Features Bibledit
| Platforms | Any device: web, computer, Chromebook, tablet and mobile phone. |
| Target user | Bible translators, managers and consultants; beginners as well as professionals. |
| License | free, open source |
| Resources | open-licensed resources, ancient as well as modern resources. |
| File format | USFM3 |
| Previews | Optional live preview beside the text editor |
| Find/Replace function | Yes, basic search and replace, and advanced search and replace. |
| Style-sheets | Extra style sheets can be created besides the default style sheet. |
| Bible text editors | Three main options: chapter editor, verse editor and USFM editor. |
| Workspace Layout | Adjustable workspaces, with up to 15 panes in one window. On the web one can open multiple tabs in the browser. |
| Compare Bibles and Resources | Yes, via a ‘Comparative Resource’, and via the function ‘Compare Bibles’ |
| Displays illustrations in-line | Yes |
| Internationalised menus/interface | Yes: see this link for options |
| Fully internationalised editing | Yes, incl. right-to-left support |
| Conflict Resolutions with team work | Yes (merges differences, and auto-resolves conflicts, sends email if not sure about merge) |
| Live collaboration of multiple users | Yes, in Bibledit Cloud. |
| Able to show changes made by other users | Yes, live, and through the Change Notifications |
| Real-time spell check | Uses spell checker of browser, so dependent on browser. |
| Autosave | Yes |
| Backup of the device to Bibledit Cloud | Yes, through device by ‘send/receive’. |
| Backup of Bibledit Cloud | Can be done by the administrator, depends on web hosting VPS provider. |
| Other backups | Manual backup depending on operating system. |
| Sharing options | RSS feed. Send/receive to Git repository. |
| Original language Bible resources | Yes |
| Bible and commentary resources | Yes, in various languages, especially in English |
| Lexicon resources | Yes |
| Other downloadable resources | Yes, like images and pdf documents. |
| Import of local/on-disk resources | Yes, USFM |
| Open-licensed resources | Yes |
| Resources updated automatically | Yes, but offline resources which have been downloaded have to be updated manually. |
| Old Testament support | Yes |
| New Testament support | Yes |
| Deuterocanon support | Yes |
| Customizable order of Bible books. | Yes |
| Front- and back-matter support | Yes |
| Book introductions support | Yes |
| Chapter introductions support | Yes |
| Section headings support | Yes |
| Section references support | Yes |
| Cross-references support | Yes |
| Footnotes support | Yes |
| Specialised glossary support | Yes |
| Translator/Consultant notes support | Yes |
| Bridged verses | Yes |
| Omitted verses | Yes |
| Reordered verses | Yes |
| Non-numeric verse “numbers” | Yes |
| Non-numeric chapter “numbers” | Yes |
| Alternate versification schemes (incl. mapping) | Yes |
| Consistency of translated terms | Manual |
| Search functions | For similar verses, for similar Strong’s numbers, for exact strong’s numbers, for similar Hebrew and Greek words, for Consultation Notes. |
| Other tools | Community Feedback, Work Planner (called Sprint Planner), Sprint Burndown Chart, e-mail notifications. |
| Export Bible Text | Yes, to website, to html, to USFM, to basic USFM, to plain text, to OpenDocument, to e-Sword, to online Bible, to Bible Drop Box. |
| Printing | Yes, it can print Bibles and Resources, as well as text per verse. |
| Typesetting support | Yes, via OpenDocument and Help menu. |
| Status | Mature, with regular updates. |
| Distribution | Freely available via website or app stores. |
| Installer available | Yes |
| Availability | Yes, on Linux, Windows, macOS, ChromeOS, Android and iOS. |
| Automatic program updates | Partial, depending on operating system, on Ubuntu, macOS, ChromeOS, iOS, and Android. |
| Openly documented and accessible verse synchronisation scheme | Via source code or interface. |
| Programming language | C++/HTML/JS/CSS |
| Planned new features | See issues tracker on GitHub. |
| Source code available | Yes |
| Hackable | Yes |
| Licence | GPL3+ |
| Home page | bibledit.org |
| Download | bibledit.org |
| Forum | groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bibledit-general |
| Training | YouTube videos, plus embedded on website |
| Source code | github.com/bibledit |
| Owner or creator | Open source community |