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 Open Live Writer 0.5 | |
| Original author(s) | Microsoft |
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| Developer(s) | .NET Foundation |
| Preview release | 0.6.2.0 / May 23, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-05-23) |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C# andC++ |
| Operating system | Windows 7 and later[1] |
| Platform | IA-32 andx64[1] |
| Type | Blog software |
| License | MIT License |
| Website | openlivewriter |
Open Live Writer (also known asOLW) is afree and open-source desktopblogging application released by.NET Foundation. It is afork ofWindows Live Writer 2012 byMicrosoft. Open Live Writer featuresWYSIWYG authoring, photo-publishing and map-publishing functionality, and is currently compatible withWordPress.com,WordPress (hosted), andBlogger, with support for more platforms planned. The application's source code is available onGitHub under theMIT License.
Open Live Writer is a fork of Windows Live Writer, which is based on Onfolio Writer,[2] a product Microsoft obtained from the acquisition ofOnfolio in 2006. The Onfolio Writer team worked together with theWindows Live Spaces team to release Windows Live Writer.[3] After the release ofWindows 8, Microsoft encouraged the team responsible for the software to focus onMetro-style apps, and the last major version of Windows Live Writer was released in 2012.[3]
On June 12, 2014, Scott Hanselman announced the idea of making Windows Live Writer open-source.[4] Nearly a year later, it appeared that open-sourcing the program was approved by Microsoft.[5] Later that year, .NET Foundation announced an open-source fork of Windows Live Writer.[3]
On December 9, 2015, Scott Hanselman announced the forking of Microsoft's Windows Live Writer as an open-source project called Open Live Writer.[6] The announcement notes that the original Windows Live Writer 2012 application will remain a property of Microsoft and will continue to be offered as part ofWindows Essentials while Open Live Writer will be developed independently as a separate project as part of .NET Foundation.[7] A downloadable preview version of the application was offered the same day[8] alongside the full source code on GitHub.[9]
On 27 September 2016, Open Live Writer became available onWindows Store.[10]
| Table of versions: Open Live Writer | ||
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| Version | Release date | Highlights |
| Old version, not maintained: 0.5.0.0[11] | December 9, 2015 | |
| Old version, not maintained: 0.5.1.2[12] | December 16, 2015 |
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| Old version, not maintained: 0.5.1.3[13] | December 22, 2015 |
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| Old version, not maintained: 0.5.1.4[14] | December 23, 2015 |
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| Old version, not maintained: 0.6.0.0[15] | February 13, 2016 | |
| Latest version:0.6.2.0[17] | May 23, 2017 |
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