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==Welcome to the CrossWire developers' wiki==

Check out our [[Current Projects|current projects]] page to see how you might use your skills. Please also look at our general [[Volunteers|volunteering]] page.

If you want to help in this wiki, please use [https://wiki.crosswire.org/Special:RequestAccount this form] and then send an email to [mailto:support@crosswire.org support@crosswire.org] to remind us to approve your newly requested account.

Here is the [http://tracker.crosswire.org bugs] database. Chat with SWORD developers on IRC: [http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&amp;channels=sword&amp;prompt=1 #sword] on FreeNode.

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==Front-end Bible study applications==

===SWORD based front-ends===
* [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]] (internally known as BibleCS)
* [[Frontends:Bishop|The SWORD Project]] for Android, iOS &amp; iPadOS (internally known as Bishop)
* [[Frontends:Eloquent|Eloquent]] MacOS desktop application
* [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] Windows &amp; Linux desktop application
* [[Frontends:BibleTime|BibleTime]] Windows &amp; Linux desktop application
* [[Frontends:The_Bible_Tool|The Bible Tool]] web server application 
* [[Frontends:PocketSword|PocketSword]] iOS &amp; iPadOS application
* [[Frontends:Holy Bible|Holy Bible]] Windows Desktop application
* [[Frontends:Ezra Bible App|Ezra Bible App]] Windows, Linux, MacOS desktop &amp; Android tablet application
* [[Frontends:getBible|getBible]] web based application

====External links====
* [https://www.godehardt.org/losung.html GLosung] Gottes Wort für deinen Desktop
* [https://pierre-amadio.github.io/matheteuo/ matheteuo] flashcards to help study Biblical Hebrew &amp; Greek
* [https://github.com/mozmck/verdad Verdad] Desktop Bible Study application for Linux, MacOS &amp; Windows

===JSword based front-ends===
* [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]]
* [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
* [[Frontends:GSword|GSword]] &amp;ndash; CCIM Online Bible Studio
* [https://mjdenham.github.io/and-bible/ And Bible] &amp;ndash; for Android OS
* [https://www.stepbible.org/ STEP Bible] &amp;ndash; originally developed at [https://www.tyndalehouse.com/ Tyndale House]

===[https://github.com/mjdenham/ksword-multiplatform KSword] based front-end===
* [https://tapbible.app/ Tap Bible] A beautiful, fast Bible app for Android and iOS; built with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotlin Kotlin] Multiplatform

=== Front-ends in general ===
* [[Choosing a SWORD program]]
* [[Frontends:No longer being actively developed|Front-ends no longer being actively developed]]

==SWORD module sources==
* [[SWORD Module Source Discovery and Module Updating|SWORD Module Remote Installation Source Repository Discovery and Module Updating]]
* [[Official and Affiliated Module Repositories]]
* [[Other Module Sources]]
* [[Creating and Maintaining a Module Repository]]

==Public relations, website, user assistance==
* [[Contact| Contact us]]
* CrossWire's [[Copyright|copyright]] policy
* [[EnduserFAQ|Frequently Asked Questions]]
* [[Help:Contents|Help]], [[Help:Bugs|Bugs]] and [[Help:Mailing Lists|Mailing Lists]]
* [[SWORD CD]]

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==Back-end API development tools==
* [[DevTools:SWORD|SWORD Engine (C++)]]
** Compiling and installing SWORD 
*** on [[Tutorial:Compiling &amp; Installing SWORD| Linux/MacOS/Unix]]
*** on or for [[Tutorial:Compiling &amp; Installing SWORD on Windows|Windows]]
*** with [[DevTools:CMake|CMake]]
** [[:DevTools:Code Examples|Code Examples]]
** [[Tutorial:How SWORD works]]
** [[DevTools:Locale Files|Locale Files]]
** [[DevTools:Bindings|SWIG Bindings]], [[DevTools:CSharp Bindings on Windows|C# Bindings on Windows]], [[DevTools:JNI Bindings for Android|Android Bindings]]
** bug reports with or without appended patches to our [http://tracker.crosswire.org/projects/API/issues/API-119?filter=allopenissues|bug tracker]
* [[DevTools:JSword|JSword Engine (Java)]]
** [[DevTools:JSword/Personal Commentary|Personal Commentary]]
** [[DevTools:JSword/Internationalization|Internationalization]]

==Open Scriptural Information Standard™==
* A basic [[OSIS Tutorial|OSIS XML tutorial]]
* [[OSIS 211 CR| OSIS 2.1.1 schema change requests]]
* [https://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/osis/osisCore.2.1.1-cw-latest.xsd OSIS schema] 
* [[List of eXtensions to OSIS used in SWORD]]

==Ancillary software==
* [[BibleSync]] &amp;ndash; for Bible software shared co-navigation
* [[DevTools:ICU|International Components for Unicode (ICU)]]

== Development proposals and discussions ==
* [[Whiteboard]]

==Module development==
* How to create [[DevTools:Modules|SWORD Modules]] &amp; [[DevTools:conf Files|Module Configuration Files]]
* Guides to writing
**[[OSIS Bibles]], [[OSIS Commentaries]],
**[[OSIS Genbooks]], [[TEI Dictionaries]]
* Guide to [[Validate_OSIS_or_TEI_text]]
* Guide to [[Converting SFM Bibles to OSIS]]
* About [[Alternate Versification|Bible Versification]] schemes
* About [[File Formats]] and related [[File Formats#The_SWORD_Project_Utilities|Utility Programs]]
* About Unicode [[Encoding]]s, [[Fonts]] &amp; [[DevTools:Text Editors|Text Editors]]
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* [[Module Development Collaboration]]
* [[Notes on particular CrossWire modules]]
* [[Module Requests]] and [[Non-CrossWire Text-Development Projects|Text Development]]
* [[Module Submission]]


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==Getting started in wiki collaboration==
A wiki is a place to share documentation and development information.
* New user account [mailto://support@crosswire.org|requests] are now moderated. Anyone who has been a member for at least 4 days can edit a wiki once they have [[Special:Userlogin|logged in]].
* If you are new to wikis, consult the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User's_Guide User's Guide] or the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ] for information on using the wiki software .
* Look to see what might need attention by visiting [[Wiki Maintenance]]
* You may experiment with wiki using our [[CrossWire:Sandbox|Sandbox]].
* Another way to navigate the wiki is to click on [[:Category:Categories]].

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