kiwix-serve
HTTP daemon for serving wikis from ZIM files.
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Still maintained? Yes: 25 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 3.8.2 (Mar 2026).
Comparisons in Document Management - E-books: Goodreads alternatives, Kindle alternatives, Audible alternatives.
At a glance
kiwix-serve quick facts
- Health score
- 73/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 975
- Last commit
- 12 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 3.8.2, Mar 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "The Kiwix tools is a collection of Kiwix related command line tools: kiwix-manage: Manage XML based library of ZIM files kiwix-search: Full text search in ZIM files * kiwix-serve: HTTP daemon serving ZIM files."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
kiwix-serve scores 73/100, #13 of 16 in Document Management - E-books: 25 commits in the last 90 days earn 29.2 of 35 points, the latest release (3.8.2, 8 months ago) earns 22.1 of 25, 975 stars add 12.0 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 29.2 / 35
25 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 22.1 / 25
3.8.2 released 8 months ago
- Stars 12.0 / 20
975 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 25
- Last 90 days
- 50
- Last 12 months
- 12 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #13 of 16 tools in Document Management - E-books by health , between Stump (#12) and Inkheart (#14) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | C++ |
| Latest release | 3.8.2 · 8 months ago |
| Stars | 975 |
| Open issues | 45 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | kiwix/kiwix-tools ↗ |
kiwix-serve vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with kiwix-serve (Document Management - E-books), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audiobookshelf | 97 | 15k | GPL-3.0 | 7 days ago |
| Kavita | 96 | 12k | GPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Calibre Web Automated | 95 | 6.5k | GPL-3.0 | 21 days ago |
| Komga | 95 | 6.8k | MIT | today |
| Kapowarr | 92 | 1.1k | GPL-3.0 | 3 days ago |
| kiwix-serve (this tool) | 73 | 975 | GPL-3.0 | 12 days ago |
kiwix-serve: common questions
Is kiwix-serve still maintained?
kiwix-serve had 25 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 12 days ago; the latest tagged release, 3.8.2, is from 8 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.