Wikiwand - knowledge, with context

AI-driven wiki aggregator created to enhance user experience on Wikipedia by streamlining knowledge consumption

Wikiwand - Enhance Your Wikipedia Experience

Wikiwand - knowledge, with context is an award-winning Firefox add-on that optimizes Wikipedia's content by replacing standard links with a user-friendly interface. It leverages AI to help users quickly digest key points and related topics, featuring a clean layout, timelines, and enhanced media. Enjoy an immersive reading experience while maintaining access to the original articles on Wikipedia.
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By: Wikiwand
Users: 16,359
-564
Rating: 4.06
(617)
0.05
Version: 10.0.1 (Last updated: 2024-08-28)
Creation date: 2013-10-02
Weekly download count: 107
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • webNavigation
  • menus
Size: 17.20K

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# 576 ▼ 4
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Wikiwand - Wikipedia, and beyond (v10.0.9)
4.74 (7,939) 300,000
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4.41 (693,028) 65,101,452
Wikiwand - Wikipedia, and beyond (v10.0.8)
5.00 (4) 2,178
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As featured on TechCrunch, Lifehacker, Gizmodo, Fast Company and The Next Web:

Wikiwand is an award-winning interface that optimizes Wikipedia's amazing content for a quicker and significantly improved reading experience!

The extension simply replaces each Wikipedia, Wiktionary and Wikiquote link with a link to the same article on Wikiwand.

By leveraging cutting-edge AI technologies, Wikiwand helps users quickly grasp key points and related topics without the need to sift through lengthy articles.

► New clean layout for optimal readability ► Chat, top questions and timelines for every article ► Great modern typography options ► Convenient fixed table-of-contents ► Map for locations ► Quality score for every article ► Quick preview when hovering over links

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
    Cons
    • Introduction of ads
    • Forced AI features
    • Requires sign-in for certain functions
    • Limited functionality compared to previous versions
    • User data collection
    Most mentioned
    • Used to be great
    • Now full of ads and AI features
    • Users prefer the default Wikipedia experience
    • Transition from a useful tool to a commercial product
    User reviews
    Too much ads and AI-slop
    by Firefox user 14961228, 2024-12-24
    So, I wrote a negative review yesterday (which I've now deleted), but it appears that the Wikiwand add-on was updated yesterday and it's now working again. Yay! The AI Tools block on the right can be minimised and an ad blocker takes care of ads, but I may just upgrade to a paid version anyway since I use Wikipedia a lot and WIkiwand (pro) is very reasonably priced and supports the existing and ongoing development efforts of a great add-on. FWIW, I think it's worth it to get a much better reading experience than ordinary Wikipedia for frequent users.
    by OzMerry, 2024-12-24
    Used to be great with beautiful styles. When the AI stuff rolled out, I felt like it was bad taste but stuck with it. Then came the ads, on top of hard work by volunteers editing wikipedia. I guess we do live in a capitalist society with insatiable corporate greed, but the least I could do is to stop using this expired plugin. Oh and also, no, some lines of CSS is not worth $5 a month.
    by Richard Yan, 2024-12-23
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    Add-on safety

    Risk impact

    Wikiwand - knowledge, with context requires very minimum permissions.

    Risk likelihood

    Wikiwand - knowledge, with context has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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