encyclopedia-2000
A free desktop encyclopedia for Windows, Mac, and Linux, inspired by the CD-ROM reference software of the early 2000s and powered by Wikipedia, online or offline. Public beta.
- desktop-app
- education
- electron
- encyclopedia
- nostalgia
- wikipedia
- windows
- kiwix
- linux
- macos
- offline
- Stars
- 35
- Forks
- 2
- + today
- +1
- Created
- 17d
Ranking data as of October 26, 2026 (UTC).
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Overview
A free desktop encyclopedia for Windows, Mac, and Linux, inspired by the CD-ROM reference software of the early 2000s and powered by Wikipedia, online or offline. Public beta. It ranks #2426 on GitTiger, gaining +1 star on October 26, 2026 (UTC).
The project is written in JavaScript and has 2 forks. It was created 17d ago.
Installation
git clone https://github.com/sburton0/encyclopedia-2000.git
cd encyclopedia-2000
# see README for setup