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Sigil

Version 1.9.30

WYSIWYG e-book editor for the ePub format.

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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 1.9.30

Updated on Mar 17 2023

Bug Fixes
  • fix Checkpointing to work with dulwich version 0.20.46+
  • fix css value parsing when !important is used
  • EmbeddedPython fixes to work with Python 3.11 and later (thank you sharkcz)
  • leave cursor position unchanged if nothing found when search groups of files
  • make all Numeric items in Reports align right
  • add support for thousands separator to Reports
  • allow blank dc:language values to prevent crashing (as Sigil-1.9.10 did)
  • allow unknown language codes to pass through MetaEditor
  • MetaEditor under epub2, allow custom opf scheme values
  • prevent duplicate spaces when reformatting CSS in import, charset and namespace
  • better prevent random OPF attribute order changes to simplify Checkpoint diffs
  • fixed file menu Print Preview for xhtml and image tabs
  • prevent plugins from crashing Sigil by deleting last xhtml file in epub
  • fix issue where images/css could not be properly added in an epub3 with no css files
New Features
  • allow user to edit Checkpoint descriptions for clarity via Checkpoint menu
  • add ability to show the Checkpoint Change Log via Checkpoint menu
  • update to Hunspell 1.7.2 (released in December 2022) for spellchecking
  • update to latest zlib-1.2.13 for latest security fixes
  • move completely away from ever using OS system tmp folder for storing Sigil wip files. Instead create a new "workspace" folder inside Sigil Preferences folder
  • added ability to Print Preview and Print contents of Sigil's Preview window

Information

License

Free

Size

81.2 MB

Developer’s website

https://sigil-ebook.com

Downloads

102088

App requirements

  • Intel 64
  • OS X 10.12 or later
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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!
Bipou
Bipou
Feb 20 2019
0.9.11
0.0
Feb 20 2019
0.0
Version: 0.9.11
Developer's website does not exist anymore and Sigil is unable to download itself the update.
anonymous-skink-4586
anonymous-skink-4586
Aug 30 2015
0.8.3
4.0
Aug 30 2015
4.0
Version: 0.8.3
Sigil 0.8.7 is out https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/releases
PedantMac
PedantMac
Dec 30 2014
0.8.0
5.0
Dec 30 2014
5.0
Version: 0.8.0
Velmi dobrá appka, jsem s ní spokojen
stefets
stefets
Oct 18 2014
0.8.0
0.0
Oct 18 2014
0.0
Version: 0.8.0
8.01 is out at http://sigildev.blogspot.it A really nice and great application to create or edit epub. My only complaints with these last versions (8.0 and 8.01) is that you can not paste text in the Replace field using key shortcut anymore. It is not a tragedy, but it's not so comfortable activate the control-click menu every time you want paste the replace string in Search and Replace… So before to upgrade take also a backup copy of previous version if it works for you.
Igor-Freiberger
Igor-Freiberger
Oct 2 2014
0.8.0
4.5
Oct 2 2014
4.5
Version: 0.8.0
Amazing to see a new Sigil release. Thanks!
Magosilvan
Magosilvan
Oct 2 2014
0.8.0
0.5
Oct 2 2014
0.5
Version: 0.8.0
it doesn't work on Lion
Bad-Dog
Bad-Dog
May 29 2014
0.7.4
0.0
May 29 2014
0.0
Version: 0.7.4
Great software, unfortunately no longer under active development. See: http://sigildev.blogspot.com I am still using it in Mavericks. I use Calibre also, which is constantly improving as an ebook editor.
Macfool
Macfool
Feb 25 2014
0.7.4
4.0
Feb 25 2014
4.0
Version: 0.7.4
10.8 and up.
Jazzyguy
Jazzyguy
Feb 25 2014
0.7.4
5.0
Feb 25 2014
5.0
Version: 0.7.4
Works Great!
FrédéricL8739
FrédéricL8739
Jan 10 2014
0.6.2
3.5
Jan 10 2014
3.5
Version: 0.6.2
The following link explains how to launch softwares like Jutoh or Sigil designed by no-Apple develepors. And it worked for both!
Sojourner0001
Sojourner0001
Jan 3 2014
0.6.2
0.0
Jan 3 2014
0.0
Version: 0.6.2
Sigil 0.7.4 is available on the website since October.
PaolaMannaro6384
PaolaMannaro6384
Mar 19 2013
0.6.2
0.5
Mar 19 2013
0.5
Version: 0.6.2
CANT RUN IT ON MAC 10.6.8 and someone ?? can't be bothered to put the new version of SIGIL on the MACUPDATE page BOTH versions of SIGIL fail to load with MAC 10.6.8 ( Sigil 6.2 and 7.1 )
Trzebinik
Trzebinik
Jan 15 2013
0.6.2
5.0
Jan 15 2013
5.0
Version: 0.6.2
Easy to use, epub editor but only epub
Dedalus271
Dedalus271
Dec 31 2012
0.6.2
3.5
Dec 31 2012
3.5
Version: 0.6.2
I have to test it better, but using it with OS X 10.8.2, it works fine and I don't get any crash.
onlyuser
onlyuser
Dec 9 2012
0.6.2
1.0
Dec 9 2012
1.0
Version: 0.6.2
Yes, it crashes at start up on my mini with OSX 10.7.5.
anonymous-dingo-653
anonymous-dingo-653
Dec 8 2012
0.5.3
0.0
Dec 8 2012
0.0
Version: 0.5.3
Actually, 0.6.2 is out, but hold off. More and more people are reporting that it crashes on start up in OSX. Someone really needs to catch up on this listing at MacUpdate.
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