Sigil 1.4.2
Size: 70MB
License: FREE
Publisher: Publisher | Listed Programs
Release Date: 2020-11-22 | Changelog
Submit Date: 2020-11-22
OS: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10
Downloads: 16373
Popularity: 
USER RATING
4.38
(8 Votes)
Software Product Description
Features:
- Free and open source software under GPLv3
- Multi-platform: runs on Windows, Linux and Mac
- Full Unicode support: everything you see in Sigil is in UTF-16
- Full EPUB spec support
- WYSIWYG editing
- Multiple Views: Book View, Code View and Split View
- Metadata editor with full support for all possible metadata entries (more than 200) with full descriptions for each
- Table Of Contents editor
- Multi-level TOC support
- Book View fully supports the display of any XHTML document possible under the OPS spec
- SVG support
- Basic XPGT support
- Advanced automatic conversion of all imported documents to Unicode
- Currently imports TXT, HTML and EPUB files; more will be added with time
- Embedded HTML Tidy; all imported documents are thoroughly cleaned; changing views cleans the document so no matter how much you screw up your code, it will fix it (usually)
- An actually usable user interface
- Native C++ application
- Bugs :)
- And a lot more...
USER REVIEWS
"Sigil 0.6 – A worthy eBook program"
Reviewer: -Al0011235813
Review Date: 2012-11-28
Pros: — Can create (high-quality) ePub files — Can validate the file with the in-built validator and the W3C CSS validator — Can open HTML and TXT files as well — Code view — Open source
Cons: — Difficult learning curve — Finding Linux binaries can prove a pain — No MOBI output (use Calibre for conversion)
Other Thoughts: Sigil is a powerful tool that has a wide variety of features, including spell-checking, the ability to view (and edit) the HTML code, support for ePub and a nice GUI.
However, you will need at least a basic understanding of HTML and CSS to make full use of it. It also requires conversion for Amazon kindle, and you have to look for a repository for your distro. Still, it's good overall, and is progressing rapidly.
The only other thing is that it is a FORMATTING program, so actually WRITING on it isn't a very pleasant experience.
4.38
(8 Votes)