# Help/About

From XOWA: the free, open-source, offline wiki application

## Information

name: | XOWA
version: | 3.10.3.4 (view changes)
build_date: | 2016-10-23 13:49
license: | AGPLv3
website: | http://xowa.org
developer: | gnosygnu
email: | gnosygnu at gmail dot com
identity passphrases: | `8d06d35872ca9e477c3295c3b2ccfb02214626660ae0f292ab93e1dfedcadac4 d17f529216e011db77e22365de09335a459d78584fb1c29066e79fe422b904f2`

## Contributors

name | contribution
--- | ---
Schnark | MathJax integration Sortable/Collapsible tables Reference tooltips Timeline Wikidata html formatter Search suggestions Redlink identification Edit toolbar German localization 250+ defect detection
name | contribution
--- | ---
treck | Firefox Add-on Polish localization
hidp123 | multiple defect detection
Miles | multiple defect detection
Anselm | import bz2 by stdout proposal multiple defect detection
Mattze96 | HTTP Web Server mwad
zjzengdongyang | Chinese localization multiple defect detection

## Components and Tools

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Name | Description | License
--- | --- | ---
Primary application components
Wikimedia Foundation | Wiki data dumps and images | CC-BY-SA 3.0
XUL Runner | Mozilla Firefox web browser runtime environment | MPL
Java | Programming language | GPLv2
SWT | Web browser interoperability | CPL
Java libraries
Xerial SQLite JDBC | JDBC library for Sqlite | Apache v2.0
Luaj | Embedded scripting library | BSD
JTidy | HTML markup cleaner | BSD
Apache Commons Compress | BZ2 compression / decompression library | Apache v2.0
Javascript libraries
MathJax | LaTEX library | Apache v2.0
JQuery | General library (used for table sorting/collapsing) | MIT
JQuery UI | UI library (used for draggable) | MIT
NotifyJS | Notification library | MIT
Mustache | Template library | MIT
Other application components
sqlite | SQL database library | Public Domain
Lua | Embedded scripting library | MIT
tidy | HTML markup cleaner | MIT
7-Zip | Compression / decompression program (Windows) | LGPL
Lilypond | Music score generator | GPLv3
ImageMagick | Image converter | Apache v2.0
Inkscape | SVG converter | GPL
MiKTEX | TEX converter (Windows) | MikTex Open Source
TiMidity++ | Midi to ogg converter | GPLv2
Websites
archive.org | Image database host |
Sourceforge.net | Project hosting website |
Gerrit | Software code review |
Wikimedia dump servers | Wiki backup host |
Development tools and utilities
Ubuntu | Operating system | GPL derived
Eclipse | Java IDE | CPL
jEdit | Text editor | GPLv2
Notepad++ | Text editor (Windows) | GPL
Firebug | HTML inspection | BSD
LibreOffice | Spreadsheet application | LGPLv3, MPL
SQuirreL SQL | SQL editor | LGPL
JSmooth | Java exe wrapper (Windows) | GPLv2
Launch4J | Java exe wrapper (Windows 64-bit) | BSD, MIT
qBittorrent | Torrent generator | GPLv2
OBS | Desktop video recording | GPLv2
GIMP | Image manipulation | GPLv3
VLC | Media player | GPLv2
DjVuLibre | DjVu viewer | GPLv2
Evince | PDF viewer | GPLv2
Resources
MediaWiki | Wiki server software | GPLv2
PHP | Server-side scripting language | PHP v3.01
Tango icon library | Icons | Public Domain
Oxygen | Icons | LGPL
Special mention
GNU | Free software philosophy |

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