Hola,

Wow wonderful tool. I will test it. Thanks for this Christmas gift.


On Tue., Dec. 22, 2020, 5:26 a.m. Stephane Coillet-Matillon <
steph...@kiwix.org> wrote:

> Hola,
>
> Since I’m bearded and moderately overweight let me be the one to bring the
> first present for the holiday season and introduce *Zimit*, a pretty cool
> new tool that allows people to produce their own Zim files. Yes, you read
> that correctly.
>
> * If you are the type that cannot wait to unwrap presents, you will find
> it at https://youzim.it <https://www.youzim.it>
>
> * For everyone else:
> The interface is pretty minimalist, and that’s part of the message:
> 1. Insert target URL
> 2. Insert email address so we can tell you when your zim is ready
> 3. Download zim file
>
> There is a limit at 1,000 items for each zim because (a) we don’t want to
> DDoS unsuspecting websites with requests; and (ii) also would not be able
> to afford the bill If it becomes as popular as we think it will be (we need
> to find an acceptable business model and pricing structure: any advice
> welcome). But since this is free software, you can obviously cut the
> middleman by copying, studying, modifying and redistributing the code that
> can be found here: https://github.com/openzim/zimit
>
> Because this relies on newly-implemented service workers, these new zim
> files will only work on Kiwix-android and Kiwix-serve at the moment, but
> this will obviously expand to other platforms in 2021.
>
> This project was entirely funded by a Mozilla Open Source Support Award,
> thanks to them!
>
> Cheers,
> Stephane
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