Crosswords is an HTML5 application that lets you enjoy crossword puzzles from a number of online sources. It can also load puzzles in the popular Across Lite .PUZ format. Crosswords was originally written for Ubuntu, but it should work on any platform with a modern browser.

Crosswords is built with the Riot Javascript library. It requires the Riot compiler to compile the tag files into Javascript. The included Makefile lets you do this with a simple

$ make

Other make targets include tar to bundle the necessary files for an end-user into a tarball, and click to create a Click package for Ubuntu Touch.

Once the tag files have been compiled, you can simply open www/index.html in any modern web browser. Note that cross-origin restrictions may prevent some of the puzzles from being loaded. You may be able to fix this with your browser's settings.

The script crosswords will open this page in a dedicated window, which is set up to allow access to the remote puzzles. It requires Python, GTK, and WebKitGTK.

The included desktop file is meant for use on Ubuntu Touch.

Usage instructions can be found via the "info" icon in the application. More information on ready-built downloads can be found on the website.

Crosswords is copyright Robert Schroll and others. As a whole, the software is licensed under the GNU General Public License (version 3 or later). See the LICENSE files for terms. Some components are used under more liberal licences; see the individual files for details.