diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8f2de5663..c0f0099c9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -3,20 +3,21 @@ Kivy -Innovative User Interfaces Made Easy. +Innovative user interfaces made easy. -Kivy is a [Python](https://www.python.org) framework for the development of -multi-touch enabled media rich applications. The aim is to allow for quick and -easy interaction design and rapid prototyping whilst making your code reusable -and deployable. +Kivy is an open source, cross-platform [Python](https://www.python.org) +framework for the development of applications that make use of innovative, +multi-touch user interfaces. +The aim is to allow for quick and easy interaction design and rapid prototyping +whilst making your code reusable and deployable. Kivy is written in Python and [Cython](http://cython.org/), based on OpenGL ES 2, supports various input devices and has an extensive widget library. With the -same codebase, you can target Windows, OS X, Linux, Android and iOS. All our +same codebase, you can target Windows, OS X, Linux, Android and iOS. All Kivy widgets are built with multitouch support. Kivy is MIT licensed, actively developed by a great community and is supported -by many projects managed by the Kivy organisation. +by many projects managed by the [Kivy Organization](http://kivy.org/#organization). [![Kivy's Coverage](https://coveralls.io/repos/kivy/kivy/badge.png?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/r/kivy/kivy?branch=master) [![Bountysource](https://www.bountysource.com/badge/tracker?tracker_id=42681)](https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/42681-kivy?utm_source=42681&utm_medium=shield&utm_campaign=TRACKER_BADGE) @@ -24,10 +25,10 @@ Installation, Documentation and Examples ---------------------------------------- Extensive installation instructions as well as tutorials and general -documentation, including an API reference, can be found at: http://kivy.org/docs/ +documentation, including an API reference, can be found at: http://kivy.org/docs/. +An offline [PDF version](http://kivy.org/docs/pdf/Kivy-latest.pdf) is also available. -An offline version in PDF format is also available. -Kivy ships with a bunch of examples that can be found in the examples/ folder. +Kivy ships with many examples which can be found in the `examples` folder. Support ------- @@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ Contributing ------------ We love pull requests and discussing novel ideas. Check out our -contribution guide (http://kivy.org/docs/contribute.html) and +[contribution guide](http://kivy.org/docs/contribute.html) and feel free to improve Kivy. The following mailing list and IRC channel are used exclusively for @@ -62,11 +63,9 @@ IRC channel: * Port : 6667, 6697 (SSL only) * Channel : #kivy-dev -Other projects +Sister projects --------------- -Have a look at our complementary projects: - - [Buildozer](http://github.com/kivy/buildozer): A robot that will do everything needed to package your application for iOS and Android. Ask him, wait, it's done.