Wikipedia (and more) without Internet

 WMCH supports actively two software projects which provide solutions to  make Web located content available for offline usages. The free software  projects openZIM and Kiwix were launched a few years ago by individuals  and thank to the early support of WMCH they are know world wide well  known and promoted. They are now supported by many other chapters, the  WMF and others international NGOs.

  The openZIM project has two different targets:

 * the ZIM file format, an open, standardized file format to store Web  content efficiently for offline usage ;

 * an open source reference implementation of the ZIM file format  consisting of the zimlib and divers tools.

 OpenZIM does not provide end-user solutions but is an important part of  the software stack necessary to do that. Both, format and reference  implementation, are now recognized as the most efficient solution for  offline. More informations at http://www.openzim.org

  The Kiwix project develop the offline reader with the same name. With  Kiwix, you may enjoy all the Wikipedia content everywhere: in the middle  of the desert, on the north Pole, in the airplane. Using the ZIM  technologie, Kiwix offers also many handful features like full text  search engine, content manager, bookmarks manager, etc. Kiwix is a free  software available for Windows, OSX and GNU/Linux. More informations at  http://www.kiwix.org