QUILL documentation

Documentation

Every published QUILL document, grouped by topic. New here? Start with the 1.0.0 release notes or the user guide.

1.0.0 release

Release notes

The full 1.0.0 release notes: One Editor, Every Format, community bug fixes, GitHub as a working environment, and a truly offline Offline Edition.

Read the release notes

Release on GitHub

Release notes, source code, and all release assets. Windows 10 or later, 64-bit. Online installers download optional components on first use; offline installers bundle everything.

Using QUILL

User guide

Day-to-day use: writing, navigation, the command palette, settings, document intake, remote files, AI, and the accessibility features that make QUILL what it is.

Product requirements

The full product requirements document - the single source of truth for QUILL's intended architecture and behavior.

The Quillin platform

Quillins are small, sandboxed extensions that add commands, snippets, menus, and hotkeys. Start with the tutorial.

Tutorial

Build your first Quillin from scratch - a Layer 1 snippet that grows into a Layer 2 Python handler, then lint, test, and submit.

Authoring reference

The full design and authoring reference: the manifest schema, the capability catalogue, the Python and Node.js APIs, and the security model.

Submission guide

The end-to-end process for submitting a Quillin: directory layout, self-lint, tests, review criteria, and the acceptance checklist.

Author Covenant

The code of conduct for Quillin code: accessibility, capability honesty, no silent network, security, and licensing.

Snippet Wizard

Build a snippet-only Quillin interactively - fill in the guided form and download your manifest.json ready to install. No coding required.

Quillin Hub

Browse and install Quillins built by the community. Manage installed Quillins and review their declared capabilities.

Quill Radio

Quill Radio is the next generation of the ACB Radio Tuner: a free, standalone internet radio app for Windows sharing QUILL's own codebase and data store.

Quill Radio overview

Features, the ACB Radio Tuner heritage story, and downloads for the installer and portable flavors.

User guide

Installing, the main window, every menu, the Favorites Manager, the Recordings list, and the full keyboard reference.

Product requirements

The design document behind Quill Radio: architecture, feature scope, and accessibility commitments.

Release notes

Everything in Quill Radio 3.0, in full detail - a first run that puts you somewhere, thirty browse branches, a catalogue that works offline, search that finds the station you meant, and 36 guided tutorials.

Release announcement

What Quill Radio 3.0 is about, in one page.

Press release

The Quill Radio launch announcement.

QuillLite

QuillLite is the editor on its own: a Notepad replacement that opens plain text and rich text, built on the same screen-reader-first editing surface as QUILL and switchable down to exactly the size you want it.

User guide

Every menu and every key, the status bar you can read with F6, the Keyboard Manager, and how to make it as small or as large as you like.

Product requirements

Why a second editor exists, what it deliberately does not do, and the rule that keeps it from ever getting ahead of QUILL.

Release notes

Everything in QuillLite 1.0.

Quill Cast

Quill Cast is the podcast half of the family: subscriptions, downloads, chapters, and a library you can navigate entirely by keyboard.

User guide

Subscribing, the library tree, downloading and playing episodes, chapters, playlists, and the per-podcast settings.

Product requirements

The design document behind Quill Cast: the feed model, the store, and what it shares with Quill Radio.

Release notes

Everything in Quill Cast 2.0.

Quill Weather

Quill Weather is forecasts, alerts and the moon, read aloud properly -- a small standalone app rather than a website you have to fight.

User guide

Places, the hourly and daily forecasts, alert monitoring, and the keyboard reference.

Product requirements

The design document behind Quill Weather: data sources, the alert model, and its accessibility commitments.

Release notes

Everything in Quill Weather 2.2.

Audio Studio

Audio Studio is recording, editing and audiobook production for people who cannot use a waveform -- every operation reachable and describable by keyboard and speech.

User guide

Recording, editing, chapters, the audiobook builder, and batch speech export.

Product requirements

The design document behind Audio Studio: the editing model, the engines it can drive, and what it refuses to require a mouse for.

Release notes

Everything in Audio Studio 2.2.

Quill Inkwell

Quill Inkwell is abbreviation expansion everywhere on the system -- the other half of the editor's own expansion, sharing one library with it.

User guide

Building a library, expansion triggers, fill-in fields, and using the same abbreviations inside QUILL.

Product requirements

The design document behind Quill Inkwell: the expansion engine, the shared store, and how it behaves in other people's applications.

Quill Converter

Quill Converter turns audio into other audio: formats, presets, and the DSP work that usually lives behind a wall of unlabelled controls.

User guide

Choosing a preset, converting one file or many, and what each setting actually changes.

Product requirements

The design document behind Quill Converter: the preset model and the engines behind it.

Release notes

Everything in Quill Converter 1.0.

Quill Media Player

Quill Media Player plays what you already have -- local audio and video, with the position, the chapter and the state always available to speech.

User guide

Opening media, transport and seeking, chapters, bookmarks, and the keyboard reference.

Product requirements

The design document behind the Media Player: the playback model and what it reports while it runs.

Contributing & governance

Contribution guidelines

Architecture overview, boundary rules, development setup, quality checks, and pull-request expectations.

Governance

How decisions are made and how the project is steered.

Maintainers

Who maintains QUILL and what that role entails.

Code of conduct

The community code of conduct governing how people interact in the project.

Privacy, security & AI

Privacy

What QUILL stores, where, and how your document content is protected.

Security

The security posture and how to report a vulnerability responsibly.

Responsible AI use

QUILL's stance on AI features: explicit consent, transparency, and user control.