WikTok is a video platform that combines the addictive scrolling experience of TikTok with educational Wikipedia content. It's a fun way to learn random facts while watching short videos!
Try it out: wiktok.lol
The initial loading might take a few seconds as the app needs to generate the first summary.
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Random Wikipedia Articles: The app fetches random Wikipedia articles and uses AI to create engaging, personality-filled summaries in different styles:
- 4chan greentext style for biographies
- Reddit storytelling for historical events
- Tech review style for inventions
- YouTuber narration style for other topics
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Text-to-Speech: These summaries are converted into natural-sounding speech using Google's Text-to-Speech API.
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Video Experience: The audio narration plays over looping background videos, creating an immersive learning experience similar to TikTok's interface.
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Infinite Scroll: Just like TikTok, you can scroll through an endless feed of educational content.
- Frontend: React.js with hooks and custom video/audio synchronization
- Backend: FastAPI (Python) with async support
- AI Integration: DeepSeek-V3 model for text summarization
- Speech Synthesis: Google Cloud Text-to-Speech
- Content Source: Wikipedia API
- Vertical video scrolling interface
- AI-powered content summarization
- Professional text-to-speech narration
- Links to full Wikipedia articles
- Mutable audio
- Preloading for smooth transitions
- Mobile-first responsive design
This is a demo project with lots of things to improve.
Feel free to clone it and build harder, better, faster, stronger.
Created by Mike Gvozdev
Background videos:
Music: Suno
MIT License