directory listing of the English Wikipedia dumps). Note: The basic functionality of WikiTaxi revolves around downloading official Wikipedia backup dumps, which are then stored in WikiTaxi database files on your computer (or flash drive), and used for offline access/retrieval of Wikipedia articles. You can download Wikipedia dumps either from the official Wikimedia downloads page, or from their listing on the WikiTaxi website itself (e.g. It fully supports multiple language variations of Wikipedia, and even works with sister projects of Wikipedia, such as Wikitionary and Wikiquote.
#WIKI OFFLINE PORTABLE#
Simple and easy to use, WikiTaxi is a portable application that you can use to download and read Wikipedia offline. We’ll be taking a look at two such applications, namely WikiTaxi and Kiwix, one at a time: There are numerous desktop applications that you can use to download and read Wikipedia (or more specifically, its articles) offline. Can’t hold your horses any longer? Well then, let’s find out how you can access your favorite online encyclopedia, without being online.ĭesktop applications to download & read Wikipedia offline You’re in luck folks, as it’s indeed possible to download and read Wikipedia offline. But what if you could download some (or all) of Wikipedia, and access it anytime you wanted, even without network connectivity? But as invaluable as Wikipedia is, you need an Internet connection, if you want to look up anything on it.