Difference between revisions of "Official and Affiliated Module Repositories"

Latest revision as of 11:36, 29 March 2024

The Repository directory has to be specified for the Install Manager in the SWORD Project for Windows, which uses FTP access. Likewise for the other front-ends based on the SWORD API.

The Catalog & ZIP directories have to be specified for the JSword based installer (e.g. as used for Bible Desktop), which uses HTTP access.

The 'Site Name' field is just a convenient name for managing/selecting repositories. Users may edit these without any loss of functionality, as long as they ensure that each is uniquely and appropriately named.

CrossWire maintains a Master Repositories List (filename: masterRepoList.conf) which is accessed by most front-end applications. Some front-ends require a refresh operation to ensure that the latest edition of the MRL is installed. The MRL includes some but not all of CrossWire repositories and some of the Affiliated repositories.

Some front-end apps (e.g. PocketSword) permit the manual addition of an FTP source though the Download UI.

Some front-end apps (e.g. Xiphos) also permit the manual addition of an HTTP source via the Module Manager UI.

CrossWire Bible Society

Released modules

Official module repository from CrossWire Bible Society. This is included in the Master Repositories List. It now includes modules with Alternate Versifications.

 Site Name:              CrossWire Bible Society (main)
 Site Machine Name:      ftp.crosswire.org
 Repository Directory:   /pub/sword/raw/

 Catalog Directory:      /ftpmirror/pub/sword/raw
 ZIP Directory:          /ftpmirror/pub/sword/packages/rawzip

Module Attic

Official module repository from CrossWire Bible Society for the previous version of released modules. Look here if you have updated to a new version of a module, discover that there are bugs or errors, and want to downgrade. This is not included in the Master Repositories List.

 Site Name:              CrossWire Attic
 Site Machine Name:      ftp.crosswire.org
 Repository Directory:   /pub/sword/atticraw/

Modules for Beta testing

This is included in the Master Repositories List. Please test these modules and report your findings by email to modules@crosswire.org - Beta modules should be validated before being transferred to the main CrossWire repository.

 Site Name:              CrossWire Beta
 Site Machine Name:      ftp.crosswire.org
 Repository Directory:   /pub/sword/betaraw

 Catalog Directory:      /ftpmirror/pub/sword/betaraw
 ZIP Directory:          /ftpmirror/pub/sword/betapackages/rawzip

CrossWire Wycliffe

The 43 modules from WBTI & BL that were formerly kept in CrossWire Beta have been moved to a separate repository. This is included in the Master Repositories List.

 Site Name:              CrossWire Wycliffe
 Site Machine Name:      ftp.crosswire.org
 Repository Directory:   /pub/sword/wyclifferaw

Note:

Many of these translations are now available online at Bible Search hosted by the American Bible Society.

Experimental modules

These experimental modules are primarily intended for front-end developers. They require new features not supported by some front-end applications. This repository is not included in the Master Repositories List.

 Site Name:              CrossWire Experimental
 Site Machine Name:      ftp.crosswire.org
 Repository Directory:   /pub/sword/experimentalraw

Included in this repository are a number of empty test modules - one for each Alternate Versification.

Lockman Foundation

We have at last been granted permission to distribute these 3 modules from the Lockman Foundation:

New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Nueva Biblia de las Américas (NBLA)
La Biblia de las Américas (LBLA)

Additionally, a gracious gift from Lockman, they have granted permission for CrossWire to distribute all 3 of these modules unlocked, for free.

The MRL has been updated to add a repository for the Lockman Foundation modules hosted on the CrossWire server.

 Site Name:              Lockman Foundation
 Site Machine Name:      ftp.crosswire.org
 Repository Directory:   /pub/sword/lockmanraw

 Catalog Directory:      /ftpmirror/pub/sword/lockmanraw
 ZIP Directory:          /ftpmirror/pub/sword/lockmanpackages

Affiliated Repositories

Other Bible agencies

Any bona fide Bible agency may set up and maintain their own modules repository. Providing the agency adheres to orthodox Christian doctrine (i.e. not a cult!), a request for such a repository to be added to the Master Repostories List will be seriously considered by CrossWire.

NET (Bible.org)

Home of the New English Translation. This is included in the Master Repositories List.

 Site Name:              NET (Bible.org)
 Site Machine Name:      ftp.bible.org
 Repository Directory:   /sword

 Catalog Directory:      /sword/raw
 ZIP Directory:          /sword/packages/rawzip

Xiphos

A number of random creations, including a fair number of dictionary, map and image modules: Tischendorf8 Greek NT, Hodge's Systematic Theology, and others. Daily Devotionals include BibleCompanion, MCheyne, OneYearRead. This is included in the Master Repositories List.

