Wiki Fronted
Wikipedia app with censorship circumvention
Version: r/50598-r-2026-07-13
Added: 09-04-2025
Updated: 19-07-2026
Added: 09-04-2025
Updated: 19-07-2026
Patched Wikipedia app with:
* Built-in DNS over HTTPS on Wikimedia DNS.
* Domain fronting: HTTPS Server Name Indication manipulation for bypassing DPI.
* The default IP addresses blocked by CNCERT/CC replaced.
See https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T327286 for more information.
Note that this circumvention does not utilize any cloud provider.
Anti-Features from original Wikipedia:
* TetheredNet: Depends on wikipedia.org which is free and open source, but is not changeable by a user.
* Tracking: Analytics can't be disabled, see https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T356260.
* Built-in DNS over HTTPS on Wikimedia DNS.
* Domain fronting: HTTPS Server Name Indication manipulation for bypassing DPI.
* The default IP addresses blocked by CNCERT/CC replaced.
See https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T327286 for more information.
Note that this circumvention does not utilize any cloud provider.
Anti-Features from original Wikipedia:
* TetheredNet: Depends on wikipedia.org which is free and open source, but is not changeable by a user.
* Tracking: Analytics can't be disabled, see https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T356260.