This is an offline version of the website "Baha'i Library Online," bahai-library.com, archived at https://archive.org/details/bahai-library-offline-files .

See also the downloadable database, https://archive.org/details/bahai-library-offline-database

Instructions, step-by-step:

1. First download the file "bahai-library-offline_5-3.zip".

(The file "bahai-library-offline_5-3_unprocessed.zip" is also a complete web crawl, but the URLs have not been converted to local links, so it requires an internet connection.)

2) Unzip "bahai-library-offline_5-3.zip" by double-clicking on it.

This folder, plus the PDFs, contains everything you need to browse the Library offline.

3. Download the file "pdf.zip," unzip it, and put it in your new folder "bahai-library-offline_5-3".

(We separated the PDF folder, and the folders listed in #5 below, only to reduce download times and make unzipping easier. If we'd kept all the documents in one single folder, like on the actual website, it would be a huge file to download and decompress.)

4. In the new folder "bahai-library-offline_5-3" double-click on the first file, "_start-here.html". It should open with your web browser (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, etc.).

You can now browse the entire site offline -- excluding audio, video, and a few other large folders which can be downloaded separate. See #5:

5. These folders you can download and add to the folder "bahai-library-offline_5-3" IF you need them:

audio.zip
bahailib.zip (Persian, archive of website bahailib.com)
inba.zip (Iranian Nat'l Baha'i Archives)
newspaper_clippings_archive.zip
presentations.zip (Powerpoints)
sohrab_diary.zip (see bahai-library.com/sohrab_diary_letters )
video.zip

6. You can rename the "bahai-library-offline_5-3" folder and move it anywhere on your computer, or copy it to a USB stick.

The links are relative, meaning as long as you don't move things around within that folder, the local links will all work offline.

7. These folders are for archival purposes only, you do not need to download them:

archived_web-crawl_websites - see bahai-library.com/website_archives
bahai-library-videos - Filip Boicu's interviews
jonah_winters_archive_to-do_backlog - all the items I've not yet added to BLO

8. See details at https://bahai-library.com/blo_offline

See history of changes at https://bahai-library.com/Version_5

Questions? Email jonahwinters@gmail.com
If no reply, email Bahai.Library.com@gmail.com

- Jonah Winters
Version 5.3, April 2026