Nangona i-Intanethi isanda ngakumbi, kusekho amazwe ahlwempuzekileyo kunye neendawo ezisemaphandleni apho ukufikelela kwinethiwekhi ayisiyonto ilula. Ngesi sizathu, abantu abaninzi abanalo ukufikelela kulwazi oluvela kwiisayithi ezinjengeWikipedia. Kwaye, ngokungabikho kweeprojekthi zasekhaya ezinje nge-Encarta kunye nezinto ezinje, i-Kiwix yiprojekti yesoftware yasimahla enokunceda kwezi meko.
I-Kiwix ngokusisiseko iya kukunika ithuba lokufikelela kwiWikipedia ngaphandle konxibelelwano lwe-intanethi. Unokwenza okufanayo nakwezinye ii-portWiki ezisekwe kwiwebhu. Ke ngoko, unokuba nobuninzi bee-wikis ngaphandle kweintanethi ezandleni zakho. Kwelinye icala, ikwabandakanya imisebenzi enomdla, kunye nokufumaneka kwiWindows, iMacOS, i-GNU / iLinux, i-iOS kunye ne-Android.
I-Kiwix yenziwe ngu-Emmanuel Engelhart no-Renaud Gaudin, emva kwemizamo engaphumelelanga yokupapasha Wikipedia kwi-CD-ROM. Ekuqaleni, le projekthi yayigcinwa yiLinterweb, eyayiza kuyeka ukusebenzisana ngenjongo yorhwebo, kuba yayingavumelani nokuba ingumthombo ovulekileyo.
Nge-Kiwix unokufikelela kulo lonke ulwazi olukuWikipedia kunye nezinye ii-wikis ezingaxhunyiwe kwi-intanethi. Zonke zigcinwe kwifayile Ifomathi yeZIM. Ukongeza, uneendawo zokugcina ezinefayile zeZIM ezilungele ukusetyenziswa nakwiilwimi ezininzi.
Kwelinye icala, i-Kiwix ikwabandakanya injini yokukhangela, inkqubo yokukhangela, kunye nenketho yokuthumela amanqaku kuwo Ifomathi yeFayili. Ikwabandakanya amanqaku encwadi kunye nenkqubo yamanqaku, iseva ye-HTTP, ujongano olulula nolwimi oluninzi lomsebenzisi, iithebhu zokuhamba, kunye nomxholo kunye nomphathi wokukhuphela.
Kwizixhobo eziphathwayo, enkosi kwinkqubo ye-TTS edityanisiweyo, unokumamela umxholo kunye ne- isenzi ikufundela isicatshulwa, esizindaba ezimnandi kwabo bafuna ukhetho.