# Plucker

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{{Short description|Ebook reader software and file format}}
{{Other uses|Plücker (disambiguation){{!}}Plücker}}
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{{Infobox software
| name = Plucker
| logo =
| screenshot = TirantLoPlk.jpg
| screenshot size = 160px
| caption = Plucker version of ''[Tirant lo Blanc](/source/Tirant_lo_Blanc)''.
| author = Mark Lillywhite<ref name=LillywhiteInterview>{{cite web |last1=Desrosiers |first1=David A. |date=10 October 2002 |title=Interview with Mark Lillywhite, original author of Plucker |url=http://www.plkr.org/about |website=Plucker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317162358/http://www.plkr.org/about |archive-date=17 March 2015 }}</ref>
| developer = Plucker Developers<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cvs.plkr.org/AUTHORS?view=co|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712161014/http://cvs.plkr.org/AUTHORS?view=co|url-status=dead|title=cvs.plkr.org/AUTHORS?view=co|date=12 July 2012|archive-date=12 July 2012|website=plkr.org|access-date=1 April 2018}}</ref>
| released = 1998<ref name=history>{{cite web |title=An Open Source Success Story: A History of Plucker |url=http://www.plkr.org/about |website=Plucker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317162358/http://www.plkr.org/about |archive-date=17 March 2015 }}</ref>
| latest release version = 1.8 Palm Application<br>1.6.2.0 Desktop Installer Package<br>0.6.3 Windows Mobile devices
| latest release date = 2004
| latest preview version =
| latest preview date =
| operating system = Palm OS, Linux, Windows, Windows Mobile
| platform =
| programming language = Python
| language =
| status =
| genre =
| license = [GNU General Public License](/source/GNU_General_Public_License)
| website = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20150709135121/http://www.plkr.org/|Last archive of official website (2015-07-09)}}
}}

'''Plucker''' is an [open-source](/source/open-source_software)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://docs.plkr.org/index.php/Plucker_FAQ|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029090201/http://docs.plkr.org/index.php/Plucker_FAQ|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 October 2007|title=Plucker FAQ - Plucker Documentation|date=29 October 2007|access-date=1 April 2018}}</ref> offline [e-reader](/source/e-reader) for [PDA](/source/Personal_digital_assistant)s, and the associated '''Plucker file format'''. The Plucker software suite includes a supporting desktop application for creating Plucker files and transferring them to supported devices.

Plucker was designed for late-1990s and early-2000s low-power handheld devices such as the [Palm Pilot](/source/Palm_Pilot), before the advent of widespread wireless internet and internet-enabled mobile devices. Plucker uses an extensible plugin design to convert content from file formats and web-based formats into a compact Plucker file with [formatted text](/source/formatted_text) and embedded images, for offline mobile reading.

== See also ==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}

* Wikipedia:Snapshots – 2000 Wikipedia articles in Plucker format
* [FBReader](/source/FBReader) – free FictionBook ebook reader which can view Plucker and HTML files.
* [iSiloX](/source/iSiloX)
* [Evernote](/source/Evernote)
* [Calibre](/source/Calibre_(software))

==References==
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== Sources ==
* {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ozWeSBkPQW4C |title=PDF Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools |chapter=Create a Handheld Edition from Your HTML |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ozWeSBkPQW4C&pg=PA91 |pages=91–94 |first=Sid |last=Steward |year=2004 |publisher=[O'Reilly Media](/source/O'Reilly_Media) |isbn=9781449362201 |access-date=May 27, 2014 }}
* {{cite web|url=https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Plucker|title=MobileRead Wiki - Plucker|website=wiki.mobileread.com|access-date=1 April 2018}}

==External links==
* {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20150709135121/http://www.plkr.org/|Last archive of official website (2015-07-09)}}
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/plucker/ SourceForge]
* [https://vade-mecum.sourceforge.net/ Vade-Mecum], Plucker viewer for [Pocket PC](/source/Pocket_PC).
* {{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525195821/http://oreilly.com/pub/wlg/4026 |archive-date=2014-05-25 |url=http://oreilly.com/pub/wlg/4026 |title=All Hail Plucker |first=Chris |last=DiBona |work=[O'Reilly](/source/O'Reilly_Media) |date=December 3, 2003 |access-date=May 25, 2014}}
* https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Plucker
* https://sunrise.mobileread.com/
* https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/SunriseXP_reference
* https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Web-clipping_software

Category:Ebooks
Category:Free web browsers

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