [[:Category:Library|libraries]] which can't afford a [[:Category:Broadband|broadband]] internet access.  It is much faster than the internet, and also can be used by many [[:Category:Institution|institutions]] to save bandwidth and reader's time.  But many people use Kiwix for their own personal purposes, for example, of people suffering from censorship, or prisoners.