Croiseur

Croiseur¹ is a software for creating crossword puzzles. It has the following features:

• It embeds dictionaries for multiple languages;
• It provides several crossword solvers capable of finding various grid fillings;
• It can import and export puzzles in the xd format;
• It is able to suggest clues;
• It can be used through a simple desktop application for manual authoring, as well as a command-line interface for automation;
• It is designed to be extensible: Solvers, dictionaries, clue providers, puzzle formats and even user interfaces can be plugged to a core component.

Getting Started 🚀

As a crossword enthusiast, you may be interested in creating your crossword puzzle right away with Croiseur GUI, a desktop application based on Croiseur.

As a command-line fan, you may be interested in Croiseur CLI, a command-line interface to Croiseur.

Need more? Check the project documentation!

Licence ⚖️

This work is a free software licenced under multiple licences:

• The original code is licenced under GPL-3.0-or-later;
• Code and data reused from other projects are licenced under either GPL-3.0-or-later or compatible free software licences listed in the LICENCES folder.

You may use the reuse tool to generate a comprehensive listing of all the files with their associated licences.

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Footnotes

1. croiseur is the French name for cruiser (battleship). It can also be literally understood as the one who does crosses (croi[x] is cross, and -eur is equivalent to the English suffix -er). ↩