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==Offline Hitchwiki on Android==
See lower for complete instructions.
Install [http://aarddict.org/ Aard 2], and download the Hitchwiki offline file for it [https://mashi.neocities.org/hitchwiki.html#Download here]. Refresh dictionaries. You can now search terms like a town or a road to find the corresponding Hitchwiki page all while offline!
==Android==
Another solutionAndroid, is [http://aarddict.org/ Aard 2]Linux, a simple FOSS app for which you can download .slob filesWindow, dictionaries in its own data storage format that is just as efficient as ZIM (the file format used by Kiwix, from which it was forked). Aard 2 is fast, you can search on multiple dictionaries at the same time, and it doesn't crash. You can store .slob files everywhere, so it's easy to copy on a computer.macOS
Hitchwiki is available as a .slob file [httpshttp://mashi.neocitiesaarddict.org/Aard 2] is a simple free and open source app that works with ".slob" files. Dictionary files are available for several Wikis, dictionaries and more. The size of a .slob file can range from just a few MB (hitchwiki) to several GB (wikipedia).html#Download here]All .slob files stored on your phone are loaded into the app so you can search and browser several dictionaries at once.
==iPhone==
Currently====How to (Linux, Windows, macOS, there ...)==== [https://github.com/itkach/aard2-web Aard for web] is sadly no known option a Java app for browsing .slob files via internet-browser. It should work on every system that can run Java. ===Kiwix===Android, iOS, Linux, Windows, macOS [https://www.kiwix.org/en/ Kiwix] is funded by Wikimedia Switzerland. While Kiwix is a good project with plenty of content, it suffers a somewhat slow interface, and crashes irregularly. It's also pretty complicated to read build files from a website for it. Dictionary files (.zim) including the latest for Hitchwiki can be downloaded [https://wiki.kiwix.org/wiki/Content_in_all_languages here]. ===HTTrack===create: Linux, Android, Windows; view: all(Browser) "[http://httrack.com HTTrack] is a free (GPL, libre/free software) and easy-to-use offline on an iPhonebrowser utility." The software can download a whole website so it can be used for offline browsing. HTTrack is available for Linux, Android, Windows. The downloaded html files can be opened with every device that has as internet-browser. ===My Hitchhiking Spots===Android
==Other platforms==
[[User:RedFox| RedFox]] made [http://www.hitchspots====Hitchspots.me hitchspots.me] to download for getting Hitchwiki spots along as a certain route into [https://maps.me/download MAPS.me] as KML bookmarks.file====
===Linux, Android or Windows with HTTrack==="[http[User:RedFox| RedFox]] made [https://www.hitchspots.me hitchspots.me] to download Hitchwiki spots mapped on [https://httrackhitchmap.com hitchmap.com HTTrack] is for a selected country or along a free (GPLcertain route as a .kml file, librewhich can be imported as bookmarks into [https://free software) and easy-to-use offline browser utilityorganicmaps.app/ Organic Maps] or [https://maps.me/download Maps.me]."
===Paper===
Hitchspots.me section update
==Introduction==
One can use [[Hitchwiki:Database_dumps|Hitchwiki's daily database dumps]] to develop an app that would update automatically.
===Kiwix=Software==There are multiple ways to download wikis made with MediaWiki (the Wikipedia engine used by Hitchwiki) and read them on a smartphone, the probably most popular one is [https://www.kiwix.org/en/ Kiwix], funded by Wikimedia Switzerland. While Kiwix is a good project with plenty of content, it suffers a somewhat slow interface, and crashes irregularly. It's also pretty complicated to build files from a website for it. Since an app like this one should be plenty reliable in case you're stranded somewhere, there is no version of Hitchwiki available for download on Kiwix.
===Aard 2===
The latest Hitchwiki can be found [https://mashi.neocities.org/aard.html#Download here]. Other dictionary files can be found [https://github.com/itkach/slob/wiki/Dictionaries here]. ====How to(Android)====
# Install Aard 2 from [https://f-droid.org/en/packages/itkach.aard2 F-Droid], [https://github.com/itkach/aard2-android/releases Github] or [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=itkach.aard2&hl=en_US&gl=US Google Play].
# You're good to go, have a nice time hitchhiking with (kinda) up to date directions.
Some Hitchwiki users developed [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.myhitchhikingspots My Hitchhiking Spots] for browsing Hitchwiki online. It claims it can download spots from the map, but [[User:Swaden|Swaden]] got their deleted after the app restarted.
===Hitchspots.me for conversion to MAPS.me bookmarks (.gpx file)Other software or dictionaries===
====DICT format====
[[User:Guaka|Guaka]] converted the Hitchwiki database dump into the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DICT dict format].
If your OS is Debianic you can try to apt-get install dictd
[[User:Guaka|Guaka]] was using this on his Nokia 770, in order to access Hitchwiki info while on the road!
====Nokia N900 (if you still have one)====
[http://hitchwiki.org/en/High-tech_hitchhiking#Nokia_N900_offline_Hitchwiki_navigator Nokia N900 offline Hitchwiki spot navigator]
====Aard Dictionary (first version, outdated)====
'''[http://aarddict.org/ Aarddict]''' is a convenient tool to access tons of dictionaries and other sources while offline. It's free software available under the GNU General Public License, and there are versions for Ubuntu, Mac OS X, Windows, Android.
Aarddict uses Aard files (<tt>.aar</tt>). There is a [http://aarddict.org/aardtools/doc/aardtools.html tutorial (for Ubuntu) how to convert the database-dumps into an .aar file]. You have to edit the file "fetchsiteinfo.py": "...//%s/'''w/'''api.php..." -> "...//%s/api.php...", otherwise you will get an error with the .json file.
If you're interested: [https://wiki.magmaglab.lab.shspace/wiki/Geekend/Hitchwiki The automated script for the convertion and aditional info (in German)]
[[Zac]] had an idea to make a [[Hitchhiking Zine|print zine hitchhiking guide]]. One could take the task to edit each country into a guide, though we can consider this idea too complex for the reward.
