Open Live Writer
Desktop app for developing and publishing blog posts
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Open Live Writer (also known as OLW) is a free and open-source desktop blogging application released by .NET Foundation. It is a fork of Windows Live Writer 2012 by Microsoft. Open Live Writer features WYSIWYG authoring, photo-publishing and map-publishing functionality, and is currently compatible with WordPress.com, WordPress (hosted), and Blogger, with support for more platforms planned. The application's source code is available on GitHub under the MIT License.
| Open Live Writer | |
|---|---|
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 Open Live Writer 0.5 | |
| Original author | Microsoft |
| Developer | .NET Foundation |
| Preview release | 0.6.2.0
/ May 23, 2017 |
| Written in | C# and C++ |
| Operating system | Windows 7 and later[1] |
| Platform | IA-32 and x64[1] |
| Type | Blog software |
| License | MIT License |
| Website | openlivewriter |
| Repository | |
History
Windows Live Writer
Open Live Writer is a fork of Windows Live Writer, which is based on Onfolio Writer,[2] a product Microsoft obtained from the acquisition of Onfolio in 2006. The Onfolio Writer team worked together with the Windows Live Spaces team to release Windows Live Writer.[3] After the release of Windows 8, Microsoft encouraged the team responsible for the software to focus on Metro-style apps, and the last major version of Windows Live Writer was released in 2012.[3]
On June 12, 2014, Scott Hanselman announced the idea of making Windows Live Writer open-source.[4] Nearly a year later, it appeared that open-sourcing the program was approved by Microsoft.[5] Later that year, .NET Foundation announced an open-source fork of Windows Live Writer.[3]
Initial announcement
On December 9, 2015, Scott Hanselman announced the forking of Microsoft's Windows Live Writer as an open-source project called Open Live Writer.[6] The announcement notes that the original Windows Live Writer 2012 application will remain a property of Microsoft and will continue to be offered as part of Windows Essentials while Open Live Writer will be developed independently as a separate project as part of .NET Foundation.[7] A downloadable preview version of the application was offered the same day[8] alongside the full source code on GitHub.[9]
On 27 September 2016, Open Live Writer became available on Windows Store.[10]
Version history
| Table of versions: Open Live Writer | ||
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| Version | Release date | Highlights |
| 0.5.0.0[11] | December 9, 2015 | |
| 0.5.1.2[12] | December 16, 2015 |
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| 0.5.1.3[13] | December 22, 2015 |
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| 0.5.1.4[14] | December 23, 2015 |
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| 0.6.0.0[15] | February 13, 2016 | |
| 0.6.2.0[17] | May 23, 2017 |
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