 Site Name:              Xiphos
 Site Machine Name:      ftp.xiphos.org
 Repository Directory:   .

 Catalog Directory:      /sword
 ZIP Directory:          /sword/zip

This repository is maintained by the developer of the Xiphos Bible study app for Linux & Windows.

Institute for Bible Translation

The Institute for Bible Translation has a SWORD repository. This is included in the Master Repositories List.

 Site Name:              IBT
 Site Machine Name:      ftp.ibt.org.ru
 Repository Directory:   /pub/modsword/raw

 Catalog Directory:      /ftpmirror/pub/modsword/raw
 ZIP Directory:          /ftpmirror/pub/modsword/rawzip

The Institute for Bible Translation provides a number of Bible translations in various languages of Central Asia and the CIS. Alongside these translations are modules for English, Russian, Ukrainian and the original Bible languages (Hebrew & Greek). Further modules are in preparation. Several of the translations have linked dictionary modules.

This repository is maintained by the developer of the Holy Bible study app for Windows, Linux, and Firefox.

eBible.org

This repository maintained by Michael Paul Johnson provides access to more than 1200 Bible modules in more than 600 languages. This is included in the Master Repository List.

FTP access:

 Site Name:              eBible.org
 Site Machine Name:      ftp.ebible.org
 Repository Directory:   /pub/sword
 Catalog Directory:      /pub/sword
 ZIP Directory:          /pub/sword/zip

HTTP access:

 Site Name:              eBible.org
 Site Machine Name:      ebible.org
 Repository Directory:   /sword
 Catalog Directory:      /sword
 ZIP Directory:          /sword/zip

STEP Bible

The Tyndale House STEPBible Data Repository hosts data created for STEPBible.org originated by Tyndale House Cambridge with a CC BY 4.0 license.

One of the datasets hosted is Bible modules for OSIS Sword software Bibles in the same format as CrossWire modules which can be used in any SWORD-compatible software. Currently, this only contains a small number of modules, but is set to grow in future. In February 2021, a proper SWORD repository has been set up. This is now included in the CrossWire MRL.^[1]

 Site Name:              STEP Bible
 Site Machine Name:      ftp.stepbible.org
 Repository Directory:   /pub/sword

 Catalog Directory:      /pub/sword
 ZIP Directory:          /pub/sword/zip

The STEP Bible app is built using a fork of the JSword API.

AndBible Extra

The AndBible Extra repository contains the free modules from the Xiphos repository. ^[2]

Note:

↑ It was added in March 2024.
↑ The Xiphos repository was incompatible with AndBible (it's FTP only but AB is HTTPS only) so this was made to serve those modules to AndBible users.

