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 notesRelease 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.