If you’ve ever wanted a social media feed that’s a bit more educational but acts just like X or Threads, that dream is now a reality thanks to Xikipedia.
In this day and age, it seems like everyone is glued to their phones keeping up to date with this wild, wacky world. But if you’ve ever needed a bit of an escape, Xikipedia might be for you.
On February 1, developer Lyra Rebane unveiled Xikipedia, a web app that takes Wikipedia articles and displays them into a feed similar to something you’d see on X, Bluesky, Facebook, and other social media platforms.
The best part? You don’t need to sign up. You can access it almost right away when you first load the site and select some interests to give the algorithm an idea of what types of content you want to see like video games and music. Or, you can add your own.
“It downloads everything in the beginning so that it can be processed locally and privately – you can disconnect from the internet after the page has loaded and the only thing that won’t work is the images,” Rebane explained.
New web app turns Wikipedia into a social media feed
The web app pulls articles directly from Simple Wikipedia and surfaces them using a lightweight recommendation system. According to the site, it’s designed to show how even a basic, non-machine learning algorithm can quickly adapt to what you click and serve similar content, all without relying on other users’ data.
Everything runs locally in your browser, with no tracking or storage, and your activity resets as soon as you refresh or close the page.
You can sort content by category and like short summary posts. Each like trains the feed to surface more related topics, including broader and connected entries. Tap any post to jump straight to the complete article.
Rebane explained that the algorithm works by assigning scores based on how users interact with the content. Liking a post gives it 50, clicking an article is 75 and clicking an image awards it a score of 100. Scrolling past a post, however, causes it to lose 5 points.
It may not end up being the next big social media platform, but if you ever wanted a new way to find out random information, or if you ever plan on going on Jeopardy, you may want to give Xikipedia a shot.
