Qilin is a free, open-source text editor developed for exact sciences in mind. It fully supports LaTeX, KaTeX and AsciiMath. Qilin works on each desktop platform - it is based on Chromium and Node.js, licensed under the BSD-3-Clause license.
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.
Qilin was created and developed by Bartosz Łaniewski. The full list of contributors can be found here. Qilin's code is BSD-3-Clause licensed. We also provide an additional "patent" grant.
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$ npm run <command>| Command | Description |
|---|---|
preapre |
Compiles resources used by Qilin |
build |
Builds Qilin releases for macOS, Windows, Linux |
watch |
Runs Qilin application and re-compiles on changes |
start |
Runs Qilin application |
clean |
Deletes builds and caches |
eslint |
Fixes ESLinter errors |
Note: In some cases, you might need to run those scripts with administrator privileges (
sudo).
There are two ways to install Qilin. Please, refer to INSTALL.md file for more instructions. If you wonder how to work on Qilin or have other questions - check our Wiki.
All the screenshots can be found on Imgur. You can find some devblogs on my Youtube channel.
