Qenna Writer

Qenna Writer (formerly Mira Writing, briefly Qiyva Writer) is a complete C++/Qt rebuild of the original Mira Writing (JSX) — same project, new name and identity.

This repository holds the source code of the application. For downloads of the releases, go to: https://github.com/Pedrovskigg/Qenna-Writer-releases

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Qenna Writer is a text editor and multi-document manager built entirely for the craft of creative writing — drawers for characters, settings and objects, multi-manuscript projects, a visual Board for plotting, a Timeline, a world-building tool (the Builder), writing goals and stats, and more, all wrapped in a fully themeable editor with Focus Mode.

Qenna Writer is free — no subscriptions, no paywalled features. Made by one writer, for other writers.

New in 1.5: the Map

Qenna Writer now draws maps. Generate a continent from a seed or paint one by hand; the terrain is real relief (a mountain is height, not a picture of a mountain), and altitude, latitude and humidity decide the climate and the biome of every patch of ground.

• Build on it: castles in a dozen styles, landmarks, legends, ships and sea monsters, and brushes that paint whole cities and forests.
• Explore it: every territory is a group in your project. Click it and its documents open beside the map, readable and editable. Name a castle and it becomes a place of its own.
• See it in the afternoon or at night, with the windows lit, or in the Ink, Parchment, Nautical chart, Topographic, Watercolor and War plan views.
• A ruler with travel time, several maps per project, and PNG export at 1×, 2× or 3× for the front of the book.

Tech stack

• C++17, Qt 6.8 (Core, Gui, Widgets, Svg, Multimedia, Network, TextToSpeech)
• CMake + Ninja, MinGW-w64 (GCC) on Windows
• Hunspell for spell-checking
• zlib (from the MinGW toolchain) for reading theme packages
• LibreOffice Hunspell dictionaries and MyThes thesauri, plus OpenWordnet-PT, for spell-checking and synonyms
• Natural Earth, GeoNames and flag-icons for the offline world map

Building from source (Windows)

1. Install Qt 6.8+ (MinGW 64-bit kit) and its bundled CMake/Ninja/MinGW under Qt Maintenance Tool, or your own CMake 3.16+ / Ninja / MinGW-w64 toolchain.
2. Clone Hunspell v1.7.2 into third_party/hunspell (not vendored in this repo — see cmake/Hunspell.cmake):

   git clone --depth 1 --branch v1.7.2 https://github.com/hunspell/hunspell.git third_party/hunspell
   

3. Configure and build:

   $env:PATH = "C:\Qt\Tools\mingw1310_64\bin;C:\Qt\Tools\Ninja;C:\Qt\Tools\CMake_64\bin;" + $env:PATH
   & "C:\Qt\6.8.3\mingw_64\bin\qt-cmake.bat" -G Ninja -S . -B build
   cmake --build build
   

4. Run it:

   $env:PATH = "C:\Qt\6.8.3\mingw_64\bin;" + $env:PATH
   & .\build\qenna-writer.exe
   

The "Immersive Sound" ambient tracks (src/assets/ambience-sounds/) aren't included in this repo — the app builds and runs fine without them, just without that one feature's audio files.

Translations

Qenna Writer is currently available in PT-BR, EN-US, ES, IT, and FR, via Qt Linguist (translations/*.ts). Language switches at runtime through the Main Menu.

License

Qenna Writer is open for reading, modification, and redistribution. However, any and all redistribution of the code must remain free of charge and open. See the full license here: LICENSE.

(GPL-3.0, supplemented by a Commons Clause condition and a mandatory author-attribution term.)

Third-party components (Qt, Hunspell, FFmpeg, bundled fonts, etc.) keep their own licenses — see THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md.

Related projects

• Cover Creator — the old standalone cover tool, discontinued in 1.5 (covers are now made inside Qenna, with the Quick cover)
• Mira's Maestro — free musical theory plugin

Contact

To report bugs, suggest new features or just scream about your plot at 3:00 AM: [email protected] I can take a few hours or days to answer, but I will! I promise! Or you can reach me on GitHub as well, on Qenna's repository.

— P.H. Lobato