Offline MCP access to ZIM knowledge archives — Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Stack Exchange, Kiwix.
Connect Openzim to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. Offline MCP access to ZIM knowledge archives — Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Stack Exchange, Kiwix. The openzim mcp server is what makes that connection.
Transform static ZIM archives into dynamic knowledge engines for AI models
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
Per — entry MCP resources + subscriptions** — zim://{name}/entry/{path} with native MIME types; clients subscribe and receiveSimple — mode zim_query** — one natural-language tool that dispatches to the right operation, tuned for small-model deployment targets. [Quick startArchive — type presets** — OpenZIM MCP detects the archive type (Wikipedia, Stack Exchange, and more) and auto-tunes retrieval and summarization for it — e.gGroup — PagesConfiguration is passed through the environment: OPENZIM_MCP_HOST, OPENZIM_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN, OPENZIM_MCP_PRESETS_OVERRIDE_PATH. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at @smithery/cli on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
This sits in the cloud and infrastructure group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Openzim's toolset — Per, Simple, Archive and 1 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by cameronrye; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against Openzim's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Per | entry MCP resources + subscriptions** — zim://{name}/entry/{path} with native MIME types; clients subscribe and receive notifications/resources/updated when archives change. [Resources, prompts & subscriptions →](https:/ |
| Simple | mode zim_query** — one natural-language tool that dispatches to the right operation, tuned for small-model deployment targets. [Quick start →](https://cameronrye.github.io/openzim-mcp/docs/quick-start/) |
| Archive | type presets** — OpenZIM MCP detects the archive type (Wikipedia, Stack Exchange, and more) and auto-tunes retrieval and summarization for it — e.g. Stack Exchange dumps render as clean Q&A instead of vote-score noise. O |
| Group | Pages |
{
"mcpServers": {
"openzim": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@smithery/cli"],
"env": {
"OPENZIM_MCP_HOST": "your-value",
"OPENZIM_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN": "your-value",
"OPENZIM_MCP_PRESETS_OVERRIDE_PATH": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| OPENZIM_MCP_HOST | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Optional |
| OPENZIM_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| OPENZIM_MCP_PRESETS_OVERRIDE_PATH | Filesystem location the server is allowed to use. | Optional |
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