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-The Repository directory has to be specified for the Install Manager in the SWORD Project for Windows, which uses ftp access.
+The Repository directory has to be specified for the Install Manager in [[Frontends:BibleCS|the SWORD Project for Windows]], which uses FTP access. Likewise for the other front-ends based on the SWORD API.
-The Catalog & ZIP directories have to be specified for the JSword based installer for Bible Desktop, which uses http access.
+The Catalog & ZIP directories have to be specified for the [[DevTools:JSword|JSword]] based installer (e.g. as used for [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|Bible Desktop]]), which uses HTTP access.
+The 'Site Name' field is just a convenient name for managing/selecting repositories. Users may edit these without any loss of functionality, as long as they ensure that each is uniquely and appropriately named.
+CrossWire maintains a '''Master Repositories List''' (filename: <tt>masterRepoList.conf</tt>) which is accessed by most front-end applications. Some front-ends require a refresh operation to ensure that the latest edition of the '''MRL''' is installed. The '''MRL''' includes some but not all of  CrossWire repositories and some of the Affiliated repositories.
+Some front-end apps (e.g. '''PocketSword''') permit the manual addition of an FTP source though the Download UI.
+Some front-end apps (e.g. '''Xiphos''') also permit the manual addition of an HTTP source via the Module Manager UI.
 == CrossWire Bible Society ==
-Official module repository from CrossWire Bible Society.
-   Site Name:              CrossWire Bible Society
+=== Released modules ===
+Official module repository from CrossWire Bible Society. This is included in the Master Repositories List. It now includes modules with [[Alternate Versification]]s.
+   Site Name:              CrossWire Bible Society (main)
    Site Machine Name:      ftp.crosswire.org
    Repository Directory:   /pub/sword/raw/
@@ Line 11: / Line 21: @@
    Catalog Directory:      /ftpmirror/pub/sword/raw
    ZIP Directory:          /ftpmirror/pub/sword/packages/rawzip
-For a nice web interface to obtain the Modules as Packages
-* http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules
-== CrossWire Bible Society's repository for beta testers ==
+=== Module Attic ===
-Please test these modules and report your findings on [[Modules in the beta repository]]. The beta modules should be validated before being transferred to the main CrossWire repository.
+Official module repository from CrossWire Bible Society for the previous version of released modules. Look here if you have updated to a new version of a module, discover that there are bugs or errors, and want to downgrade. This is not included in the Master Repositories List.
-   Site Name:              CrossWire beta
+  Site Name:              CrossWire Attic
-   Site Machine Name:      www.crosswire.org
+  Site Machine Name:      ftp.crosswire.org
+  Repository Directory:   /pub/sword/atticraw/
+=== Modules for Beta testing ===
+This is included in the Master Repositories List. Please test these modules and report your findings by email to modules@crosswire.org - Beta modules should be validated before being transferred to the main CrossWire repository.
+   Site Name:              CrossWire Beta
+   Site Machine Name:      ftp.crosswire.org
    Repository Directory:   /pub/sword/betaraw
    Catalog Directory:      /ftpmirror/pub/sword/betaraw
    ZIP Directory:          /ftpmirror/pub/sword/betapackages/rawzip
-For a nice web interface to obtain the Modules as Packages
-* http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/betaindex.jsp
-== CrossWire Bible Society's repository for front-end developers ==
+=== CrossWire Wycliffe ===
-These [[Modules in the experimental repository|experimental modules]] are intended for developers only and will require new features not supported by many front-ends.
+The 43 [[Modules:WBTI & BL Bibles|modules from WBTI & BL]] that were formerly kept in CrossWire Beta have been moved to a separate repository. This is included in the Master Repositories List.
-   Site Name:              CrossWire experimental
+  Site Name:              CrossWire Wycliffe
-   Site Machine Name:      labs.crosswire.org
+  Site Machine Name:      ftp.crosswire.org
+  Repository Directory:   /pub/sword/wyclifferaw
+'''Note:'''
+# Many of these translations are now available online at [http://bibles.org/ Bible Search] hosted by the American Bible Society.
+=== Experimental modules ===
+These [[Modules in the experimental repository|experimental modules]] are primarily intended for front-end developers. They require new features not supported by some front-end applications. This repository is not included in the Master Repositories List.
+   Site Name:              CrossWire Experimental
+   Site Machine Name:      ftp.crosswire.org
    Repository Directory:   /pub/sword/experimentalraw
-== NET Bible ==
+Included in this repository are a number of empty test modules - one for each [[Alternate Versification]].
-Home of the New English Translation
-   Site Name:              NET
+=== Lockman Foundation ===
+We have at last been granted permission to distribute these 3 modules from the Lockman Foundation:
+* New American Standard Bible (NASB)
+* Nueva Biblia de las Américas (NBLA)
+* La Biblia de las Américas (LBLA)
+Additionally, a gracious gift from Lockman, they have granted permission for CrossWire to distribute all 3 of these modules unlocked, for free.
