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We also have a MacOS X native port in the way (you can still use the UNIX version on MacOS X if you want).

This combined with our support for internationalization (the ability to run AbiWord in many languages) gives AbiWord a massive potential user-base.Ĭurrently we run on most UNIX systems, Windows 95 and later, QNX Neutrino 6.2.

Our source code is carefully written so that AbiWord will run on virtually any operating system with a minimum of time spent on porting. The goal of the project was the development of a cross-platform, Open Source office suite beginning with AbiWord, the project's word processor.ĪbiWord is unique among word processors in its drive to become a fully cross-platform word processor.

Like most Open Source projects, AbiWord started as a cathedral, but has become more like a bazaar.ĪbiWord is part of a larger project known as AbiSource, which was started by the SourceGear Corporation.