diff --git a/kiwix_update.sh b/kiwix_update.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..94e04c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kiwix_update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# =============================================================================
+# Kiwix ZIM Auto-Updater
+# Checks each ZIM for a newer version on the mirror, downloads it, removes old.
+# Safe to run as a cron job — only acts when a newer version exists.
+# Usage: bash kiwix_update.sh
+# Cron example (monthly): 0 3 1 * * /bin/bash /path/to/kiwix_update.sh
+# =============================================================================
+
+KIWIX_DIR="$HOME/docker/ai-stack/kiwix"
+MIRROR="https://ftp.fau.de/kiwix/zim"
+MIRROR2="https://download.kiwix.org/zim"
+LOG="$HOME/docker/ai-stack/logs/kiwix-update.log"
+mkdir -p "$KIWIX_DIR" "$(dirname "$LOG")"
+
+G='\033[0;32m'; Y='\033[1;33m'; C='\033[0;36m'; R='\033[0;31m'; N='\033[0m'
+ok()  { echo -e "${G}[OK]${N}  $1" | tee -a "$LOG"; }
+inf() { echo -e "${C}[..]${N}  $1" | tee -a "$LOG"; }
+wrn() { echo -e "${Y}[!!]${N}  $1" | tee -a "$LOG"; }
+err() { echo -e "${R}[XX]${N}  $1" | tee -a "$LOG"; }
+
+echo "" | tee -a "$LOG"
+echo "=== Kiwix Update Check: $(date) ===" | tee -a "$LOG"
+echo "" | tee -a "$LOG"
+
+# Find latest filename on mirror
+latest_zim() {
+    local base_url="$1"
+    local pattern="$2"
+    curl -s "$base_url/" | \
+        grep -oP "${pattern}_[\d-]+\.zim" | \
+        sort -u | tail -1
+}
+
+# Find what's currently on disk matching a pattern
+current_zim() {
+    local pattern="$1"
+    ls "$KIWIX_DIR"/${pattern}_*.zim 2>/dev/null | sort | tail -1 | xargs basename 2>/dev/null
+}
+
+# Check and update one ZIM
+# Usage: check_update "category" "pattern" "description" ["mirror"]
+UPDATED=0
+check_update() {
+    local category="$1"
+    local pattern="$2"
+    local description="$3"
+    local mirror="${4:-$MIRROR}"
+
+    inf "Checking $description..."
+    local latest
+    latest=$(latest_zim "$mirror/$category" "$pattern")
+
+    if [[ -z "$latest" ]]; then
+        wrn "$description: could not find latest on mirror — skipping"
+        return
+    fi
+
+    local current
+    current=$(current_zim "$pattern")
+
+    if [[ -z "$current" ]]; then
+        inf "$description: not downloaded yet — skipping (run kiwix_download.sh first)"
+        return
+    fi
+
+    if [[ "$latest" == "$current" ]]; then
+        ok "$description: up to date ($current)"
+        return
+    fi
+
+    echo ""
+    inf "$description: update available"
+    inf "  Current: $current"
+    inf "  Latest:  $latest"
+
+    local url="$mirror/$category/$latest"
+    local dest="$KIWIX_DIR/$latest"
+    local old="$KIWIX_DIR/$current"
+
+    inf "  Downloading $latest..."
+    if wget -q --show-progress -c "$url" -O "$dest" >> "$LOG" 2>&1; then
+        ok "  Download complete — removing old file"
+        rm -f "$old"
+        UPDATED=$((UPDATED + 1))
+    else
+        err "  Download failed — keeping old file"
+        rm -f "$dest"
+    fi
+    echo ""
+}
+
+# ── Check each ZIM ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+check_update "wikipedia"     "wikipedia_en_all_nopic"          "Wikipedia"
+check_update "wiktionary"    "wiktionary_en_all_nopic"         "Wiktionary"
+check_update "wikiquote"     "wikiquote_en_all_nopic"          "Wikiquote"
+check_update "wikisource"    "wikisource_en_all_nopic"         "Wikisource"
+check_update "wikibooks"     "wikibooks_en_all_nopic"          "Wikibooks"
+check_update "wikivoyage"    "wikivoyage_en_all_nopic"         "Wikivoyage"
+check_update "wikiversity"   "wikiversity_en_all_nopic"        "Wikiversity"
+check_update "wikinews"      "wikinews_en_all_nopic"           "WikiNews"
+check_update "vikidia"       "vikidia_en_all_nopic"            "Vikidia"
+check_update "stack_exchange" "stackoverflow.com_en_all"       "Stack Overflow"
+check_update "stack_exchange" "askubuntu.com_en_all"           "Ask Ubuntu"
+check_update "stack_exchange" "superuser.com_en_all"           "Super User"
+check_update "stack_exchange" "unix.stackexchange.com_en_all"  "Unix & Linux SE"
+check_update "stack_exchange" "serverfault.com_en_all"         "Server Fault"
+check_update "other"         "archlinux_en_all_maxi"           "Arch Wiki"
+check_update "ted"           "ted_mul_youth"                   "TED Talks"
+check_update "phet"          "phet_en_all"                     "PhET Simulations"
+check_update "devdocs"       "devdocs_en_zig"                  "DevDocs"
+check_update "freecodecamp"  "freecodecamp_en_all"             "FreeCodeCamp"
+check_update "ifixit"        "ifixit_en_all"                   "iFixit"
+check_update "libretexts"    "libretexts.org_en_workforce"     "LibreTexts"
+check_update "gutenberg"     "gutenberg_en_all"                "Project Gutenberg" "$MIRROR2"
+
+# ── Restart Kiwix if anything changed ─────────────────────────────────────
+echo ""
+if [[ $UPDATED -gt 0 ]]; then
+    ok "$UPDATED ZIM(s) updated — restarting Kiwix container"
+    docker compose -f "$HOME/docker/ai-stack/docker-compose.yml" restart kiwix >> "$LOG" 2>&1 \
+        && ok "Kiwix restarted" \
+        || wrn "Could not restart Kiwix — do it manually: docker compose restart kiwix"
+else
+    ok "All ZIMs are up to date — no restart needed"
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "=== Update check complete: $(date) ===" | tee -a "$LOG"
+echo ""