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Products that do what Shiki – Access Wikipedia in your terminal does

1ET
Easy to use Wikipedia API for Python▲218
2013 · github.com
2
Cwiki▲130
A Command line interface for searching Wikipedia!
2017
3
Qikipedia▲107
Instant Wikipedia summary cards on any web page
2018
4WC
Wiki – Command-line tool to fetch summaries from Wikipedia▲35
2015 · github.com
5PA
Piki, a fresh take on the wiki▲27
2012 · piki.heroku.com
6
Founch▲95
A new way to explore the web (an advanced Wikipedia)
2015
7SG
Search Google, GitHub, Stack Overflow, other sites from the terminal▲73
2016 · github.com
8RT
Real-time Wiki▲76
2013 · document.ly
9TT
Torchpad – The simplest way to make a wiki▲28
2014 · torchpad.com
101S
100K sentences mined from Wikipedia to help non-native English learners▲225
2017 · buildmyvocab.in
11MM
Miki: Makefile Wiki, Minimal makefile-based personal wiki▲62
2017 · github.com
12
Kiwix▲94
Download all of Wikipedia to your iOS device. For free.
2015
13TR
The Reader View of Wikipedia▲50
2018 · thereaderwiki.com
14MD
Miki Desktop for Mac, an offline wiki for macOS▲7
2021 · miki.mimix.io
15
Torchpad▲79
The simplest way to make a wiki (also mobile/responsive)
2014
16WC
Wiki – Command line Wikipedia summaries▲7
2015 · github.com
17RW
Run Wikipedia from a Raspberry Pi▲13
2015 · akhenakh.github.io
18SF
Search for BibTeX references from your terminal▲40
2017 · github.com
19AW
A Wiki written in 80 lines of JavaScript▲79
2011 · wiki.pageforest.com
20WT
WikiScroll (TikTok-Style Wikipedia)▲7
2025 · wiki-scroll-blush.vercel.app
21TI
Temple.io – Read, annotate, and search popular religious texts▲34
2015 · temple.io
22
Wiki Hover▲85
Instant Wikipedia tooltips on any webpage
2025
23UW
Using Wikipedia as a dictionary▲8
2015 · wikitranslateitfor.me
24LT
LocalWiki, the open platform for local knowledge▲83
2015 · localwiki.org

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