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Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB)
Welcome to the GitHub repository for Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB). IIAB is a small and inexpensive device which provides essential Internet resources (Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Khan Academy and others) usable even when offline!
Create the digital library needed by your school, your medical clinic, your region and/or your very own family — accessible with any nearby smartphone, tablet or laptop.
Internet-in-a-Box provides you the tools to DIY (download and customize) a local content hotspot or server, using the Internet's crown jewels and the very best of the World’s Free Knowledge.
Schools can also choose among 30 powerful educational apps for teachers and students, optionally with a complete LMS (learning management system).
FYI this community product is enabled by professional volunteers working side-by-side with schools, clinics and libraries around the world. Thank you for being a part of our grassroots technology movement!
Installation
Install Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) from http://download.iiab.io
Please see http://FAQ.IIAB.IO which has 40+ questions and answers to help you along the way, as you put together the "learning hotspot" most suitable for your own community.
The Installation wiki page has more intricate details e.g. if you're trying to install Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) on a different platform that has not yet been tried.
Then you add content, which can of course take time when downloading multi-gigabyte Content Packs!
Finally, you can customize your Internet-in-a-Box home page (typically http://box or http://box.lan) using our drag-and-drop Admin Console (http://box/admin) — to arrange Content Packs and IIAB Apps (services) for your local community's needs.
Built with Ansible
FYI we use Ansible as the underlying technology to install, deploy, configure and manage the various software components.
Contributing
We greatly welcome contributions from educators, librarians and IT/UX/QA people of all kinds!
Please see "How can I help?" at: http://FAQ.IIAB.IO
Check out our Contributors Guide to learn more about contributing directly to Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) software and its open community architecture for education.
Thank you for helping us enable offline access to the Internet's open knowledge jewels, as well as "Sneakernet-of-Alexandria" distribution of local/indigenous content, when mass media channels do not serve grassroots voices.
Versions
Pre-releases of Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) undergo continuous QA / continuous deployment and are strongly recommended.
Install our latest pre-release using the 1-line installer at: http://download.iiab.io
You can also consider the official releases at: github.com/iiab/iiab/releases
Finally, older versions are here: github.com/xsce, schoolserver.org