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Re:The Overflow Offline Project – Stack Overflow Blog by orblivion on Thursday October 20, 2022 @01:01PM (#33277551)
So this is a desktop app, but it uses the server as part of it? The normal Kiwix desktop client doesn't do that right?

I'll throw in my own shameless plug: Self-host your Stack Overflow, Wikipedia etc on Sandstorm: https://apps.sandstorm.io/app/5uh349d0kky2zp5whrh2znahn27gwh... Obviously uses kiwix-serve as well. 3 years old, I need to make a better clip for updating it.

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Re:The Overflow Offline Project – Stack Overflow Blog by mkathuri on Thursday October 20, 2022 @11:03PM (#33283978)
I originally built this because Kiwix desktop didn't work with TED videos for me. Kiwix-serve works nicely always, plus I wanted to learn SwiftUI.
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Re:The Overflow Offline Project – Stack Overflow Blog by pbronez on Friday October 21, 2022 @11:07AM (#33288787)
How alive is Sandstorm these days? I loved the concept and was sad when the company died.
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Re:The Overflow Offline Project – Stack Overflow Blog by orblivion on Friday October 21, 2022 @07:05PM (#33293901)
A rather small number of people are working on it, but it's chugging along. Kenton has the keys still so he does basic vital things. A few new apps are in the pipeline. I'm still rather interested, and am developing another app that I expect to get a lot of attention when it's done.

There's a fund:

https://opencollective.com/sandstormcommunity

The bigger it gets, the more time can be diverted toward it. I was recently paid to upgrade the Etherpad app. But in theory it could go toward core development (which wouldn't be me).

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