+The MRL has been updated to add a repository for the Lockman Foundation modules hosted on the CrossWire server.
+  Site Name:              Lockman Foundation
+  Site Machine Name:      ftp.crosswire.org
+  Repository Directory:   /pub/sword/lockmanraw
+  Catalog Directory:      /ftpmirror/pub/sword/lockmanraw
+  ZIP Directory:          /ftpmirror/pub/sword/lockmanpackages
+== Affiliated Repositories ==
+=== Other Bible agencies ===
+Any ''bona fide'' Bible agency may set up and maintain their own modules repository. Providing the agency adheres to orthodox Christian doctrine (i.e. not a cult!), a request for such a repository to be added to the Master Repostories List will be seriously considered by CrossWire.
+=== NET (Bible.org) ===
+Home of the New English Translation. This is included in the Master Repositories List.
+   Site Name:              NET (Bible.org)
    Site Machine Name:      ftp.bible.org
    Repository Directory:   /sword
@@ Line 40: / Line 81: @@
    ZIP Directory:          /sword/packages/rawzip
-== Xiphos ==
+=== Xiphos ===
-A number of random creations, including a fair number of map and image modules:
+A number of random creations, including a fair number of dictionary, map and image modules:
-Tischendorf8 Greek NT, Hodge's Systematic Theology, and others.<br>Daily Devotionals include BibleCompanion, MCheyne, OneYearRead.
+Tischendorf8 Greek NT, Hodge's Systematic Theology, and others. Daily Devotionals include BibleCompanion, MCheyne, OneYearRead. This is included in the Master Repositories List.
    Site Name:              Xiphos
    Site Machine Name:      ftp.xiphos.org
@@ Line 50: / Line 91: @@
    ZIP Directory:          /sword/zip
-== BSV ==
+This repository is maintained by the developer of the [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos Bible study app]] for Linux & Windows.
-Home of the Bond Slave Version. (Does not currently support access by non-JSword-based front-ends.)
-  Site name:              BSV
-  Host:                   seedofthewoman.com
-  Catalog Directory:      /BSV/sword/raw
-  Zip Directory:          /BSV/sword/packages/rawzip
-== Other Module Sources (Non-Repositories) ==
+=== Institute for Bible Translation ===
+The [http://ibt.org.ru/en/pc.htm Institute for Bible Translation] has a SWORD repository. This is included in the Master Repositories List.
-=== Institute for Scripture Research ===
+  Site Name:              IBT
-The [http://www.messianic.co.za ISR] has a self-extracting ZIP of ''The Scriptures'' that can be installed locally. The module is encoded such that it can be used in The SWORD Project for Windows only (and no other front-end, including other front-ends running on Windows). Since it is a copyrighted work being offered for free, I'm not sure if improvements would be updated on their site.
+  Site Machine Name:      ftp.ibt.org.ru
+  Repository Directory:   /pub/modsword/raw
-=== Bible Vietnam ===
+  Catalog Directory:      /ftpmirror/pub/modsword/raw
-[http://www.biblevietnam.org The UBS Vietnam page] has several Vietnamese-language modules, including the UBS version of the Viet module, which incorporates minor corrections to the 1926 text made in 1998 by the UBS along with headings and cross-references.
+  ZIP Directory:          /ftpmirror/pub/modsword/rawzip
-=== Polish Projekt Sword ===
+The '''Institute for Bible Translation''' provides a number of Bible translations in various languages of Central Asia and the CIS. Alongside these translations are modules for English, Russian, Ukrainian and the original Bible languages (Hebrew & Greek). Further modules are in preparation. Several of the translations have linked dictionary modules.
-[http://sword.chrzescijanie.pl/ Polish Projekt SWORD]. Copyright status uncertain for some of these Polish modules. Some of the module download links are now broken. Maybe the site is not being actively maintained. In October 2009, I was able to download only these two modules:
-# Biblia Warszawsko - Praska (1997)
-# Biblia Gdańska (1881)
-The other links were for the following works:
-# Psałterz Dawidów Jana Kochanowskiego (1579)
-# moduł codziennych rozważań biblijnych "Dobre Nasienie"
-# polska wersja słownika greckich kodów morfologicznych Robinsona
-''Perhaps these can still be retrieved from the Wayback Machine?''
-=== Slovakian ===
+This repository is maintained by the developer of the [[Frontends:Holy_Bible|Holy Bible]] study app for Windows, Linux, and Firefox.
-[http://www.kristus.sk/biblia/ kristus.sk] has the SSV translation available to download as a SWORD module called SvkPS. The published Catholic SSV translation contains deuterocanonical books, but this first module edition does not. One with [[Alternate Versification]] is in the pipeline.
-The same web-page also has Slovak & Czech Bibles for download in other electronic editions, including Go Bible.
+=== eBible.org ===
+This repository maintained by Michael Paul Johnson provides access to more than 1200 Bible modules in more than 600 languages. This is included in the Master Repository List.
-=== Institute for Bible Translation ===
+FTP access:
-The [http://www.ibt.org.ru/english/bible/info_bible_en.htm Institute for Bible Translation] provides a number of translations in various Turkic languages of Central Asia. Currently these include Karakalpak, Turkmen (both Latin & Cyrillic), Uzbek (both Latin & Cyrillic), and Kyrgyz (both Arabic & Cyrillic). Alongside these translations are modules for English, Russian and the original Bible languages (Hebrew and Greek). Further modules are in preparation.
