macOS
brew install libkiwixlocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für libkiwix in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
brew install libkiwixlocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo apk add libkiwixAlpine Linux edge package indexes · libkiwix · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
sudo dnf install libkiwixFedora Rawhide package metadata · libkiwix · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org
nix profile install nixpkgs#libkiwixnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/li/libkiwix/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
sudo pacman -S libkiwixArch Linux sync databases · libkiwix · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
sudo apt install libkiwix-devDebian stable package indexes · libkiwix-dev · Quelle: deb.debian.org
Überblick
Common code base for all Kiwix ports
Verlauf
libkiwix is the shared C++ core of the Kiwix software suite, which reads and serves offline web-content archives in the ZIM format. It packages the reusable pieces used across Kiwix ports for desktop, mobile, server, and related tools.
Kiwix developed around the idea that large web knowledge bases, especially Wikipedia, should be browsable without a network connection. libkiwix separated the shared application core from individual ports, giving Kiwix a library layer for ZIM integration, HTTP serving, resource compilation, internationalization, and common UI/server assets.
The repository's 0.1 tag is anchored in March 2017, with a 1.0.0 release merge in October 2017 and a 3.1.0 release merge in December 2018. The README describes the library as code shared by all Kiwix ports on Windows, GNU/Linux, macOS, Android, iOS, and other platforms.
libkiwix adoption follows Kiwix adoption: schools, offline deployments, constrained networks, and personal archives need native tools that can read ZIM files and expose them through desktop interfaces or HTTP servers. Packages in Homebrew and major Linux distributions make the shared core available without building the whole Kiwix stack by hand.
Its dependency list shows where it sits in the offline-content stack: libzim for archive access, ICU for language handling, libcurl and aria2 for network/download support, microhttpd for serving, and Meson/Ninja for modern builds.
End users usually see libkiwix through Kiwix applications rather than calling the library directly. Developers and packagers use it to build Kiwix Desktop, kiwix-tools, embedded HTTP serving, library management, resource compilation, and custom index pages for ZIM collections.
libkiwix is a good example of a project-specific shared core becoming a distribution package because downstream ports need consistent ABI, dependencies, and data-format behavior. For package managers, it connects a large offline-knowledge application family to the smaller openZIM/libzim ecosystem.
Sicherheitslage
Für libkiwix wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.
Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.
Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
kiwix-compile-i18n | cli | globales Executable | |
kiwix-compile-resources | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
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https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix
Installationsmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:libkiwix |
|---|---|
| Version | 14.2.1 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/libkiwix |
| Homepage | https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix |
| Repository | https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix#readme |
| Lizenz | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Quellarchiv | https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix/archive/refs/tags/14.2.1.tar.gz |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-06-21T00:20:16Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Abhängigkeiten | icu4c@78, libmicrohttpd, libzim, pugixml, xapian |
| Build-Abhängigkeiten | meson, ninja, pkgconf |
| Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken | curl |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Registry-Fakten
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | libkiwix |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
libkiwix-dev 14.0.0-1.1+b1
library of common code for Kiwix (development)
https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix
sudo apt install libkiwix-devlibkiwix14 14.0.0-1.1+b1
library of common code for Kiwix
https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix
sudo apt install libkiwix14libkiwix
nix profile install nixpkgs#libkiwixlibkiwix-dev 12.1.1-1.1build2
library of common code for Kiwix (development)
https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix
sudo apt install libkiwix-devlibkiwix12t64 12.1.1-1.1build2
library of common code for Kiwix
https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix
sudo apt install libkiwix12t64libkiwix 14.2.0-r1
Common code base for all Kiwix ports
https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix
sudo apk add libkiwixlibkiwix-dev 14.2.0-r1
Common code base for all Kiwix ports (development files)
https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix
sudo apk add libkiwix-devlibkiwix-doc 14.2.0-r1
Common code base for all Kiwix ports (documentation)
https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix
sudo apk add libkiwix-doclibkiwix 14.2.1-2.fc45
Common code base for all Kiwix ports
https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix
sudo dnf install libkiwixlibkiwix-devel 14.2.1-2.fc45
Development files for libkiwix
https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix
sudo dnf install libkiwix-devellibkiwix 14.2.1-1
Library providing the Kiwix software core
https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix
sudo pacman -S libkiwixQuellspur
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