.TH KIWIX 1 "10 July 2023"

.SH NAME
kiwix-serve \- Kiwix HTTP Server

.SH SYNOPSIS

.B kiwix-serve --library [OPTIONS] LIBRARY_FILE_PATH
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.B kiwix-serve [OPTIONS] ZIM_FILE_PATH ...

.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBkiwix-serve\fR command is used to run a stand-alone HTTP server for serving ZIM contents over the network.

.SH ARGUMENTS
.TP
\fBLIBRARY_FILE_PATH\fR
Path of an XML library file listing ZIM files to serve. To be used only with the --library option. Multiple library files can be provided as a semicolon (;) separated list.

.TP
\fBZIM_FILE_PATH ...\fR
ZIM file path(s). Multiple arguments are allowed.

.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB--library\fR
By default, kiwix-serve expects a list of ZIM files as command line arguments. Providing the --library option tells kiwix-serve that the command line argument is rather a library XML file.

.TP
\fB-i ADDR, --address=ADDR\fR
Listen only on this IP address. By default, the server listens on all available IP addresses.

.TP
\fB-p PORT, --port=PORT\fR
TCP port on which to listen for HTTP requests (default: 80).

.TP
\fB-r ROOT, --urlRootLocation=ROOT\fR
URL prefix on which the content should be made available (default: empty).

.TP
\fB-d, --daemon\fR
Detach the HTTP server daemon from the main process.

.TP
\fB-a PID, --attachToProcess=PID\fR
Exit when the process with id PID stops running.

.TP
\fB-M, --monitorLibrary\fR
Monitor the XML library file and reload it automatically when it changes.

Library reloading can be forced anytime by sending a SIGHUP signal to the
\*(lqkiwix-serve\*(rq process (this works regardless of the presence of the
\*(lq--monitorLibrary\*(rq/\*(lq-M\*(rq option).

.TP
\fB-m, --nolibrarybutton\fR
Disable the library home button in the ZIM viewer toolbar.

.TP
\fB-n, --nosearchbar\fR
Disable the search box in the ZIM viewer toolbar.

.TP
\fB-b, --blockexternal\fR
Prevent users from directly navigating to external resources via links in ZIM content.

.TP
\fB-t N, --threads=N\fR
Number of threads to run in parallel (default: 4).

.TP
\fB-s N, --searchLimit=N\fR
Maximum number of ZIM files in a fulltext multizim search (default: No limit).

.TP
\fB-z, --nodatealiases\fR
Create URL aliases for each content by removing the date embedded in the file name.

The expected format of the date in the filename is \*(lq_YYYY-MM\*(rq. For example, a ZIM file named \*(lqwikipedia_en_all_2020-08.zim\*(rq will be accessible both as \*(lqwikipedia_en_all_2020-08\*(rq and \*(lqwikipedia_en_all\*(rq.

.TP
\fB-c PATH, --customIndex=PATH\fR
Override the welcome page with a custom HTML file.

.TP
\fB-L N, --ipConnectionLimit=N\fR
Max number of (concurrent) connections per IP (default: infinite, recommended: >= 6).

.TP
\fB-k, --skipInvalid\fR
Startup even when ZIM files are invalid (those will be skipped)

.TP
\fB-v, --verbose\fR
Print debug log to STDOUT.

.TP
\fB-V, --version\fR
Print the software version.

.TP
\fB-h, --help\fR
Print a help message.

.SH EXAMPLES
Serve a single ZIM file:
.sp
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.B kiwix-serve myzim.zim
.fi

Serve multiple ZIM files:
.sp
.nf
.B kiwix-serve zim1.zim zim2.zim zim3.zim
.fi

Serve ZIM files from a library:
.sp
.nf
.B kiwix-serve --library library.xml
.fi

.SH DOCUMENTATION
Online documentation: https://kiwix-tools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/kiwix-serve.html
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Source code: https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-tools
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More info: https://wiki.kiwix.org/wiki/Kiwix-serve

.SH AUTHORS
Emmanuel Engelhart <kelson@kiwix.org>
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Vasudev Kamath <kamathvasudev@gmail.com>