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Welcome to AbiSource Developer Central!

We follow a "standard" Open Source development process. Like most Open Source projects, this one started as a cathedral, but has become more like a bazaar. The "standard" Open Source process is somewhat of a meritocracy. This means that the more you contribute, the more influence you have.

Mailing List

You can sign up for the AbiWord development mailing list by sending a message to abiword-dev-request@abisource.com with "subscribe" in the message body. To reduce spam to this list it has been configured to have an open subscription policy (anyone can subscribe), but only members can submit messages to it; you need to subscribe to send mail. We also host archives of this list. This mailing list is for issues related to AbiWord development only.

Code Contributions

If you'd like to submit a source code patch to the AbiSource development team, please send it to patches@abisource.com with a brief explanation of what it does (a feature it adds, the bug number it fixes, etc.). We also ask that you subscribe to the abiword-dev mailing list (per the instructions above), and send a copy of your patch there. This lets other developers know about this new functionality, and is a great place to submit new ideas or ask for assistance or information about the source.

How to get started

AbiWord currently has a "Project of the Week", or POW, with descriptions of specific features, and how to get started in the AbiWord codebase.

Tools hosted at AbiSource

To download source code: Download Directory
To browse the source code: LXR
To browse the history and activity of the source tree: Bonsai
To report bugs and look at known bugs: Bugzilla
To check build status on all platforms: Tinderbox

AbiWord feature status documentation

To see the plan and goals for AbiWord: Roadmap
To see a current list of feature status: Feature matrix
To see a current list of features by OS: User Interface matrix

Tools used in the AbiSource development effort

Free Software Foundation tools (gcc, g++, make, bash).
Cygnus Win32 Tools (make, bash, etc.)
GTK
CVS.

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