As everyone knows what is Wikipedia,the undisputed the largest web encyclopedia.Nonetheless,seeks and finding useful information will not always comes with the presence of internet.WikiTaxi enables you to read, search, and browse Wikipedia offline. No Internet connection is needed, all pages are stored in a WikiTaxi database. Because Wikipedia is constantly growing, WikiTaxi uses compression to make sure that the database stays reasonably small.
The huge English Wikipedia easily fits on a 8 GB flash memory or even a portable HDD if there is a need so.WikiTaxi is simple: It requires no installation. Just extract the WikiTaxi archive to any folder, that’s all. This folder can be on a fixed hard drive, or a portable device like memory stick or flash card. WikiTaxi does not modify the operating system, except for a small options *.ini file which it places right next to its own executable.
WikiTaxi is also portable: It is a single-file application which you just need to double-click to run. It does not require a database engine or HTML browser, nor does it require PHP. All functionality is completely self-contained in a single executable.
WikiTaxi is easy to maintain: To uninstall, simply delete the executable file. To remove an outdated database, just erase the file.
To run WikiTaxi, double-click on WikiTaxi.exe. The welcome screen guides you through a few simple steps to download and import your first Wiki. It will be up and running with just a few clicks!
Download
The smallest database starts from 25mb,it’s pretty convenient for a test run.
From the many Wikipedia backups available, you need to download just one file, the so-called XML dump. Here are some direct links to the more popular:
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Simple English (simplewiki), small download, less than 25 MB, excellent for your first WikiTaxi import and testing.
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English (enwiki), huge download, more than 3.5 GB.
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German (dewiki), large download, more than 1.1 GB.
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Frensh (frwiki), medium download, less than 1 GB.
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Polish (plwiki), smaller download, less than 400 MB.
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Dumps for all Wikis, in different languages and sizes.
To start downloading, follow one of the links above, pick your Wiki and backup date (latest is usually best), and look out for the file named.
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