Wikiwand

Wikiwand is an AI search tool. Wikiwand gives Wikipedia a customizable reading interface and an AI assistant limited to Wikipedia content, with linked sources, timelines, top questions and cross-language fact-checks for students and researchers.

Wikiwand is a reading layer for Wikipedia with an AI assistant that draws only from Wikipedia itself. Where general chatbots produce an answer from an opaque mix of training data, Wikiwand restricts its model to the article being read and the articles that article links to, and it links back to those sources so every statement can be checked. The pitch is understanding rather than just answers. The AI side covers four main jobs. Ask anything lets a reader question the current article and its linked neighbours, with hover previews and the option to switch the conversation to a linked page. Search in any language finds related entries across Wikipedia editions and pulls them into the chat. Timelines turn a topic into a chronological view where each event points to the section it came from. Top Questions lists the questions a subject tends to raise, answers them, and links onward to deeper articles. A further set of fact-checking features compares how different language editions, such as Hebrew, Arabic, Russian or Chinese, frame the same event, adds plain notes on what each version stresses or omits, and checks claims against well-sourced reporting beyond Wikipedia. The reading experience is also reworked. Wikiwand offers ten themes, a choice of serif or sans type, adjustable text size and page width, keyboard navigation, bookmarks and side panels. Signing in removes ads. A Chrome extension is mentioned by users for viewing Wikipedia in the modern interface. Students, researchers, curious general readers and anyone who cross-checks historical or political topics are the natural audience. Two paid tiers are shown on the homepage: a Pro plan with a monthly AI credit allowance, timeline and Top Questions generation, many theme variations, unlimited bookmarks and no ads, and a higher plan with a stronger model, a larger credit allowance, more fact-checking and early access to beta features. Compared with general chatbots or Wikipedia's own interface, Wikiwand occupies a narrow but clear niche: source-bound research on top of a single encyclopedia.