Do you want to read and edit Wikipedia offline? Then you can start by using XOWA, which is a desktop application made just for that and other reasons that you will definitely love.

XOWA is a desktop application for reading and editing Wikipedia offline. Works with any Wikimedia wiki, including Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikiquote, and Wikivoyage as well as other specialized wikis such as Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikispecies, or any other MediaWiki generated dump. Also works with any non-English language wiki such as French Wikipedia, German Wikisource, Dutch Wikivoyage, etc. It can be customized at many levels: from keyboard shortcuts to HTML layouts to internal options.

XOWA has a lot of features that include the following: displays all articles from Wikipedia without an internet connection; works with any Wikimedia wiki, including Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikiquote, Wikivoyage; works with any non-English language wiki such as French Wikipedia, German Wikisource, Dutch Wikivoyage, etc.; works with other specialized wikis such as Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikispecies, or any other MediaWiki generated dump; updates your wiki whenever you want, using Wikimedia database backups; sets up Simple Wikipedia in less than 5 minutes; and many others.

Want to check it out? Visit XOWA.

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