Place it precisely
Use a preset — including placement beneath the MacBook notch — or set a custom position and size for the search panel and article windows.
Available for macOS
Wiksy
Wikipedia without the detour. Hit a global shortcut anywhere in macOS, type a name or a topic, and the article opens in its own floating window — readable, with quick actions to copy a section or open it in your browser.
Your shortcut, anywhere
A configurable global hotkey opens Wiksy from inside any app — no need to switch to a browser first.
180+ Wikipedia languages
Choose the Wikipedia language you use. Search and article results follow that selection.
Four windows or one
Use up to four fixed-corner article windows, or switch to one large reusable reading window.
Native and private
Built natively for macOS, without advertising or analytics SDKs, and ready when you need it.
Every article, its own window
Read it properly, then move on.
Each article opens in a focused Wikipedia reader with its own text size, width and light or dark reading options. A quick action bar lets you copy the current section, a sub-heading or the full article, reload it, open it in your chosen browser, or close the window and get back to work.
One at a time, or several
Four corners, or one large window.
Keep up to four articles open at once, each anchored to its own screen corner and closed independently. Prefer more room? Single large window mode reuses one generous reader for every new search.
Make it yours
Fits your screen and your workflow.
Wiksy stays simple when you use it, but gives you control over how it appears and behaves.
Choose the appearance
Switch between standard and Liquid Glass styles, then tune transparency and glass intensity to suit your desktop.
Choose the motion
Select from eleven opening animations, randomise them on each launch and adjust their speed — or keep things restrained.
Start to finish
How it works.
Press the shortcut
Trigger Wiksy from anywhere in macOS with one key combination — no window to find, no app to switch to first.
Type a name or topic
The floating search bar takes whatever you're looking for — a person, a place, an event.
It opens in its own window
Read it, copy a section or the full article, open it in your browser, or close it — the next search uses the next free corner, or replaces the article when single large window mode is enabled.
Private by design
Search without being profiled.
Wiksy sends your search term only to the public Wikipedia API for the language you selected. There are no analytics or advertising SDKs.
◆ Article windows use a non-persistent web session.
◆ Preferences remain locally on your Mac.
◆ Clipboard access is used only when you copy article text.
◆ Global shortcuts require macOS Accessibility permission.