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As such, being able to access an offline version of Hitchwiki provides a viable source of information in case one is stranded somewhere without network. To do so, multiple options would be available to the tech literate user, but the common traveller armed with his sole Android smartphone will have to stick to the basics. One can use [[Hitchwiki:Database_dumps|Hitchwiki's daily database dumps]] to develop an app that would update automatically. ==Software== ===Aard 2===Android, Linux, Window, macOS [http://aarddict.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). All .slob files stored on your phone are loaded into the app so you can search and browser several dictionaries at once. 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].# Download the .slob file directly on your phone, or copy it from your computer. You can put it on a SD card for space.# Press the refresh button in Aard 2. It can take a little bit of time.</li># You can then search for terms (like a town or a highway), and, while you're there, you can add Hitchwiki's "Main Page" to your favorites so you know where it is (homepages are a function Aard 2 lacks).# You're good to go, have a nice time hitchhiking with (kinda) up to date directions. ====How to (Linux, Windows, macOS,...)==== [https://github.com/itkach/aard2-web Aard for web] is 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 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 browser 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 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. ===Other software or dictionaries=== ====Hitchspots.me for getting Hitchwiki spots as a KML bookmarks file==== [[User:RedFox| RedFox]] made [https://www.hitchspots.me hitchspots.me] to download Hitchwiki spots mapped on [https://hitchmap.com hitchmap.com] for a selected country or along a certain route as a .kml file, which can be imported as bookmarks into [https://organicmaps.app/ Organic Maps] or [https://maps.me/download Maps.me]. ====DICTformat====[[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-apt install dictd
and copy this file into /usr/share/dictd