{"id":4553,"date":"2024-10-17T04:41:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T09:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/?page_id=4553"},"modified":"2025-11-21T19:53:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T00:53:02","slug":"fieldworks-lite","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/download\/fieldworks-lite\/","title":{"rendered":"FieldWorks Lite (Beta)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FieldWorks Lite is a slimmed down companion application for FieldWorks projects that\u2019s designed to be fast and easy to use.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4835 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/06\/c249182f360c7cd5661d5314938da887018a122b2765e5032808fb085b90ea7a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/06\/c249182f360c7cd5661d5314938da887018a122b2765e5032808fb085b90ea7a.png 1280w, https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/06\/c249182f360c7cd5661d5314938da887018a122b2765e5032808fb085b90ea7a-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/06\/c249182f360c7cd5661d5314938da887018a122b2765e5032808fb085b90ea7a-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/06\/c249182f360c7cd5661d5314938da887018a122b2765e5032808fb085b90ea7a-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s designed to be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cross-platform: currently Windows, Android and Linux (Alpha) with iOS and Mac in progress<\/li>\n<li>Usable offline: no internet connection required<\/li>\n<li>Collaborative: watch live changes from other users<\/li>\n<li>History-aware: enabling you to view the complete history of every entry in your project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>FieldWorks Lite is still in an early stage of development and only has a basic set of features.<\/p>\n<h3>We&#8217;d love your help making FieldWorks Lite better<\/h3>\n<p>You can share ideas, vote on features and get help on our <a href=\"https:\/\/community.software.sil.org\/c\/fwlite\/48\">community forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you encounter a problem, please fill out our <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSetM5LIjrwZ8ibmxz9gHwYDqTqpEzsr3ILzrf_dW1rOoRf9rw\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report a problem form<\/a> or send us an email at lexbox_support@groups.sil.org.<\/p>\n<h2>About the Beta Version<\/h2>\n<p>We anticipate issues to arise as FieldWorks Lite becomes more widely used. So, it is recommended to make a backup of your project before you start using it (if you use Send\/Receive, your project is already backed up).<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Windows<\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"sil-button-container\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/lexbox.org\/api\/fwlite-release\/download-latest?edition=windows\" class=\"sil-button sil-button-primary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download FieldWorks Lite Windows<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<p>Minimum required version: Windows 10 (version 2004, build number 10.0.19041)<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Linux<\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"sil-button-container\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/lexbox.org\/api\/fwlite-release\/download-latest?edition=linux\" class=\"sil-button sil-button-primary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download FieldWorks Lite Linux<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Android<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=org.sil.FwLiteMaui\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4705 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/01\/GetItOnGooglePlay_Badge_Web_color_English.png\" alt=\"google store link\" width=\"203\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Minimum Android version 8.0<\/p>\n<div id=\"accordion-1\" class=\"accordion no-js\"><\/p>\n<h2>Important Info<\/h2>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 role=\"button\" id=\"about\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-controller\" aria-controls=\"content-about\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\tImportant Info\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"content-about\" class=\"accordion-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Make sure your data is backed up first if it&#8217;s important.<\/strong> If you use <a href=\"https:\/\/lexbox.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lexbox<\/a> S\/R, then your data is already backed up and you&#8217;re good.<\/li>\n<li>The landing page should have a list of all your FW projects (right now it&#8217;s hard coded to list each folder in &#8216;C:\\ProgramData\\SIL\\FieldWorks\\Projects&#8217;), click the open button with the FW icon and it will open the editor on the page.<\/li>\n<li>When working with this editor all changes are saved automatically once you finish editing a field (once the text field loses focus)<\/li>\n<li>All entries created will have the Morph type of stem<\/li>\n<li>The FW project will be locked while using this tool, meaning you can&#8217;t open the project in FieldWorks while you have it open in FW Lite. There is a button to open an entry in FW, this will close the project in FW Lite, and launch FW using the link to entry feature in FW.<\/li>\n<li>To get a new project or S\/R changes to a project, open FieldWorks and do it there.<\/li>\n<li>FW Lite supports editing Entry, Sense, and Example Sentences. Some things like Part of Speech and Semantic domains are supported on Sense. If you want to change the name of a part of speech or add a new one that must be done from within FieldWorks.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udea7 There are buttons to reorder senses and example sentences, however those changes don&#8217;t get saved right now.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udea7 Sorting of entries is by headword, we may consider adding other sort options in the future<\/li>\n<li>The little book button to the left of the filter bar shows a list of exemplar characters and will let you filter by those.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/p>\n<h2>Report a Problem<\/h2>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 role=\"button\" id=\"bugs\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-controller\" aria-controls=\"content-bugs\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\ud83d\udc1b Bug Reports\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"content-bugs\" class=\"accordion-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Send bug reports to lexbox_support@groups.sil.org with a screenshot and the logs which you can get below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>logs can be found in\n<pre>%localappdata%\\Packages\\FwLiteDesktop_01zkby2q2skmg\\LocalState<\/pre>\n<p>aka<\/p>\n<pre>C:\\Users\\{username}\\AppData\\Local\\Packages\\FwLiteDesktop_01zkby2q2skmg\\LocalState<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>there are 2 files, app.log and web-app.log, be sure to attach both to your email (please don&#8217;t copy the text into the email, just attach the files)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<h2>Donate to FieldWorks Lite<\/h2>\n<p>Help bring <strong>language tools<\/strong> to every community. Your gift helps keep <strong>FieldWorks Lite<\/strong> and <strong>Language Forge free<\/strong> so local teams can build dictionaries, share their knowledge, and strengthen education and Scripture engagement <strong>in their own languages<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"sil-button-container\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/give.sil.org\/campaign\/724707\/donate\" class=\"sil-button sil-button-primary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Give Now<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FieldWorks Lite is a slimmed down companion application for FieldWorks projects that\u2019s designed to be fast and easy to use. 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