Four of the five Wikipedia packages pointed at 2025-12 builds that openZIM
has since rolled forward and deleted. Every one returns 404:
Quick Reference wikipedia_en_top_mini_2025-12 404
Popular Articles wikipedia_en_top_nopic_2025-12 404
Complete Wikipedia (Compact) wikipedia_en_all_mini_2025-12 404
Complete Wikipedia (No Images) wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-12 404
Only Complete Wikipedia (Full) still resolved, and at 124 GB that's the
option almost nobody picks. So in practice a user choosing any sensible
Wikipedia size during Easy Setup got a failed download.
Repointed all four at the current 2026-06 builds and corrected every
size_mb from the measured Content-Length. The old figures were estimates
and had drifted by up to 8%.
Sizes are decimal MB, consistent with kiwix-categories.json.
Refs #1171
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The category was 10.8 GB of which 89% was YouTube channel archives. Nothing
in Essential or Standard could be read without watching a video, which is
the wrong shape for the situations this content is for: low power, low
bandwidth, or just looking something up quickly.
Fixes a live 404. canadian_prepper_preppingfood_en_2025-09.zim no longer
exists upstream, so anyone installing the Comprehensive tier today hits a
broken download (#1171). openZIM renamed it, and because resource_id is
derived from the on-disk filename by parseZimFilename(), the id has to
change with it or the installed file would never match its catalog entry.
Adds 5 GB of searchable text across the three tiers:
Essential water treatment, food preparation, knots (144 MB total)
Standard Ready.gov, outdoors Q&A, amateur radio Q&A
Comprehensive post-disaster library, Hundred Rabbits
Amateur radio in particular filled a gap: communications is a core
preparedness topic and the category had nothing on it.
Text share goes from 11% to 36%. Essential grows by 144 MB, which is 6%,
and stops being video-only.
Deliberately not included: gardening.stackexchange and Gutenberg Agriculture
are already curated under Agriculture & Food, and survivorlibrary.com is the
single most on-mission corpus in the Kiwix library but is 252 GB.
All URLs verified with range requests; all ids verified to match their
filename base.
Refs #1171, #1149
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
CD3WD is a compilation of appropriate-technology and development
literature: food production and storage, water and sanitation,
construction, health, and village-scale manufacturing without
industrial supply chains. Requested in #1149.
The survival category was until now almost entirely YouTube channel
archives, with Project Gutenberg military science as the only text
reference. CD3WD adds a substantial practical reference at 581 MB,
which is the smallest resource in the category by a wide margin.
Verified live: HTTP 206 on a range request, 581,165,229 bytes.
Refs #1149
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Adds the Modern Rogue pack (Brian Brushwood) to the Creator Packs catalog.
37 videos, 5177 MB. ZIM (modern-rogue_2026-07.zim) is uploaded to R2 and
verified serveable via the entitlement Worker.
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The 2024-01 all_maxi ZIM was removed from Kiwix mirrors, causing
silent 404 failures for users selecting "Complete Wikipedia (Full)".
Updated to 2026-02 release (115 GB).
Closes#216
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The East North Central region had a single "indianamichigan" entry pointing
to a pmtiles file that doesn't exist. Indiana and Michigan are separate
files in the maps repo.
Closes#350
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Kiwix skipped the January 2026 build of devdocs_en_react — the
2026-01 URL returns 404. Updated to 2026-02 which exists.
Closes#269
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add Project Gutenberg books from the Library of Congress Classification
to relevant curated collection categories:
- Agriculture Comprehensive: Gutenberg Agriculture (LCC-S, 4.3 GB) —
classic texts on farming, animal husbandry, and food preservation
- Survival Comprehensive: Gutenberg Military Science (LCC-U, 1.2 GB) —
classic military strategy, tactics, and field manuals
Remove broken gutenberg_en_education entry from Education Standard tier.
The URL returned 404 — Kiwix only publishes LCC-coded Gutenberg ZIMs,
not topic-named ones. The pre-1928 educational philosophy texts were
also not practical enough for NOMAD's audience.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Kiwix renamed devdocs files from `devdocs.io_en_*` to `devdocs_en_*`.
The old URLs returned 404, causing all Computing & Technology downloads
to silently fail during Easy Setup. Affects 9 resources across all 3
tiers (Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Node.js, React, Git, Docker,
Linux/Bash docs).
Relates to #127
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Adds a standalone Wikipedia selection section that appears prominently in both
the Easy Setup Wizard and Content Explorer. Features include:
- Six Wikipedia package options ranging from Quick Reference (313MB) to Complete
Wikipedia with Full Media (99.6GB)
- Card-based radio selection UI with clear size indicators
- Smart replacement: downloads new package before deleting old one
- Status tracking: shows Installed, Selected, or Downloading badges
- "No Wikipedia" option for users who want to skip or remove Wikipedia
Technical changes:
- New wikipedia_selections database table and model
- New /api/zim/wikipedia and /api/zim/wikipedia/select endpoints
- WikipediaSelector component with consistent styling
- Integration with existing download queue system
- Callback updates status to 'installed' on successful download
- Wikipedia removed from tiered category system to avoid duplication
UI improvements:
- Added section dividers and icons (AI Models, Wikipedia, Additional Content)
- Consistent spacing between major sections in Easy Setup Wizard
- Content Explorer gets matching Wikipedia section with submit button
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Add 3 new curated categories: DIY & Repair, Agriculture & Food, Computing & Technology
- Reorganize content logically (moved DIY/food content from Survival to appropriate new categories)
- Update tier selection modal to show only each tier's own resources
- Add "(plus everything in X)" text for inherited tier content
- Reduces visual redundancy and makes tiers easier to compare
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Tracks potential Kiwix categories to add to the tiered collections
system, organized by priority level.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Essential (~5 GB):
- Wikipedia Top 45k articles (no images)
- Wikibooks (no images)
Standard (~19 GB, includes Essential):
- TED-Ed educational videos
- Wikiversity tutorials
- LibreTexts STEM (Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology)
- Project Gutenberg Education
Comprehensive (~59 GB, includes Standard):
- Full Wikipedia (6M+ articles, no images)
- Wikibooks with images
- TED Conference talks
- LibreTexts Humanities, Engineering, Geosciences, Business
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Add kiwix-categories.json with Medicine category and 3 tiers
- Create CategoryCard component for displaying category cards
- Create TierSelectionModal for tier selection UI
- Integrate categories into Easy Setup wizard (Step 3)
- Add TypeScript types for categories and tiers
- Fallback to legacy flat collections if categories unavailable
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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