StarDict
StarDict screenshot
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| Stable release |
3.0.6 / January 27, 2015
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| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Dictionary |
| License | GPL |
| Website | code.google.com/p/stardict-3 |
StarDict, developed by Hu Zheng (胡正), is a free GUI released under the GPL for accessing StarDict dictionary files (a dictionary shell). It is the successor of StarDic, developed by Ma Su'an (馬蘇安), which version numbers it follows.
According to StarDict's earlier homepage on Sourceforge, the project has been removed from SourceForge due to copyright infringement reports. There is now a StarDict project on Google Code.
StarDict runs under Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, Maemo and Solaris. Dictionaries of the user's choice are installed separately. Dictionary files can be created by converting DICT files.
Several programs compatible with the StarDict dictionary format are available for different platforms. For the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, applications available in the App Store include GuruDic, TouchDict, weDict, Dictionary Universal, Alpus and others, as well as the free iStarDict, which is available for the Cydia Store.
One can find here the partial list of FreeDict dictionaries which can be converted to the StarDict format. These include, in particular, some older versions of Webster's dictionary and many dictionaries for various languages.
While StarDict is in scan mode, results are displayed in a tooltip, allowing easy dictionary lookup. When combined with Freedict, StarDict will quickly provide rough translations of foreign language websites.
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