Kiwix works like a regular browser, and it is free to use, share, and distribute. This content can then be browsed no matter where you are.
#KIWIX HOTSPOT ANDROID#
In order to do this, we copy and compress entire websites, so much so that we can fit the entire Wikipedia (6.2 million articles, with images) on a standard android phone. There are still four billion of them worldwide. Kiwix’s mission is to bring internet content (mostly educational) to people without internet access. What services do you offer? What is the mission of Kiwix? Kiwix was officially born in January 2017, has now more than 4 million users, and is aiming at 100 million by 2025 or so. When we discuss metrics and realize there are almost a million downloads each year, we decide it’s time to move to the next level. Their goal was to fit Wikipedia on a DVD.Ī couple of years later it’s 2015 or ’16 already and DVDs are gone but Kiwix is still going strong and gets backing from Wikimedia Switzerland, where I worked at the time. They both had the same idea at the same time, got in touch, and started working on Kiwix as a fun, side project. Two coders decided it was a great idea, but they could not share it: one had his mum living in the countryside with poor connectivity, the other was working in development in Mali and had no internet as soon as he left the capital. It all started around 2007 when Wikipedia was just starting to become big. Please describe the story behind Kiwix: What sparked the idea, and how has it evolved so far? This week, we had the opportunity to speak with Stéphane Coillet-Matillon who is the CEO of Kiwix, and we learned a lot about this incredible product.
#KIWIX HOTSPOT SOFTWARE#
Kiwix is a free software that brings knowledge to millions around the world by making it available offline.
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