Wordbook

Look up definitions for any English term Source

Description

Wordbook is an offline English-English dictionary application powered by WordNet and eSpeak.

Features:

Fully offline after initial data download
Pronunciations
Random Word
Live Search
Double click to search
Dark mode

Source

Notice

GTK3/libadwaita until 0.2.0, GTK4/libadwaita since 0.4.0.

Project links:

Links to (pages with) screenshots:

Rating

Mobile Fit: 5

Perfect - this app fits your phone screen just fine out of the box and works nicely with touch input!

Project status: mature

This project has been in development for a long time and is usually well beyond its 1.0 release. It should work fine.

Features

Connectivity: This app requires internet on first-run, e.g., to download content necessary for operation.

✔ Every feature of this app can be accessed via touch screen, no mouse or keyboard needed.

✔ This app is (according to its appstream metadata or description) intended to be compatible with mobile devices.

Packaging

Is this app packaged for my distribution?

green: current and packaged,
red: packaged, but not current, ratings and other details may not apply.

Get it on Flathub!

Build and install your own flatpak: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mufeedali/Wordbook/main/build-aux/flatpak/dev.mufeed.Wordbook.Devel.json

If you're lucky*, you can install this app by just hitting this button:

Install

* You need to have an appstream:// handler, e.g., GNOME Software or KDE Discover, installed and the app needs to be available in a configured software repository, more details.

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Licensing and technical details

License: GPL-3.0-or-later Metadata: CC0-1.0

Frameworks: GTK4 libadwaita

Programming languages: Python

Build system: meson

AppStream Metadata URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mufeedali/Wordbook/main/data/dev.mufeed.Wordbook.metainfo.xml.in.in