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Welcome to the CrossWire Wiki

Be sure to check out our current events page to see how you might use your skills here at CrossWire.

Also, we have pages describing the purpose of our work and the CrossWire Bible Society itself.

You can even come chat with SWORD developers on IRC: #sword on FreeNode.

SWORD Modules

• List of Known Module Repositories
• Information About Fonts
• Module Requests

SWORD Frontends

• The SWORD Project for Windows
• MacSword
• Gnomesword (GNOME)
• BibleDesktop (JSword)
• BibleTime (See also Kio-Sword)
• BPBible (wxPython)
• FireBible (JSword/FireFox)
• SWORDReader (PocketPC handhelds)
• SwordBible
• BibleTool
• Rapier (for maemo Internet tablets)
• Alkitab Bible Study

No longer actively being developed

• BibleStudy (wxWidgets)
• Diatheke (CLI)

Platform-specific help

• SWORD on the Asus EeePC

Wishlist for an Ideal SWORD Frontend

None of our SWORD frontends do it all! Though we work diligently towards that end!

Those features that we would like to see someday in SWORD frontends are listed in the Feature List.

Development Tools

• SWORD Engine (C++)
• JSword (Java)

Module Development

• How to Create SWORD Modules
• A Basic OSIS Tutorial
• Guide to Writing OSIS Bibles
• Guide to Writing OSIS Commentaries
• Guide to Writing ThML modules
• Guide to Writing TEI Dictionaries
• Guide to Converting SFM Bibles to OSIS
• New Modules
• Testing status of Beta modules

Text Development outside CrossWire

• Non-CrossWire Text-Development Projects

Getting Started in Wiki Collaboration

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• MediaWiki FAQ
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