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Choosing a SWORD program

2009-03-01T02:33:04Z

Mmital: /* Search and Dictionary */

=Introduction=
This page is under development. As such it may not be helpful until it is near completion. For that reason, please don't link it on another page until then. To become complete it needs fair and balanced™ coverage of the SWORD programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

=Features Common to All SWORD Applications=
For the most part all the SWORD programs have the same features.
* Use Unicode
* Released under an open source license
* powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customised scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All frontends listed beleow are undergoing more or less active development.
* verse and block layout

=Side-by-Side Comparison of Leading SWORD Applications=
== Module Support ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Unlock Locked modules (via GUI)
!width="9%"|RtoL Modules
!width="9%"|Daily Devotions
!width="9%"|Book/Chapter Introductions
!width="9%"|User editable module content
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|
|yes
|yes
|no
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|yes
|yes
|yes] (automatic)
|no
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|yes
|yes
|
|Personal Commentary
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|no
|no
|no
|no
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|no
|yes
|
|no
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|
|yes
|yes
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|yes
|yes
|yes
|yes
|Personal Commentary
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows, Linux
|yes
|yes
|yes (automatic)
|yes
|Personal Commentary, Journal, all exportable
|-valign="top" 
|SwordBible
|Windows
|
|yes
|yes (automatic)
|no
|no
|}

== Module Manager Support ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Locked modules (via GUI)
!width="9%"|Multiple Repositories
!width="9%"|Archiving
!width="9%"|Indexing
!width="9%"|Other features
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|yes
|yes
|no
|yes
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|no
|no
|no
|yes
|zip installer, download from CrossWire only
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|no
|no
|no
|no
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|yes
|yes
|
|yes
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows, Linux
|yes
|yes
|yes
|yes
|update
|-valign="top" 
|SwordBible
|Windows
|
|yes
|
|no
|no
|}

== Image Module Support ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Image GenBook support
!width="9%"|other Image Module support
!width="9%"|Image formats
!width="9%"|Image resizing
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|yes
|no
|
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|yes
|
|
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|yes
|Images can be incorporated into all module types
|png (in version 1.5.12+), jpg, bmp
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows, Linux
|yes
|Commentary, Dictionary
|png, jpg
|yes
|}

== Windowing and Display ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Window Layout
!width="9%"|Several texts open at same time?
!width="9%"|Poetry Layout
!width="9%"|Complex Scripts
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|Two-pane with tabs and library navigation on right
|yes
|yes
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|Two-pane with tabs and library navigation on right
|yes
|yes
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|Multiple windows with flexible arrangement and library navigation on left
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
| 1-7 tiled subwindows, repositioning/hiding of panes.
| no
| yes
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|1 or 2 panes (library navigation in Firefox sidebar)
|
|yes
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|Multi-window, each module gets it's window
| yes
| no
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|Three-pane with tabbed library navigation
| only using Parallel display for Bibles
| yes, but not indented
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows, Linux
|Four-pane with library navigation, verse lists, etc. on left
| yes
| yes
|
|}

== Search and Dictionary ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Indexed Search Features
!width="9%"|Cross Verse Proximity Search
!width="9%"|GenBook and Commentary search
!width="9%"|several module search
!width="9%"|Dictionary Look-up
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|Lucene
|yes
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|Lucene
|yes
|
|
|Manual look-up
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|CLucene
|
|
|
|Strong's + parsing (automatic)
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
| Custom
|yes
|no
|no
|Strong's + parsing (automatic) full list of topics with topic entry box
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|Lucene
|yes
|
|
|Manual look-up
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
| grouping, Strong's, Morph, Apple SearchKit
|
|
|
|Strong's, Morph (automatic)
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|CLucene
|no
|yes
|no
|Strong's + parsing (automatic) and glossary (on click)
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows, Linux
|CLucene
|no
|yes
|yes
|Strong's + parsing automatic
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:SwordBible |SwordBible]]
|Windows
|no
|no
|Yes
|no
| Strongs, Morph, footnotes using left click; and word lookup using right click
|}

== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|permanent Bookmarks, Tags or verse lists
!width="9%"|nestable
!width="9%"|with comments
!width="9%"|exportable
!width="9%"|study notes
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|Lists in left-hand pane
|
|
|
|yes
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|
|
|
| yes
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|Verse lists and verse tagging
|
|
|
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|
|
|
|
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|
|
|
|
|yes
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows, Linux
|
|
|
|
|yes
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:SwordBible |SwordBible]]
|
|
|
|
|
|yes
|}

