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Qilin is a free, open-source and fully hackable text editor developed for exact sciences in mind. It fully supports KaTeX and AsciiMath. Qilin works on each desktop platform - it is based on Chromium and Node.js, licensed under the MIT license. Qilin is extensible via several plugins and themes.

Qilin editor

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Note: Qilin Editor and all related repositories are still in development - it might not be suitable for daily usage. As the only active maintainer, I (@Bartozzz) am not able to provide regular updates, so any help is more than welcome.

<h2 align="center">Contributing</h2>

Bug reporting

Github Open Issues Github Closed Issues Github Pull Requests

We want contributing to Qilin to be fun, enjoyable, and educational for everyone. Changes and improvements are more than welcome! Feel free to fork and open a pull request. If you have found any issues, please report them here - they are being tracked on GitHub Issues.

License

Qilin was created and developed by Bartosz Łaniewski. The full list of contributors can be found here. Qilin's code is MIT licensed. We also provide an additional "patent" grant.

Development

We have prepared multiple commands to help you develop Qilin on your own. Don't forget to install all Node.js dependencies from npm. You will need a local copy of Node.js installed on your machine.

$ npm install

Usage

$ npm run <command>

List of commands

CommandDescription
preapre-qpmPrepares Qilin package manager
preaprePrepares Qilin itself
buildBuilds Qilin binaries for macOS, Windows, Linux
startBuilds and opens Qilin application
watchBuilds on changes and opens Qilin application
cleanDeletes cache directories
eslintFixes ESLinter errors
stylelintFixes StyleLint errors
nwOpens Qilin application

Note: In some cases, you might need to run those scripts with administrator privileges (sudo).

Installation

There are two ways to install Qilin. Please, refer to INSTALL.md file for more instructions. If you wonder how to use Qilin or have any other questions - check our Wiki.

<div align="center"> <h2>Screenshots</h2>

All the screenshots can be found on Imgur. You can find some devblogs on my Youtube channel.

Qilin light mode Qilin dark mode

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