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Privacy Statement. Free Trial. Wikio for Wikipedia. See System Requirements. Available on PC Mobile device Hub. Show More. People also like. Deezer Music Free. Office Free. Also, it would be great if it were possible to export pages to PDF files. Unfortunately, though, there is no option to hide the right-hand panel manually. Additionally, I would love to see a reading mode function implemented, which would allow you to hide all interface elements when all you wish to do is read an article.

It stands out through its sleek, intuitive UI, but it lacks a few important features. XOWA retains the full HTML formatting of pages, and allows you to navigate through these pages just like you would in the online version. However, you have quite a few options otherwise, each with varying levels of support and difficulty levels.

In nearly every case, the database file will be several if not tens of gigabytes in size. Before proceeding any further, ensure that you have Java 1. You can try and use the native archive utility on your computer, but I ran into some issues with the bz2 file. I used a program called iExpander and it worked perfectly on my Mac. Now, here is where things got a little dicey. I ran into some problems trying to open the XML files on my Mac. You can technically "open" the files by using Safari.

Since it's loading a nearly 10 GBs of data, it may take a while. This is the entire Wikipedia dump with all of its tags and an under-appreciation for spaces. Obviously this is nearly impossible to read, but it may suffice for those with tons of patience and really good eyesight.

For you Mac users, Kiwix is your best bet for a stress-free download and browse process. If you're on Windows, you can use Wiki Taxi. Just download and extract the program, then open up the folder and click on WikiTaxi. You can go ahead and read through or just skip down to the section that says Import the XML dump into a WikiTaxi database.

If you downloaded WikiTaxi before you grabbed a dump from Wikipedia, they do provide some of the most popular dumps directly in the program. If you want to try out the entire process, I would suggest downloading the Simple English Wiki, since it will only take a few minutes to download to your computer. After your selected dump is finished downloading make sure to save it somewhere you can find it , you can go back to the WikiTaxi folder and select the WikiTaxi Importer.

It will ask you to find the dump file and the database file for the Wikipedia file you have downloaded. Browse your computer and locate the dump you just saved to your computer.

It should load into that top section. Now for database, the walkthrough does not tell you how to designate this.