== Localization ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Localization Support
!width="9%"|GUI RtoL Support
!width="9%"|GUI Languages
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|yes
|yes
|English, Indonesian
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|yes
|yes
|English, German, Farsi, Chinese, Vietnamese
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|yes
|no
|English, Vietnamese
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|
|
|English
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|yes
|no
|Afrikaans, Česky, Deutsch, English, Suomi, Magyar, Bahasa Indonesia, 日本語, Polski, Português, Slovenščina
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows, Linux
|yes
|yes
|English, German, French, Finnish, Farsi, Czech, Hebrew, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish
|}

== Other ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Portable
!width="9%"|Extramodular content
!width="9%"|Other
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|
|
|word-by-word comparison of Bible versions
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable version]
| Bible Reading Plan
| word-by-word comparison of Bible versions
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|Bible Study HOWTO
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition]
|gospel harmonies; Guess the Verse game;
|display Strong's headwords;
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
| portable
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows, Linux
|
|
|Read Aloud
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:SwordBible | SwordBible]]
|Windows
|
|Verse lists with prefilled topics, One year daily reading plans
|
|}

Choosing a SWORD program

2009-03-01T02:28:56Z

Mmital: /* Search and Dictionary */

=Introduction=
This page is under development. As such it may not be helpful until it is near completion. For that reason, please don't link it on another page until then. To become complete it needs fair and balanced™ coverage of the SWORD programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

=Features Common to All SWORD Applications=
For the most part all the SWORD programs have the same features.
* Use Unicode
* Released under an open source license
* powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customised scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All frontends listed beleow are undergoing more or less active development.
* verse and block layout

=Side-by-Side Comparison of Leading SWORD Applications=
== Module Support ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Unlock Locked modules (via GUI)
!width="9%"|RtoL Modules
!width="9%"|Daily Devotions
!width="9%"|Book/Chapter Introductions
!width="9%"|User editable module content
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|
|yes
|yes
|no
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|yes
|yes
|yes] (automatic)
|no
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|yes
|yes
|
|Personal Commentary
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|no
|no
|no
|no
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|no
|yes
|
|no
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|
|yes
|yes
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|yes
|yes
|yes
|yes
|Personal Commentary
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows, Linux
|yes
|yes
|yes (automatic)
|yes
|Personal Commentary, Journal, all exportable
|-valign="top" 
|SwordBible
|Windows
|
|yes
|yes (automatic)
|no
|no
|}

== Module Manager Support ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Locked modules (via GUI)
!width="9%"|Multiple Repositories
!width="9%"|Archiving
!width="9%"|Indexing
!width="9%"|Other features
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|yes
|yes
|no
|yes
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|no
|no
|no
|yes
|zip installer, download from CrossWire only
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|no
|no
|no
|no
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|yes
|yes
|
|yes
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows, Linux
|yes
|yes
|yes
|yes
|update
|-valign="top" 
|SwordBible
|Windows
|
|yes
|
|no
|no
|}

== Image Module Support ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Image GenBook support
!width="9%"|other Image Module support
!width="9%"|Image formats
!width="9%"|Image resizing
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|yes
|no
|
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|yes
|
|
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|yes
|Images can be incorporated into all module types
|png (in version 1.5.12+), jpg, bmp
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows, Linux
|yes
|Commentary, Dictionary
|png, jpg
|yes
|}

== Windowing and Display ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Window Layout
!width="9%"|Several texts open at same time?
!width="9%"|Poetry Layout
!width="9%"|Complex Scripts
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|Two-pane with tabs and library navigation on right
|yes
|yes
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|Two-pane with tabs and library navigation on right
|yes
|yes
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|Multiple windows with flexible arrangement and library navigation on left
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
| 1-7 tiled subwindows, repositioning/hiding of panes.
| no
| yes
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|1 or 2 panes (library navigation in Firefox sidebar)
|
|yes
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|Multi-window, each module gets it's window
| yes
| no
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|Three-pane with tabbed library navigation
| only using Parallel display for Bibles
| yes, but not indented
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows, Linux
|Four-pane with library navigation, verse lists, etc. on left
| yes
| yes
|
|}

