Wikipedia Alternatives

Wikipedia is described as 'Free content, multilingual online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers through a model of open collaboration, using a wiki-based editing system' and is a leading Encyclopedia in the education & reference category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Wikipedia for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPad, Linux and iPhone apps. The best Wikipedia alternative is Encyclopædia Britannica, which is free. Other great apps like Wikipedia are Kiwix, Scholarpedia, Grokipedia and WikiReader.

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Wikipedia alternatives are mainly Encyclopedias, but if you're looking for Online Education Services or Dictionaries you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Wikipedia.
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  1. Newslines icon
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    Newslines lets people create shared timelines on any person, product or news event. Writers create news snippets that are combined into interactive multimedia timelines.

    50 Newslines alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. WikiNewsFeed icon
     2 likes

    News aggregator powered by Wikipedia.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Wikipedia
     
  3. WikiGalaxy icon
     10 likes

    Explore wikipedia in 3d.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Comments about WikiGalaxy as an Alternative to Wikipedia
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    Doesn't function as an encycolpedia

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • WikiGalaxy is Free and ProprietaryWikipedia is Free and Open Source
  4. Hypatia icon
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    Hypatia is a research tool for the Linux desktop. It's designed to provide at-a-glance information about the topics you're reading, or about things you're curious about. It lets you find definitions, explanations, and answers related to the text on your display...

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  5. WikiGenes icon
     1 like

    WikiGenes is the first wiki system to combine the collaborative and largely altruistic possibilities of wikis with explicit authorship.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Conzept icon
     3 likes

    Conzept is an attempt to create an encyclopedia for the 21st century. A modern topic-exploration tool based on Wikipedia, Wikidata, Open Library, GBIF and other useful information sources.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. WikiDroyd icon
     2 likes

    Wikipedia is probably the single largest, most comprehensive and simply best information resource out there on the Internet - a really great resource.many people though would like to have access to this giant resource when they're not plugged into the Internet.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  8.  1 like

    Kiwix-serve is a ZIM compatible Web server. With its help you can deliver ZIM file content over your network. Designed to serve Wikipedia zim files over LAN in an offline setting.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi
     
  9.  2 likes

    Wikimore is a simple frontend for Wikimedia projects. It uses the MediaWiki API to fetch data from Wikimedia projects and display it in a user-friendly way. It is built using Flask.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. Okawix icon
     5 likes

    Okawix lets you download the whole content of Wikipedia, with or without images, so that you can browse it offline:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Wikifur icon
     8 likes

    User-editable encyclopedia for fans of anthropomorphic animals. Over 18,000 articles on furry community and culture in twenty-one languages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  12. Panthrisk icon
     3 likes

    Panthrisk is a real-time, AI-driven platform that tracks and visualizes humanity’s most critical existential risks — including nuclear war, AI, climate change, pandemics, misinformation, and unknown threats.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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