1) Powerful proof-of-concept !!! 2) However for offline / low-income communities there's a fatal flaw with ZIM files that require https (TLS/SSL) which generally require web server certificates that renew every 90-days-or-so using a service like https://letsencrypt.com -- by definition this is inherently / tragically not possible in offline / low-income communities. As Tim Moody alluded to below, and also at openzim/zimit#57 <https://github.com/openzim/zimit/issues/57>
3) Does anybody see any practical way forward, for us all to pull together here, towards giving offline / low-income communities a very pragmatic way forward? On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 7:59 AM Tim Moody <[email protected]> wrote: > I have tried this and it works pretty well. One thing you didn't mention > is that because, as you said, it uses service workers, the server running > kiwix-serve must support SSL. Otherwise kiwix-serve will not be able to > serve up any zims produced by zimit. This is unfortunate as offline ssl > certificates need to be self signed and that will cause browsers to > complain. > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 7:00 AM <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Send Offline-l mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/offline-l >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [email protected] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [email protected] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Offline-l digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. New tool : Zimit (Stephane Coillet-Matillon) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2020 11:25:43 +0100 >> From: Stephane Coillet-Matillon <[email protected]> >> To: Using Wikimedia projects and MediaWiki offline >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: [Offline-l] New tool : Zimit >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> 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 >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/offline-l/attachments/20201222/435c5e3e/attachment-0001.htm >> > >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Offline-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/offline-l >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of Offline-l Digest, Vol 106, Issue 2 >> ***************************************** >> > _______________________________________________ > Offline-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/offline-l
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