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Sigil for Mac

WYSIWYG e-book editor for the ePub format.

Free
In English
3.5
Based on 24 user rates

Sigil overview

Sigil is a multi-platform WYSIWYG ebook editor. It is designed to edit books in ePub format.

Features
  • Free and open source software under GPLv3
  • Multi-platform: runs on Windows, Linux and Mac
  • Full Unicode support: everything you see in Sigil is in UTF-16
  • Full EPUB spec support
  • WYSIWYG editing
  • Multiple Views: Book View, Code View and Split View
  • Metadata editor with full support for all possible metadata entries (more than 200) with full descriptions for each
  • Table Of Contents editor
  • Multi-level TOC support
  • Book View fully supports the display of any XHTML document possible under the OPS spec
  • SVG support
  • Basic XPGT support
  • Advanced automatic conversion of all imported documents to Unicode
  • Currently imports TXT, HTML and EPUB files; more will be added with time
  • Currently exports EPUB and SGF (Sigil native format); more will be added with time
  • Embedded HTML Tidy; all imported documents are thoroughly cleaned; changing views cleans the document so no matter how much you screw up your code, it will fix it (usually)
  • An actually usable user interface
  • Native C++ application

What’s new in version 2.3.0

New Features
  • removed support for building Sigil with Qt5 as our code had become a rats nest of qt version ifdefs. See our git branch "qt5final" for the very last buildable version of Sigil under Qt5
  • our new minium version to build Qt is Qt 6.4.0 or later
  • removed the need and usage for Qt6Compat5 as its contents were deprecated and will go away eventually
  • added support for using the ICU library to help replace the range of encodings supported by the old QTextCodec
  • we are now using NFC unicode normalization form for all content, links, urls, and file paths.
  • made Sigil's Well-Formed Check (Sanity Check) more robust to whitespace parsing rules and allowed it to detect and report missing XML Headers
  • we have upgraded to use Qt 6.7.2 and Python 3.11.9 for the base of our Windows and MacOS releases
  • added a Bookmark Location toolbar icon right beside the Back button for easier use
  • Opening EditTOC, SpeckcheckEditor or MetaDataEditor will now highlight the first line entry
  • Add new Tool: Rebase OPF Manifest IDs on Current Filenames
  • Update to 3rdparty PCRE2 version 10.44 for bug fixes
  • General code cleanup to remove unneeded hacks and workarounds for old Qt bugs now fixed
Bug Fixes
  • reverted all Qt Buttons and CheckBoxes to default TabFocus to speed up focus changes and reduce clicks
  • fixed SelectFiles (AddCover, Insert Image) to again use the arrows keys to walk the list
  • fixed some lost or stolen focus issues
  • fix overwriting of existing nav document and cover-image manifest properties
  • fix for Reports column sorting that use thousands group separators
  • fix for Reports file size column that did not properly use QLocale for decimal points and separators
  • fix crashing due to PCRE2 bugs in Qt 6.7.2 with their internal PCRE2
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Sigil for Mac

Free
In English
Version 2.3.0
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3.5

(33 Reviews of Sigil)

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Aargl
Aargl
Aug 21 2023
2.0.0
5.0
Aug 21 2023
5.0
Version: 2.0.0
MU> "Sigil requires macOS 11 or newer" as mentioned here: https://sigil-ebook.com/sigil/download/
Aargl
Aargl
May 24 2022
1.9.10
5.0
May 24 2022
5.0
Version: 1.9.10
MU> 10.12 required as mentioned here: https://sigil-ebook.com/sigil/tips/#mac-tips-and-troubleshooting
chrisexperimental
chrisexperimental
Nov 12 2021
1.8.0
0.0
Nov 12 2021
0.0
Version: 1.8.0
Will sigil ever be compatible with the M1 processor?? I've tried multiple times this year (Nov 12, 2021 today) and it never works. Have a 2020 MacBook Air.
Graphic-Mac
Graphic-Mac
Mar 30 2021
1.5.1
0.0
Mar 30 2021
0.0
Version: 1.5.1
Just a note: This hasn't been a WYSIWYG editor in a while. The dev removed that portion of the app and split it off into a separate app called PageEdit (also open source).
Aargl
Aargl
Jun 26 2019
0.9.14
5.0
Jun 26 2019
5.0
Version: 0.9.14
I have used this app only once when Amazon was refusing my book in Calibre's mobi format and it saved my life. :-) I opened with Sigil the epub generated by Calibre and generated the TOC (Tools/Toc/Generate at that time) then I opened the edited epub in Kindle Previewer or kindlegen and converted to mobi. So 5 stars for this invaluable tool!
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Aug 23 2023
2.0.1
3.0
Aug 23 2023
3.0
Version: 2.0.1
Ervins Strauhmanis
Ervins Strauhmanis
Aug 23 2023
2.0.0
5.0
Aug 23 2023
5.0
Version: 2.0.0
Quirop-Pa
Quirop-Pa
Sep 24 2021
1.7.0
5.0
Sep 24 2021
5.0
Version: 1.7.0
PedantMac
PedantMac
Aug 2 2020
5.0
Aug 2 2020
5.0
Version: null
Aargl
Aargl
Jun 26 2019
5.0
Jun 26 2019
5.0
Version: null
Thaiwest
Thaiwest
Jan 19 2019
3.0
Jan 19 2019
3.0
Version: null
anonymous-skink-4586
anonymous-skink-4586
Aug 30 2015
4.0
Aug 30 2015
4.0
Version: null
Igor-Freiberger
Igor-Freiberger
Oct 2 2014
4.5
Oct 2 2014
4.5
Version: null
Magosilvan
Magosilvan
Oct 2 2014
0.5
Oct 2 2014
0.5
Version: null
Quiiick
Quiiick
Mar 7 2014
4.0
Mar 7 2014
4.0
Version: null
Macfool
Macfool
Feb 25 2014
4.0
Feb 25 2014
4.0
Version: null
Jazzyguy
Jazzyguy
Feb 25 2014
5.0
Feb 25 2014
5.0
Version: null
FrédéricL8739
FrédéricL8739
Jan 10 2014
3.5
Jan 10 2014
3.5
Version: null
PaolaMannaro6384
PaolaMannaro6384
Mar 19 2013
0.5
Mar 19 2013
0.5
Version: null
Trzebinik
Trzebinik
Jan 15 2013
5.0
Jan 15 2013
5.0
Version: null
Dedalus271
Dedalus271
Dec 31 2012
3.5
Dec 31 2012
3.5
Version: null
onlyuser
onlyuser
Dec 9 2012
1.0
Dec 9 2012
1.0
Version: null
mckryak-user
mckryak-user
Dec 9 2012
0.5
Dec 9 2012
0.5
Version: null
Eelco-Deuling
Eelco-Deuling
Nov 6 2012
4.0
Nov 6 2012
4.0
Version: null
Lucian-Cmorej
Lucian-Cmorej
Oct 4 2012
4.5
Oct 4 2012
4.5
Version: null
Vinkri
Vinkri
Apr 8 2012
3.0
Apr 8 2012
3.0
Version: null
Max-Roach
Max-Roach
Feb 26 2011
3.5
Feb 26 2011
3.5
Version: null
Alamak
Alamak
Feb 5 2011
2.0
Feb 5 2011
2.0
Version: null
B-Zhach
B-Zhach
Dec 15 2010
4.0
Dec 15 2010
4.0
Version: null