Wikit is a free and open-source dictionary program that enable you translate word for different languages
wikit contains the following components
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Wikit CLI
A CLI tool which can be used to create wikit dictionary from plain text or other dictionary format.
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Wikit Desktop
Desktop application for Windows, Linux and MacOS which is developed using tauri and yew.
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Wikit Mobile
Mobile application for Android, it's under planning.
Installation and Usage
You can download Wikit CLI and Wikit Desktop from Release page.
To install dictionary, see Wikit Introduction for detail.
For Linux user, you can create a file in path ~/.local/share/applications/com.zhqli.wikit.desktop
(create if the path does not exist) with the following content:
#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Wikit Desktop
Comment=A universal dictionary
Path=/path/to/wikit
Exec=/path/to/wikit/wikit-desktop.AppImage
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Utility;
Keywords=dictionary;dict;
You should change Path and Exec to your own, and run update-desktop-database
update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications
after that you can open wikit desktop from your dash.
If you are bother with the manual installation on linux, you can install it from flathub.
For Windows user, you must additionally install webview2 and vc_redist.x86 or vc_redist.x64.
Developement
Install following tools
cargo install tauri-cli trunk
# rust for android target
rustup target add aarch64-linux-android armv7-linux-androideabi i686-linux-android x86_64-linux-android
# sdkmanager is from cmdline-tools https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line
sdkmanager "platforms;android-31" "platform-tools" "build-tools;31.0.0" "cmake;3.22.1" "ndk;25.1.8937393"
Create a file named .env under directory desktop/ui with content
BROWSER=none
PORT=8080
To develop wikit CLI
cd cli
cargo build
To develop wikit desktop
cd desktop
cargo tauri dev
To develop wikit mobile
cd android
make start
Building
To build wikit CLI
cd cli
cargo build --release
To build wikit desktop
cd desktop
cargo tauri build
To build wikit mobile
cd android
make release