Wikimedia Downloads

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The following kinds of downloads are available:

Database backup dumps (current page)
A complete copy of all Wikimedia wikis, in the form of wikitext source and metadata embedded in XML. A number of raw database tables in SQL form are also available.
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Static HTML dumps
A copy of all pages from all Wikipedia wikis, in HTML form.
DVD distributions
Available for some Wikipedia editions.
Image tarballs
There are currently no image dumps available.

Legal

App Guidelines
Guidelines for developers on how to properly reuse Wikimedia data, trademarks, and content.
Copyright licensing
Copyright licensing information for these dumps.
Privacy
The privacy policy for Wikimedia Foundation websites.
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