Plucker

{{Other uses|Plücker (disambiguation){{!}}Plücker}}

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{{Infobox software

| name = Plucker

| logo =

| screenshot = TirantLoPlk.jpg

| screenshot size = 160px

| caption = Plucker version of Tirant lo Blanc.

| author = Mark Lillywhite{{cite web |last1=Desrosiers |first1=David A. |date=10 October 2002 |title=Interview with Mark Lillywhite, original author of Plucker |url=http://www.plkr.org/about |website=Plucker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317162358/http://www.plkr.org/about |archive-date=17 March 2015 }}

| developer = Plucker Developers{{cite web|url=http://cvs.plkr.org/AUTHORS?view=co|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712161014/http://cvs.plkr.org/AUTHORS?view=co|url-status=dead|title=cvs.plkr.org/AUTHORS?view=co|date=12 July 2012|archive-date=12 July 2012|website=plkr.org|access-date=1 April 2018}}

| released = 1998{{cite web |title=An Open Source Success Story: A History of Plucker |url=http://www.plkr.org/about |website=Plucker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317162358/http://www.plkr.org/about |archive-date=17 March 2015 }}

| latest release version = 1.8 Palm Application
1.6.2.0 Desktop Installer Package
0.6.3 Windows Mobile devices

| latest release date = 2004

| latest preview version =

| latest preview date =

| operating system = Palm OS, Linux, Windows, Windows Mobile

| platform =

| programming language = Python

| language =

| status =

| genre =

| license = GNU General Public License

| website = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20150709135121/http://www.plkr.org/|Last archive of official website (2015-07-09)}}

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Plucker is an open-source{{cite web|url=http://docs.plkr.org/index.php/Plucker_FAQ|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029090201/http://docs.plkr.org/index.php/Plucker_FAQ|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 October 2007|title=Plucker FAQ - Plucker Documentation|date=29 October 2007|access-date=1 April 2018}} offline e-reader for PDAs, and the associated Plucker file format. The Plucker software suite includes a supporting desktop application for creating Plucker files and transferring them to supported devices.

Plucker was designed for late-1990s and early-2000s low-power handheld devices such as the Palm Pilot, before the advent of widespread wireless internet and internet-enabled mobile devices. Plucker uses an extensible plugin design to convert content from file formats and web-based formats into a compact Plucker file with formatted text and embedded images, for offline mobile reading.