Hello
This last few months we have published important new versions of Kiwix
Desktop (rich ZIM reader for Windows & GNU/Linux), Kiwix Tools (with
HTTP daemon Kiwix Serve) and the underlying Libkiwix (for all Kiwix ports).
This has been a really long time since we talked here about our Kiwix
flagship softwares. Actually, these releases are the result of almost 18
months of work. We are not proud to take so long to make new releases
but the resources are tight and major changes have been done which
needed a high level of coordination and a long standing effort.
We finally have released:
* Kiwix Desktop 2.1 & 2.2 (93 tickets closed)
* Kiwix Tools 3.2 (21 tickets closed)
* Libkiwix 10 (123 tickets closed)
In a Nutshell here are the main improvements:
* Support of new libzim7 API and ZIM format
* Numerous improvements and bug fixes around fulltext search and suggestions
* Major improvements in the library mgmt
* Many UI design improvements in Kiwix Desktop
* Few fixes around GNU/Linux appimage version of Kiwix Desktop
* Revamp the welcome page in Kiwix Serve and allow filtering
* Strong development of the OPDS API in Kiwix Serve
* Lots of smaller bug fixes and new features
* ... You can go to
https://code.kiwix.org to get the complete
changelogs and for more details.
Go to
https://kiwix.org to download latest versions of Kiwix!
In the next 18 months, more releases of these pieces will be done. 2020
and 2021 have been busy with core improvements and this is now over (at
least for a bit ;). We are quite happy with our low-level libraries. We
will - from now - focus more on the UX around books in Kiwix, in
particular around the local/online library (something we would already
have done in 2021 but we have been too short on time).
I want to emphasize that this part of our work would not be possible
without the strong commitment of the WMF. The WMF, with his financing,
secures a baseline maintenance of the core software pieces in openZIM
and Kiwix. For the rest, we rely on the time & talent of C++ volunteer
developers.
Happy WE!
Kelson
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