https://github.com/nsh07/wikireader

Android app for reading Wikipedia pages distraction-free
https://github.com/nsh07/wikireader

android jetpack-compose kotlin wikipedia wikipedia-api

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Android app for reading Wikipedia pages distraction-free

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/nsh07/wikireader
• Owner: nsh07
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2024-09-30T06:27:36.000Z (3 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-12-29T04:40:13.000Z (12 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-30T17:33:34.897Z (11 days ago)
• Topics: android, jetpack-compose, kotlin, wikipedia, wikipedia-api
• Language: Kotlin
• Homepage:
• Size: 32 MB
• Stars: 139
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 7
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# WikiReader



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A lightweight Android app for reading Wikipedia articles distraction-free

Supports light mode, dark mode, Material You dynamic colors and 300+ Wikipedia languages



  





    





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## Features

- **Fast loading:** The article text is loaded before anything else, so you can get to reading,

  quick.

- **Article image:** View an image of the topic from its Wikipedia page. Click on it to enlarge it

  and view in full-screen

- **Random article:** Feeling lucky? Click the random article button to read a random article

- **Choose your language:** Choose from over 300 languages on Wikipedia

- **Save articles:** Download articles to your device for offline reading

- **One-handed use:** Use the floating action buttons at the bottom for a complete one-handed

  experience

- **Lightweight:** The app starts instantly, and works smoothly

- **Material Design 3:** Designed according to the latest Material Design 3 guidelines

- **Smooth animations:** Smooth and fluent animations

- **Customizable colors:** Choose from light/dark themes and customize the Material 3 color palette

- **Customizable font size:** Choose your own comfortable font size

- **Data saver:** Save your limited data plan by loading text only

- **Math expressions:** View properly rendered mathematical expressions for easily reading mathematical articles

## Special Thanks

- [Wikimedia Foundation](https://wikimediafoundation.org/): For providing [Wikipedia](https://wikipedia.org), the largest and most-read reference work in history, for free

- All the Wikipedia volunteers, contributors and donors

This app was made possible by the following libraries:

- [Retrofit 2](https://square.github.io/retrofit/)

- [OkHttp](https://square.github.io/okhttp/)

- [Coil](https://coil-kt.github.io/coil/)

- [MaterialKolor](https://github.com/jordond/MaterialKolor) - Library used for custom color themes

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