loureirorg / wikirofs

A FUSE based Wikipedia filesystem

WikiroFS

Wikiro is a virtual filesystem designed to mount Wikipedia in your filesystem.

Installation

> wget "https://github.com/loureirorg/wikirofs/releases/download/0.1.6/mount.wikiro"
> mv mount.wikiro /usr/sbin
> chmod +x /usr/sbin/mount.wikiro

Installation - Gem

> sudo su
> gem install wikirofs

Usage

# mount (eg. in /mnt/test)
> mount.wikiro /mnt/test

# default wikis
> ls /mnt/test
wikipedia-ceb
wikipedia-de
wikipedia-en
wikipedia-es
...

# main articles
> ls /mnt/test/wikipedia-en
Abacus.txt
Abiogenesis.txt
Abolitionism.txt
Abortion.txt
...

# not listed wikis
> mkdir /mnt/test/wikipedia-simple
> ls /mnt/test/wikipedia-simple
Abraham_Lincoln.txt
Acceleration.txt
Acid.txt
Adam_Smith.txt
...

# view article (even if it's not listed)
> cat /mnt/test/wikipedia-en/Moon.txt
{{about |Earths natural satellite |moons in general |Natural satellite |other uses}}
{{pp-semi-protected |small=yes}}
{{pp-move-indef}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}
...

# remove a wiki from the list (it doesn't affect the real Wikipedia)
> rmdir /mnt/test/wikipedia-ceb
> ls /mnt/test
wikipedia-ceb
wikipedia-de
wikipedia-en
...

# remove article from the list (it doesn't affect the real Wikipedia)
> rm /mnt/test/wikipedia-en/Abacus.txt
> ls /mnt/test/wikipedia-en
Abiogenesis.txt
Abolitionism.txt
Abortion.txt
...

# umount
> sudo umount /mnt/test

Compiling (with rb2exe)

> sudo su
> bundle install
> rb2exe main.rb --add=. --daemon -o mount.wikiro

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/loureirorg/wikirofs.