Project Summary
In short, the SWORD Project is an effort to create a software platform for research and study of God and His Word. The open source model is the basis of development, maximizing the rapid growth and features of this project by leveraging the contributions of many developers. Components of the project include all types of Biblical texts and helps, a portable, platform-agnostic engine to access them, and a variety of front ends to bring this to as many users as possible.
In a Nutshell, The SWORD Project...
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a small development team
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took an estimated 25 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in May, 1999
ending with its most recent commit 5 months ago
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