Sigil is a free, open source, multi-platform ebook editor. It is designed to edit books in ePub format (both ePub 2 and ePub 3). It also provides features for advanced users, like direct XHTML, CSS and XPGT editing. You can use it to add any of the metadata entries supported by the EPUB specification and create a hierarchical Table of Contents.
Sigil key features:
- Free and open source software under GPLv3
- Multi-platform: runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux (note Linux only receives limited support)
- Full UTF-16 support
- EPUB 2 spec support with limited EPUB 3 support
- Multiple Views: Book View, Code View and Preview View
- WYSIWYG editing in Book View
- Complete control over directly editing EPUB syntax in Code View
- Table of Contents generator with multi-level heading support
- Metadata editor
- User interface translated into many languages
- Spell checking with default and user configurable dictionaries
- Full Regular Expression (PCRE) support for Find & Replace
- Supports import of EPUB and HTML files, images, and style sheets,
- Documents can be validated for EPUB compliance with the integrated
- All imported files have their formatting corrected, and your editing can be optionally cleaned
- Plugins!
Sigil 2.3.1 changelog:
- Sigil version 2.3.1 is primarily a bug-fix release. Also note that the Microsoft VC++ runtime redistributable is no longer being bundled in the Sigil Windows installer starting with version 2.3.1. This should already be installed on any Windows PC that Sigil is supported on.
Changes in this Release
Bug fixes
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fix to prevent double epub load warnings
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fix to prevent load warnings without details from causing a crash
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fix to prevent rename templates from using characters forbidden in file names and paths
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fix to better restoreState when MainWindow is Maximized of FullScreen
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fix lost External Editor Preference when browse cancelled (BeckyEbook)
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fix for crashes related to serious epub load exceptions
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better handle epubs with missing NCX files
Download: Sigil 2.3.1 | 126.0 MB (Open Source)
Links: Sigil Home Page | Other Operating Systems