Yize i-Intanethi iya ngokuya yanda, kusenamanye amazwe ampofu nezindawo zasemakhaya lapho ukufinyelela kwenethiwekhi akuyona into elula. Ngalesi sizathu, abantu abaningi abanakho ukufinyelela olwazini oluvela kumasayithi afana ne-Wikipedia. Futhi, ngokungabikho kwamaphrojekthi wendawo afana ne-Encarta nokunye okunjalo, i-Kiwix iyi-software yamahhala engasiza kulezi zimo.
Isi-Kiwix ngokuyisisekelo izokunikeza ithuba lokufinyelela i-Wikipedia ngaphandle kokuxhumeka kwe-inthanethi. Ungenza okufanayo nangezinye izingosi ezifanayo ze-MediaWiki ezisekelwe kuwebhu. Ngakho-ke, ungaba nenqwaba yama-wikis angaxhunyiwe ku-inthanethi kutholakale kalula. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kufaka phakathi nemisebenzi ethokozisayo, kanye nokutholakala kweWindows, MacOS, GNU / Linux, iOS ne-Android.
I-Kiwix yadalwa ngu-Emmanuel Engelhart noRenaud Gaudin, ngemuva kwemizamo engaphumelelanga yokushicilela i- I-Wikipedia kwi-CD-ROM. Ekuqaleni, iphrojekthi yayinakekelwa yiLinterweb, eyayizoyeka ukusebenzisana ukuze izenzele ukuhweba, ngoba yayingavumelani nokuba ngumthombo ovulekile.
Nge-Kiwix ungafinyelela lonke ulwazi ku-Wikipedia nakwamanye ama-wikis angaxhunyiwe ku-inthanethi. Konke kugcinwe kufayela le- Ifomethi ye-ZIM. Ngaphezu kwalokho, unezinqolobane namafayela e-ZIM alungele ukusetshenziswa nangezilimi eziningana.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-Kiwix ifaka nenjini yokusesha, uhlelo lokuzulazula, nenketho yokuthumela izindatshana ku Ifomethi ye-PDF. Iphinde ifake amabhukumaka nohlelo lwamanothi, iseva ye-HTTP, isikhombimsebenzisi esibonakalayo esilula nesiliminingi, amathebhu wokuzulazula, kanye nomphathi wokuqukethwe nokulanda
Kumadivayisi eselula, ngenxa yohlelo oluhlanganisiwe lwe-TTS, ungalalela futhi okuqukethwe ne i-synthesizer yezwi ifundela umbhalo, okuyizindaba ezinhle futhi kulabo abadinga izinketho zokungeneka.