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Install kiwix with Homebrew Cask

App providing offline access to Wikipedia and many other web sites. Version 3.18.0 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.

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brew install --cask kiwix

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overview

Package summary

App providing offline access to Wikipedia and many other web sites

Commands and aliases

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history

Project history and usage

Kiwix is an open-source offline reader for web content, best known for making Wikipedia and other educational collections available without a live internet connection.

Project history

In 2006, Renaud Gaudin built an offline Wikipedia reader for information kiosks in Mali while Emmanuel Engelhart independently created an offline Wikipedia project named Kiwix and helped develop openZIM. They joined forces under the Kiwix name in 2007.

Kiwix subsequently broadened from offline Wikipedia into a multi-platform reader and distribution ecosystem for many kinds of web content. The current Apple repository provides the shared iOS, iPadOS, and macOS client.

Adoption history

The project grew from an offline-Wikipedia reader into a family of applications for macOS, iOS, Windows, Linux, Android, browser environments, and servers. Its content catalog likewise expanded beyond Wikipedia to many web-based educational and reference collections.

Kiwix is organized as a Swiss nonprofit and is developed by a worldwide team and volunteer community. The Apple client is distributed through Apple's stores and as a direct macOS download.

How it is used

Users download or open ZIM archives, search and browse their contents locally, and manage an offline library. The approach is useful where connectivity is absent, costly, unreliable, or intentionally restricted.

The Apple application supports macOS as well as iOS and iPadOS and can obtain content through Kiwix's catalog or open compatible local ZIM files.

Why package nerds care

Kiwix separates content from the reader through ZIM, a compressed open archive format. That architecture lets package users install a relatively stable reader while selecting large, independently distributed offline datasets.

It is a prominent example of packaging web-scale reference material for disconnected, bandwidth-constrained, educational, archival, and field-use environments.

Timeline

  • 2006: Renaud Gaudin and Emmanuel Engelhart independently began offline-Wikipedia work.
  • 2007: The two efforts joined under the Kiwix name.
  • 2022–2023 era: The unified Apple client added macOS support in its 3.0 line.

Related projects

  • openZIM defines the archive ecosystem used to package content.
  • libkiwix and libzim provide shared reader and archive functionality.
  • Kiwix Desktop, Kiwix Android, Kiwix JS, and kiwix-tools serve other platforms and deployment models.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for kiwix. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

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freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-11-04
manager version3.18.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://www.kiwix.org/

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.kiwix.org/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keycask:kiwix
Version3.18.0
Package managerHomebrew Cask
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/cask/kiwix
Homepagehttps://www.kiwix.org/
Upstream docshttps://www.kiwix.org/
Source archivehttps://download.kiwix.org/release/kiwix-macos/kiwix-macos_3.18.0.dmg
SHA-25658744c6301d7ad6cb24c288e04d46c32fa0f032ba66deed1d75f7d2279f946bd
Bottlenot recorded
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew cask API
Taphomebrew/cask
Full Tokenkiwix
Names
  • Kiwix
Depends On
Macos
>=: 14
Artifacts
App
1
Target
1
Zap
1
Deprecatedno
Disabledno

package graph

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Same workflow

  • btcpayserver-vaultLocal package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: access, web.
  • restfoxLocal package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: offline, web.
  • easyengineLocal package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: sites, web.

source trail

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This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

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