ZeroWiki

This extension makes your browser load Wikipedia content from one of the available Wikipedia mirrors, instead of wikipedia.org.

What is ZeroWiki?

ZeroWiki is a Chrome extension designed to redirect your access from Wikipedia.org to one of the many available mirror sites. Ideal for situations when access to Wikipedia is restricted, ZeroWiki eliminates the need for dealing with VPNs or DNS settings. It intercepts and reroutes your request to a mirror of your choice. Please note, the privacy and navigation experience is dependent on the chosen mirror sites. ZeroWiki is an independent project not affiliated with any mirror services.

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By: Halil İbrahim Kayım

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Users: 3,000+

Rating: 4.90 (97)

Version: 0.3.0 (Last updated: 2019-02-12)

Creation date: 2019-02-12

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

*://*.wikipedia.org/*
webRequest
webRequestBlocking
storage

Size: 39.32K

Email: ha*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 17189 ▼ 52

Other rankings

#3897 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 8 #137 in wikipedia keyword 21 ▼ 2 #273 in wiki keyword 14 ▼ 3

Other platforms

ZeroWiki (v0.3.1resigned1)

4.48

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Extension summary

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ZeroWiki intercepts any request to wikipedia.org and fetches content from a Wikipedia mirror of your choice. It is especially useful for when you can't access Wikipedia for any reason and you don't want to deal with any VPN's or DNS settings.

Please note that most of the mirrors available in ZeroWiki are owned by people and not companies (except for Wikiwand). If you do not trust any of these mirrors, then I suggest you not use this extension. Also, I suggest you not enter any private information (username, password etc.) on any of the pages fetched from any of these mirrors as they most probably do not have any privacy policies (again, except for Wikiwand).

Any inconveniences regarding navigation between pages or in-page anchors are caused by the mirrors themselves, since ZeroWiki does not take any action once Wikipedia content is loaded.

ZeroWiki is an independent project and is not affiliated with any of the available mirrors, including 0wikipedia and wikizero.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Lightweight compared to WikiWand (20mb vs 150-200mb)
Functions as advertised and is simple to use
Works well with other languages and mobile views
Only requests permission for Wikipedia sites, not all sites

Cons

Edit mode does not work properly
Redirects to Wikipedia when trying to edit a page

Most mentioned

Much better than WikiWand
Simple and functional
Great performance with lightweight memory usage

Recent reviews

Much better than WikiWand extension.

Vladislav, 2021-11-30

20mb of memory in ZeroWiki vs 150-200mb of WikiWand. The functionality is the same. The choice is obvious.

Vlad V, 2021-08-24

Nice to have: Don't redirect / Direct back to wikipedia.org when you want to edit a page / when viewing a page in edit mode. The edit mode is not working properly i.e. in Wikiwand.