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Sigil for Mac

WYSIWYG e-book editor for the ePub format.

Free
In English
3.5
Based on 24 user rates

Sigil overview

Sigil is a multi-platform WYSIWYG ebook editor. It is designed to edit books in ePub format.

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
  • Currently exports EPUB and SGF (Sigil native format); 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

What’s new in version 2.2.1

  • Update base.ts for late Preferences translation change missed in the last release
  • Update Translations from Transifex
  • Fix incorrect std button icon under Fusion for Sigil Preferences Open Preference Folder
  • Set default button in the fix doctype/headers dialog on epub load to Yes to match earlier behaviour
View older Sigil versions

Sigil for Mac

Free
In English
Version 2.2.1

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3.5

(33 Reviews of Sigil)

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Aargl
Aargl
Aug 21 2023
2.0.0
5.0
Aug 21 2023
5.0
Version: 2.0.0
MU> "Sigil requires macOS 11 or newer" as mentioned here: https://sigil-ebook.com/sigil/download/
Aargl
Aargl
May 24 2022
1.9.10
5.0
May 24 2022
5.0
Version: 1.9.10
MU> 10.12 required as mentioned here: https://sigil-ebook.com/sigil/tips/#mac-tips-and-troubleshooting
chrisexperimental
chrisexperimental
Nov 12 2021
1.8.0
0.0
Nov 12 2021
0.0
Version: 1.8.0
Will sigil ever be compatible with the M1 processor?? I've tried multiple times this year (Nov 12, 2021 today) and it never works. Have a 2020 MacBook Air.
Graphic-Mac
Graphic-Mac
Mar 30 2021
1.5.1
0.0
Mar 30 2021
0.0
Version: 1.5.1
Just a note: This hasn't been a WYSIWYG editor in a while. The dev removed that portion of the app and split it off into a separate app called PageEdit (also open source).
Aargl
Aargl
Jun 26 2019
0.9.14
5.0
Jun 26 2019
5.0
Version: 0.9.14
I have used this app only once when Amazon was refusing my book in Calibre's mobi format and it saved my life. :-) I opened with Sigil the epub generated by Calibre and generated the TOC (Tools/Toc/Generate at that time) then I opened the edited epub in Kindle Previewer or kindlegen and converted to mobi. So 5 stars for this invaluable tool!
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Aug 23 2023
2.0.1
3.0
Aug 23 2023
3.0
Version: 2.0.1
Ervins Strauhmanis
Ervins Strauhmanis
Aug 23 2023
2.0.0
5.0
Aug 23 2023
5.0
Version: 2.0.0
Quirop-Pa
Quirop-Pa
Sep 24 2021
1.7.0
5.0
Sep 24 2021
5.0
Version: 1.7.0
PedantMac
PedantMac
Aug 2 2020
5.0
Aug 2 2020
5.0
Version: null
Aargl
Aargl
Jun 26 2019
5.0
Jun 26 2019
5.0
Version: null
Thaiwest
Thaiwest
Jan 19 2019
3.0
Jan 19 2019
3.0
Version: null
anonymous-skink-4586
anonymous-skink-4586
Aug 30 2015
4.0
Aug 30 2015
4.0
Version: null
Igor-Freiberger
Igor-Freiberger
Oct 2 2014
4.5
Oct 2 2014
4.5
Version: null
Magosilvan
Magosilvan
Oct 2 2014
0.5
Oct 2 2014
0.5
Version: null
Quiiick
Quiiick
Mar 7 2014
4.0
Mar 7 2014
4.0
Version: null
Macfool
Macfool
Feb 25 2014
4.0
Feb 25 2014
4.0
Version: null
Jazzyguy
Jazzyguy
Feb 25 2014
5.0
Feb 25 2014
5.0
Version: null
FrédéricL8739
FrédéricL8739
Jan 10 2014
3.5
Jan 10 2014
3.5
Version: null
PaolaMannaro6384
PaolaMannaro6384
Mar 19 2013
0.5
Mar 19 2013
0.5
Version: null
Trzebinik
Trzebinik
Jan 15 2013
5.0
Jan 15 2013
5.0
Version: null
Dedalus271
Dedalus271
Dec 31 2012
3.5
Dec 31 2012
3.5
Version: null
onlyuser
onlyuser
Dec 9 2012
1.0
Dec 9 2012
1.0
Version: null
mckryak-user
mckryak-user
Dec 9 2012
0.5
Dec 9 2012
0.5
Version: null
Eelco-Deuling
Eelco-Deuling
Nov 6 2012
4.0
Nov 6 2012
4.0
Version: null
Lucian-Cmorej
Lucian-Cmorej
Oct 4 2012
4.5
Oct 4 2012
4.5
Version: null
Vinkri
Vinkri
Apr 8 2012
3.0
Apr 8 2012
3.0
Version: null
Max-Roach
Max-Roach
Feb 26 2011
3.5
Feb 26 2011
3.5
Version: null
Alamak
Alamak
Feb 5 2011
2.0
Feb 5 2011
2.0
Version: null
B-Zhach
B-Zhach
Dec 15 2010
4.0
Dec 15 2010
4.0
Version: null