+  Site Name:              eBible.org
+  Site Machine Name:      ftp.ebible.org
+  Repository Directory:   /pub/sword
+  Catalog Directory:      /pub/sword
+  ZIP Directory:          /pub/sword/zip
-Note: Although they appear to be SWORD modules, and SWORD modules work on their MK program, these modules do not work on standard SWORD software. This is because the MK program is based on a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_fork fork] of the SWORD engine source code, adapted to seamlessly provide dual versification for a variant of the Russian Synodal Translation (RST) versification and that of the KJV. Central Asian translations generally follow the RST. With the advent of [[Alternate Versification]] in SWORD, it is envisaged that the MK program may eventually become fully compatible, though the modules currently available from IBT will never be compatible with any release of SWORD from CrossWire.
+HTTP access:
+  Site Name:              eBible.org
-The programmer has made his source code available under the name [http://code.google.com/p/xulsword/ xulsword].
+  Site Machine Name:      ebible.org
+  Repository Directory:   /sword
+  Catalog Directory:      /sword
+  ZIP Directory:          /sword/zip
-=== Paite e-Holy Bible ===
+=== STEP Bible ===
-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paite Paite] is spoken in parts of North East India, Burma & Bangladesh. The Paite e-Holy Bible version 2 (2008-12-17) is available from [http://www.zogamonline.com/index.php?option=com_docman&Itemid=156 Paite E-Holy Bible]. It is possible to display the Paite module in other SWORD front-end applications for Windows by copying the installed files to the SWORD path. In Xiphos, the localized language name is displayed as '''Paite Chin'''.
+The [https://tyndale.github.io/STEPBible-Data/ Tyndale House STEPBible Data Repository] hosts data created for [https://www.STEPBible.org STEPBible.org] originated by [https://www.tyndalehouse.com/ Tyndale House Cambridge] with a '''CC BY 4.0''' license.
-=== German Volxbibel ===
+One of the datasets hosted is [http://public.modules.stepbible.org/packages/ Bible modules for OSIS Sword software Bibles] in the same format as CrossWire modules which can be used in any SWORD-compatible software. Currently, this only contains a small number of modules, but is set to grow in future. In February 2021, a proper SWORD repository has been set up. This is now included in the CrossWire '''MRL'''.<ref>It was added in March 2024.</ref>
-[http://www.volxbibel.com/ Volxbibel] &ndash; A new German Bible translation in the language of the young generation. The  translation is under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/de/deed.en_GB Creative Commons] license, so non-commercial use and distribution is allowed. A SWORD module called VLX3 has been created by [http://www.heidoc.net/ Jan Krohn], who has also built Go Bible applications for Java mobile phones. ''Contact Jan Krohn for further details''.
-=== Word Of God team (India) ===
+  Site Name:              STEP Bible
-The following modules are being made available by the [http://www.wordofgod.in/ Word of God] team in India, under the leadership of Yesudas Solomon.
+  Site Machine Name:      ftp.stepbible.org
-* Hindi Bible
+  Repository Directory:   /pub/sword
-* Hmar Bible
-* Kannada (KJV) Bible
-* Kannada (BSI) NT
-* Koya NT
-* Malayalam Bible
-* Tamil (Common) Bible
-* Tamil (OV) Bible
-* Telugu Bible
-Registration and login is required to download these modules. Some of those listed here are still underway. Other languages expected to follow.
-Currently there are "easy to install" downloads for these Windows front-ends:
+  Catalog Directory:      /pub/sword
-* [http://wordofgod.in/Downloads/FreeBibleSoftwares/SwordBibleSoftware.aspx SwordBible]
+  ZIP Directory:          /pub/sword/zip
-* [http://www.wordofgod.in/Downloads/FreeBibleSoftwares/BPBibleSoftware.aspx BPBible]
-* [http://www.wordofgod.in/Downloads/FreeBibleSoftwares/TheSwordProject.aspx The Sword Project for Windows]
-The latter also has the raw module format downloads.
-There are also Go Bible (mobile phone) versions, and modules for some non-CrossWire free Bible study applications.
+The '''STEP Bible''' app is built using a fork of the [[DevTools:JSword|JSword]] API.
-=== Nepal Bible Society ===
+=== AndBible Extra ===
-[http://www.nepalbiblesociety.org.np/ NBS] has made both its translations available for use with a Nepali interfaced edition of [http://bpbible.com/ BPBible].
+The '''AndBible Extra''' repository contains the free modules from the '''Xiphos''' repository. <ref>The Xiphos repository was incompatible with AndBible (it's FTP only but AB is HTTPS only) so this was made to serve those modules to AndBible users.</ref>
-* Nepali New Revised Version
+'''Note:'''
-* Simple Nepali Holy Bible
+<references />
-Their e-Bible modules are serial numbered and licensed for individual use. Request by email on [http://www.nepalbiblesociety.org.np/e-bible/download.html this page].
+== See also ==
-Both versions are also available as free [http://www.nepalbiblesociety.org.np/go-bible.html Go Bible] applications, with either English or Nepali UI.
+* [[Creating and Maintaining a Module Repository]]
+* [[Other Module Sources]]
 [[Category:Modules]]
+[[Category:Repositories]]

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