== Search and Dictionary ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Indexed Search Features
!width="9%"|Cross Verse Proximity Search
!width="9%"|GenBook and Commentary search
!width="9%"|several module search
!width="9%"|Dictionary Look-up
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|Lucene
|yes
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|Lucene
|yes
|
|
|Manual look-up
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|CLucene
|
|
|
|Strong's + parsing (automatic)
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
| Custom
|yes
|no
|no
|Strong's + parsing (automatic) full list of topics with topic entry box
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|Lucene
|yes
|
|
|Manual look-up
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
| grouping, Strong's, Morph, Apple SearchKit
|
|
|
|Strong's, Morph (automatic)
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|CLucene
|no
|yes
|no
|Strong's + parsing (automatic) and glossary (on click)
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows, Linux
|CLucene
|no
|yes
|yes
|Strong's + parsing automatic
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:SwordBible |SwordBible]]
|Windows
|no
|no
|Yes
|no
|
|}

== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|permanent Bookmarks, Tags or verse lists
!width="9%"|nestable
!width="9%"|with comments
!width="9%"|exportable
!width="9%"|study notes
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|Lists in left-hand pane
|
|
|
|yes
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|
|
|
| yes
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|Verse lists and verse tagging
|
|
|
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|
|
|
|
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|
|
|
|
|yes
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows, Linux
|
|
|
|
|yes
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:SwordBible |SwordBible]]
|
|
|
|
|
|yes
|}

== Localization ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Localization Support
!width="9%"|GUI RtoL Support
!width="9%"|GUI Languages
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|yes
|yes
|English, Indonesian
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|yes
|yes
|English, German, Farsi, Chinese, Vietnamese
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|yes
|no
|English, Vietnamese
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|
|
|English
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|yes
|no
|Afrikaans, Česky, Deutsch, English, Suomi, Magyar, Bahasa Indonesia, 日本語, Polski, Português, Slovenščina
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows, Linux
|yes
|yes
|English, German, French, Finnish, Farsi, Czech, Hebrew, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish
|}

== Other ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Portable
!width="9%"|Extramodular content
!width="9%"|Other
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|
|
|word-by-word comparison of Bible versions
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable version]
| Bible Reading Plan
| word-by-word comparison of Bible versions
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|Bible Study HOWTO
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition]
|gospel harmonies; Guess the Verse game;
|display Strong's headwords;
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
| portable
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows, Linux
|
|
|Read Aloud
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:SwordBible | SwordBible]]
|Windows
|
|Verse lists with prefilled topics, One year daily reading plans
|
|}

Choosing a SWORD program

2009-03-01T02:28:06Z

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=Introduction=
This page is under development. As such it may not be helpful until it is near completion. For that reason, please don't link it on another page until then. To become complete it needs fair and balanced™ coverage of the SWORD programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

=Features Common to All SWORD Applications=
For the most part all the SWORD programs have the same features.
* Use Unicode
* Released under an open source license
* powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customised scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All frontends listed beleow are undergoing more or less active development.
* verse and block layout

=Side-by-Side Comparison of Leading SWORD Applications=
== Module Support ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Unlock Locked modules (via GUI)
!width="9%"|RtoL Modules
!width="9%"|Daily Devotions
!width="9%"|Book/Chapter Introductions
!width="9%"|User editable module content
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|
|yes
|yes
|no
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|yes
|yes
|yes] (automatic)
|no
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|yes
|yes
|
|Personal Commentary
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|no
|no
|no
|no
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|no
|yes
|
|no
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|
|yes
|yes
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|yes
|yes
|yes
|yes
|Personal Commentary
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows, Linux
|yes
|yes
|yes (automatic)
|yes
|Personal Commentary, Journal, all exportable
|-valign="top" 
|SwordBible
|Windows
|
|yes
|yes (automatic)
|no
|no
|}

== Module Manager Support ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Locked modules (via GUI)
!width="9%"|Multiple Repositories
!width="9%"|Archiving
!width="9%"|Indexing
!width="9%"|Other features
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|yes
|yes
|no
|yes
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|no
|no
|no
|yes
|zip installer, download from CrossWire only
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|no
|no
|no
|no
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|yes
|yes
|
|yes
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows, Linux
|yes
|yes
|yes
|yes
|update
|-valign="top" 
|SwordBible
|Windows
|
|yes
|
|no
|no
|}

== Image Module Support ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Image GenBook support
!width="9%"|other Image Module support
!width="9%"|Image formats
!width="9%"|Image resizing
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|yes
|no
|
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|yes
|
|
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|yes
|Images can be incorporated into all module types
|png (in version 1.5.12+), jpg, bmp
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows, Linux
|yes
|Commentary, Dictionary
|png, jpg
|yes
|}

