Mac · Free download · HTML
xCHM 0.9.0
Viewer for Microsoft .chm files.
- Operating system
- Mac OS
- File size
- 3.8 MB
- License
- Freeware
- Last updated
- Jan 15, 2025
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Overview
What is xCHM 0.9.0?
Viewer for Microsoft .chm files.
In depth
A closer look at xCHM 0.9.0
xCHM is an open source (GPL'ed) viewer for reading Microsoft's proprietary .CHM (compiled HTML) files. These .chm files are commonly used as product manuals, and lots of e-books come in this format. For instance, the PHP manuals and the Java class library references are primarily available in .chm format.
Previously, there was no way that I could find to read these on OS X, without using a utility that would decompress the HTML into a million tiny files. This program was originally written for Linux, but because it was written using the wxWindows (www.wxwindows.org) GUI Toolkit, it was fairly easy to compile it to run as a native Mac application. Even though this was originally Unix software, X11 IS NOT REQUIRED.
All I did was tweak the source a little to get it to be a little more Mac-friendly, and create a double-clickable application bundle.
Verdict
Should you download xCHM 0.9.0?
xCHM 0.9.0 runs on Mac OS and is available under the Freeware license — the installer is 3.8 MB. We’ve catalogued it under HTML.
Verified clean. Every xCHM 0.9.0 build on SoftLookup is scanned for viruses, spyware, adware, trojans and backdoors. We re-test on every update.
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At a glance
xCHM 0.9.0 specifications
- Category
- HTML
- Publisher
- Chanler White
- Last updated
- Jan 15, 2025
- License
- Freeware
- Operating system
- Mac OS
- File size
- 3.8 MB
- Price
- Free
- Page views
- 559
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