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Papers Offline

This multi-source scraper downloads content from Project Gutenberg, the Open Textbook Library, Wikisource, USAID DEC Archive, Bibliothèque numérique romande and Littérature jeunesse libre and packages it into a ZIM file, a clean and user-friendly format for storing content for offline usage.

The ZIM file includes a modern, responsive Vue.js interface with features like:

  • Browse books by title, author, or source-specific categories such as Library of Congress Classification (LCC) shelves or Open Textbook Library subjects
  • Advanced filtering by language, format, and more
  • Built-in EPUB and PDF readers
  • Full-text search across all content
  • Multilingual support with automatic language detection
  • Responsive design that works on desktop and mobile devices
  • No-JavaScript fallback for maximum compatibility

[!NOTE] This scraper used to live at https://github.com/openzim/gutenberg ; it has been renamed in Sept 2026

Getting Started

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