kiwix-serve complains about service workers when serving custom zim files.

[ghost]

I downloaded stallman.org as a zim using the youzim.it website. When i serve it using kiwix-serve and access it using localhost, it works like normal. When accessing it from an ip address, it then complains and says that i need to access the page via https for service workers to work.

How can i fix this, or maybe this is a bug. I am using the latest version of kiwix-serve (3.1.2-5). I tried it with another website that i also zimmed using youzim.it and the same thing happens.

[kelson42]

This zim is using service workers, you have to serve via https or via localhost.

[ghost]

Can i disable it somehow?

[kelson42]

No

[ghost]

Is there a way to create a zim without service workers, like the ones on the kiwix wiki?

[dustinormond]

Did you ever find out how to create zim files without server workers?

[kelson42]

@dustinormond Almost all zim files don't rely on service wrokers... but so far zimit/warc2zim still rely on serivce workers... still not sure this will change