Hola,
Since I’m bearded and moderately overweight let me be the one to bring the
first present for the holiday season and introduce Zimit, a pretty cool new
tool that allows people to produce their own Zim files. Yes, you read that
correctly.
* If you are the type that cannot wait to unwrap presents, you will find it at
https://youzim.it <https://www.youzim.it/>
* For everyone else:
The interface is pretty minimalist, and that’s part of the message:
1. Insert target URL
2. Insert email address so we can tell you when your zim is ready
3. Download zim file
There is a limit at 1,000 items for each zim because (a) we don’t want to DDoS
unsuspecting websites with requests; and (ii) also would not be able to afford
the bill If it becomes as popular as we think it will be (we need to find an
acceptable business model and pricing structure: any advice welcome). But since
this is free software, you can obviously cut the middleman by copying,
studying, modifying and redistributing the code that can be found here:
https://github.com/openzim/zimit <https://github.com/openzim/zimit>
Because this relies on newly-implemented service workers, these new zim files
will only work on Kiwix-android and Kiwix-serve at the moment, but this will
obviously expand to other platforms in 2021.
This project was entirely funded by a Mozilla Open Source Support Award, thanks
to them!
Cheers,
Stephane
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