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📚 How to Read the Offline Archives (Kiwix)

Wikipedia and the medical, repair and survival encyclopedias are saved as .zim files. Open them with the Library Assistant or the free Kiwix app. No internet needed.

🚀 Easiest: the Library Assistant

  1. Double-click START-Windows (Mac: START-Mac, Linux: START-Linux.sh) in the OfflineLibrary folder.
  2. Your browser opens. Search for anything and click a result to read it.

A warning the first time? See Start on any device.

🪟 Windows: the Kiwix app

  1. On the drive, open OfflineLibrary → Kiwix-Reader → app.
  2. Double-click kiwix-desktop. Nothing to install.
  3. If a blue box says Windows protected your PC, click More info, then Run anyway.
  4. Choose Open file and pick a .zim file (for example in Medical\WikiMed).

Kiwix remembers each file you open. Mac and Linux: use the Library Assistant instead.

📂 What's in the .zim files

Folder What's inside
Medical\WikiMed Wikipedia's medical articles, with pictures
Medical\zimgit-medicine A medical and first-aid guide
Manuals\Repair-iFixit Repairs: cars, appliances, electronics, phones
Manuals\DIY-Appropedia DIY: plumbing, electrical, building, energy, water, food
Manuals\Survival-Water-Food Survival, water, food, knots
Wikipedia All of English Wikipedia (the biggest file)

Your drive may not have every one.

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