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Developer(s) | Mathieu Blondel |
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Initial release | 11 June 2006 |
Stable release | 0.4
/ 2 August 2010 |
Preview release | |
Repository | |
Written in | Python |
Operating system | Mac OS X, Linux, FreeBSD |
Type | Filesystem |
License | GNU GPL |
Website | wikipediafs |
WikipediaFS is a virtual filesystem which allows users to view and edit the articles of any MediaWiki-based site as if they were real files on a local disk drive. This enables a user to edit articles directly with any text editor.[2] WikipediaFS is developed primarily by Mathieu Blondel on SourceForge.net.[3]
WikipediaFS is implemented in Python and uses the FUSE kernel module. The file system works by lazily downloading and uploading article sourcetexts — only sending HTTP requests to the selected site when a file is accessed. (Reading a file corresponds to a GET HTTP request, writing to a POST HTTP request.)