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For those who like collecting stuff and preserving it, I thought it would be quite fun to round up a ton of online wiki resources and see which ones would be the best to download and keep on your hard drive. The list is in no particular order. Almost all of these can be downloaded through Kiwix except two which I will detail below. Also, all of these will be assuming you are wanting to download the english full version (including pictures) of the wiki.
1. Wikipedia - 102 GB
Duh.
2. Wikiversity - 2.3 GB
A wiki that has college course style tutorials for a wide array of formal subjects. Unfortunately though, the last update to this offline copy was quite a while ago. March 2021. Oof.
3. Wikibooks - 4.3 GB
A site that has a vast collection of self-made books in Wiki format. Mostly composed of non-fiction. Again though, like Wikiversity, the offline copy of Wikibooks hasn't been updated since March 2021. Thankfully, this is the last wiki on this list that has an outdated copy of it.
4. LibreTexts - 15.2 GB
Open source college textbooks for pretty much all the formal subjects. This combined with Wikiversity, Wikibooks, and the vastness of Wikipedia should give you a pretty huge library of non-fiction information, even if both the Wikiversity and Wikibooks offline copies are out of date.
5. Project Gutenberg - 83 GB
Every book and piece of text that is out of copyright that either was in English or was translated to English... Ok, maybe not EVERY book, but for anyone's purposes, it might as well be.
6. Wikivoyage - 0.88 GB
Wanna go to Tahiti? Wanna know where to eat? Best hotels? Places to avoid? This wiki has you covered. You may want to make sure though that you keep an updated copy of this as destinations are obviously heavily subject to change over time for better and for worse.
7. Wiktionary - 9 GB
Damn near everything you'd ever want to know about a word including a thesaurus, etymology, common phrases, and etc. Also has a bunch of slang too.
8. Army Publishing Directorate - 7.7 GB
Every damn Technical Manual the US military has ever put out. Your mileage may vary with this one though depending on how you feel about military technical manuals.
9. Psychonaut Wiki - Unknown Size (AWAITING ADMIN RESPONSE)
Direct informational articles on pretty much every recreational drug and then some. There are other things talked about here as well such as tulpas, meditation, and hypnosis, but by and large, a massive amount of their articles are about drugs. Contains dosage information, common effects, health considerations, and etc.
10. Erowid - Unknown Size (AWAITING ADMIN RESPONSE)
Another drug wiki, but this time, it is focused on gathering together studies, trip reports, and other articles on every recreational drug. The Psychonaut Wiki is for your immediate practical information on a drug, and Erowid is for much deeper explorations of such. You can actually find some pretty interesting stuff here that you won't find on the Psychonaut Wiki if you're willing to browse through a bunch of material. For example, I found out a ridiculously easy way to make DMT from an obscure article on Erowid.
1. Wikipedia - 102 GB
Duh.
2. Wikiversity - 2.3 GB
A wiki that has college course style tutorials for a wide array of formal subjects. Unfortunately though, the last update to this offline copy was quite a while ago. March 2021. Oof.
3. Wikibooks - 4.3 GB
A site that has a vast collection of self-made books in Wiki format. Mostly composed of non-fiction. Again though, like Wikiversity, the offline copy of Wikibooks hasn't been updated since March 2021. Thankfully, this is the last wiki on this list that has an outdated copy of it.
4. LibreTexts - 15.2 GB
Open source college textbooks for pretty much all the formal subjects. This combined with Wikiversity, Wikibooks, and the vastness of Wikipedia should give you a pretty huge library of non-fiction information, even if both the Wikiversity and Wikibooks offline copies are out of date.
5. Project Gutenberg - 83 GB
Every book and piece of text that is out of copyright that either was in English or was translated to English... Ok, maybe not EVERY book, but for anyone's purposes, it might as well be.
6. Wikivoyage - 0.88 GB
Wanna go to Tahiti? Wanna know where to eat? Best hotels? Places to avoid? This wiki has you covered. You may want to make sure though that you keep an updated copy of this as destinations are obviously heavily subject to change over time for better and for worse.
7. Wiktionary - 9 GB
Damn near everything you'd ever want to know about a word including a thesaurus, etymology, common phrases, and etc. Also has a bunch of slang too.
8. Army Publishing Directorate - 7.7 GB
Every damn Technical Manual the US military has ever put out. Your mileage may vary with this one though depending on how you feel about military technical manuals.
9. Psychonaut Wiki - Unknown Size (AWAITING ADMIN RESPONSE)
Direct informational articles on pretty much every recreational drug and then some. There are other things talked about here as well such as tulpas, meditation, and hypnosis, but by and large, a massive amount of their articles are about drugs. Contains dosage information, common effects, health considerations, and etc.
10. Erowid - Unknown Size (AWAITING ADMIN RESPONSE)
Another drug wiki, but this time, it is focused on gathering together studies, trip reports, and other articles on every recreational drug. The Psychonaut Wiki is for your immediate practical information on a drug, and Erowid is for much deeper explorations of such. You can actually find some pretty interesting stuff here that you won't find on the Psychonaut Wiki if you're willing to browse through a bunch of material. For example, I found out a ridiculously easy way to make DMT from an obscure article on Erowid.