== Windowing and Display ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Window Layout
!width="9%"|Several texts open at same time?
!width="9%"|Poetry Layout
!width="9%"|Complex Scripts
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|Two-pane with tabs and library navigation on right
|yes
|yes
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|Two-pane with tabs and library navigation on right
|yes
|yes
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|Multiple windows with flexible arrangement and library navigation on left
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
| 1-7 tiled subwindows, repositioning/hiding of panes.
| no
| yes
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|1 or 2 panes (library navigation in Firefox sidebar)
|
|yes
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|Multi-window, each module gets it's window
| yes
| no
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|Three-pane with tabbed library navigation
| only using Parallel display for Bibles
| yes, but not indented
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows, Linux
|Four-pane with library navigation, verse lists, etc. on left
| yes
| yes
|
|}

== Search and Dictionary ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Indexed Search Features
!width="9%"|Cross Verse Proximity Search
!width="9%"|GenBook and Commentary search
!width="9%"|several module search
!width="9%"|Dictionary Look-up
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|Lucene
|yes
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|Lucene
|yes
|
|
|Manual look-up
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|CLucene
|
|
|
|Strong's + parsing (automatic)
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
| Custom
|yes
|no
|no
|Strong's + parsing (automatic) full list of topics with topic entry box
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|Lucene
|yes
|
|
|Manual look-up
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
| grouping, Strong's, Morph, Apple SearchKit
|
|
|
|Strong's, Morph (automatic)
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|CLucene
|no
|yes
|no
|Strong's + parsing (automatic) and glossary (on click)
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows, Linux
|CLucene
|no
|yes
|yes
|Strong's + parsing automatic
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:SwordBible |SwordBible]]
|Windows
|no
|no
|no
|no
|
|}

== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|permanent Bookmarks, Tags or verse lists
!width="9%"|nestable
!width="9%"|with comments
!width="9%"|exportable
!width="9%"|study notes
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|Lists in left-hand pane
|
|
|
|yes
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|
|
|
| yes
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|Verse lists and verse tagging
|
|
|
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|
|
|
|
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|
|
|
|
|yes
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows, Linux
|
|
|
|
|yes
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:SwordBible |SwordBible]]
|
|
|
|
|
|yes
|}

== Localization ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Localization Support
!width="9%"|GUI RtoL Support
!width="9%"|GUI Languages
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|yes
|yes
|English, Indonesian
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|yes
|yes
|English, German, Farsi, Chinese, Vietnamese
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|yes
|no
|English, Vietnamese
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|
|
|English
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|yes
|no
|Afrikaans, Česky, Deutsch, English, Suomi, Magyar, Bahasa Indonesia, 日本語, Polski, Português, Slovenščina
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows, Linux
|yes
|yes
|English, German, French, Finnish, Farsi, Czech, Hebrew, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish
|}

== Other ==
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!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Portable
!width="9%"|Extramodular content
!width="9%"|Other
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|
|
|word-by-word comparison of Bible versions
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable version]
| Bible Reading Plan
| word-by-word comparison of Bible versions
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|Bible Study HOWTO
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition]
|gospel harmonies; Guess the Verse game;
|display Strong's headwords;
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
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|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
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|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
| portable
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows, Linux
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|
|Read Aloud
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:SwordBible | SwordBible]]
|Windows
|
|Verse lists with prefilled topics, One year daily reading plans
|
|}

Main Page

2008-04-08T19:38:46Z

Mmital: /* End User Bible Tools, Actively Being Developed */

=Welcome to the CrossWire Wiki=
Be sure to check out our [[Current events|Current events]] page to see how you might use your skills here at [http://crosswire.org CrossWire].

=SWORD Modules=
* How to Create [[DevTools:Modules|SWORD Modules]]
* Guide to Writing [[OSIS Bibles]]
* Guide to Writing [[OSIS Commentaries]]
* List of Known [[Module Repositories]]
* Information About [[Fonts]]
* [[Module Requests]]
* [[New Modules]]

=Development Tools=
* [[DevTools:SWORD|SWORD Engine (C++)]]
* [[DevTools:JSword|JSword (Java)]]

=End User Bible Tools, Actively Being Developed=
* [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
* [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
* [[Frontends:GnomeSword|Gnomesword (GNOME)]]
* [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
* [http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime]
* [http://bpbible.googlecode.com BPBible (wxPython)]
* [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
* [[Frontends:SWORDReader|SWORDReader (PocketPC handhelds)]]
* [http://www.swordwarrior.net SwordBible]

=End User Bible Tools, No Longer Being Developed=
* [[Frontends:BibleStudy|BibleStudy (wxWidgets)]]

=Getting Started in Wiki Collaboration=
A Wiki is a place to share documentation and development information.
* Anyone 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] for information on using the wiki software.
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]