 | This articleneeds additional citations forverification. Please helpimprove this article byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "StarDict" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(November 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
| StarDict | |
|---|---|
 StarDict screenshot | |
| Initial release | March 10, 2003; 22 years ago (2003-03-10)[1] |
| Stable release | 3.0.7.1[2]  / 2 October 2023 |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Dictionary |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later[3] |
| Website | stardict-4 |
| Repository | |
StarDict, developed by Hu Zheng (胡正), is afreeGUI released under theGPL-3.0-or-later license for accessing StarDict dictionary files (adictionary shell). It is the successor ofStarDic, developed by Ma Su'an (馬蘇安), continuing its version numbers.
According to StarDict's earlier homepage onSourceForge, the project has been removed from SourceForge due tocopyright infringement reports.[4][failed verification] It moved toGoogle Code[5] and then back to SourceForge,[6] while development is now seemingly continued onGitHub.[7]
StarDict runs underLinux,Windows,FreeBSD,Maemo andSolaris. Dictionaries of the user's choice are installed separately. Dictionary files can be created by convertingdict files.[8]
Several programs compatible with the StarDict dictionary format are available for different platforms. For theiPhone,iPod Touch andiPad, applications available in theApp Store include GuruDic, TouchDict, weDict, Dictionary Universal, Alpus and others, as well as the free iStarDict, which is available for theCydia Store.
One can findhere the partial list of FreeDict dictionaries which can be converted to the StarDict format. These include, in particular, some older versions of Webster's dictionary and many dictionaries for various languages.
While StarDict is inscan mode, results are displayed in atooltip, allowing easy dictionary lookup. When combined with Freedict, StarDict will quickly provide rough translations of foreign language websites.
On September 25, 2006, an online version of Stardict began operation. This online version includes access to all the major dictionaries of StarDict, as well as Wikipedia in Chinese.
Previous versions of StarDict were very similar to thePowerWord dictionary program, which is developed by a Chinese company, KingSoft. Since version 2.4.2, however, StarDict has diverged from the design of PowerWord by increasing its search capabilities and adding lexicons in a variety of languages. This was assisted by the collaboration of many developers with the author.[9][10]
| sdcv | |
|---|---|
| Developers | Evgeniy A. Dushistov, Hu Zheng |
| Stable release | |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later[11] |
| Website | http://www.huzheng.org/stardict.org_web |
| Repository | |
Evgeniy A. Dushistov produced a command line version of StarDict calledsdcv. It employed all the dictionary files that belong to StarDict. It is written inC++ and licensed under the terms of theGNU General Public License.
sdcv runs underLinux,[12][13]FreeBSD,[14] andSolaris. As in StarDict, dictionaries of the user's choice have to be installed separately.
At the end of 2006, software developer Hu Zheng cited personal financial problems[15] as an excuse to charge users for downloading dictionary files from his website, which temporarily aroused strong doubts[16] and dissatisfaction in the Linux community.[17] In the end, under the pressure of public opinion, the charging plan was forced to be canceled and ended hastily.[18]
{{cite web}}:Missing or empty|title= (help){{cite web}}:Missing or empty|title= (help)