Erich Blume
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Dagger's --src=. excludes .git, so Quartz can't use git history for page dates inside containers. Populate date-modified: YYYY-MM-DD in frontmatter for all 80 doc articles so the frontmatter priority level (highest in quartz.config.ts) works with or without git. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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title: Kiwix
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date-modified: 2026-02-07
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tags:
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- service
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- knowledge
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---
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# Kiwix
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Offline Wikipedia and ZIM archive server.
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## Quick Reference
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| Property | Value |
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|----------|-------|
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| **URL** | https://kiwix.ops.eblu.me |
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| **Tailscale URL** | https://kiwix.tail8d86e.ts.net |
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| **Namespace** | `kiwix` |
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| **Image** | `ghcr.io/kiwix/kiwix-serve:3.8.1` |
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| **Storage** | NFS from [[sifaka|Sifaka]] (`/volume1/torrents`) |
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## Architecture
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| Component | Purpose |
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|-----------|---------|
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| kiwix-serve | Serves ZIM files on port 80 |
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| torrent-sync | Sidecar syncing ZIM torrents to [[transmission]] |
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| zim-watcher | CronJob (hourly) to restart on new ZIMs |
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## Configured Archives
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- Wikipedia top 1M English articles with images
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- Project Gutenberg (60,000+ books)
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- iFixit repair guides
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- Stack Exchange (SuperUser, Math, etc.)
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- LibreTexts textbooks
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- DevDocs developer documentation
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Full list: `argocd/manifests/kiwix/configmap-zim-torrents.yaml`
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## Adding Archives
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1. Edit `configmap-zim-torrents.yaml`
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2. Add torrent URL from https://download.kiwix.org/zim/
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3. Sync: `argocd app sync kiwix`
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4. Torrent-sync adds to [[transmission]]
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5. zim-watcher restarts kiwix when download completes
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## Related
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- [[transmission]] - Downloads ZIM files
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- [[sifaka|Sifaka]] - ZIM storage
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