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Arabic Metadata & RTL Support in XiLight

These instructions describe the checked LightCraft foundation as of 14 October 2026. XiLight Alpha is free; public installer availability and XiKey integration are not yet verified.

Honest Status: What Works Today vs. Coming

Capabilities in the checked foundation

Photo names, albums, keywords and metadata can contain Unicode text. Store Arabic in logical order and inspect the library and exported metadata. Unicode storage does not establish complete Arabic watermark rendering.

In Progress / Planned for XiLight (Coming)

  • Work in Arabic or English — In progress: In progress: Arabic interface integration and a one-click EN ⇄ ع switch. The live switch is shipped in XiPhoto; its port to this product is still underway.
  • Find Arabic fonts by style — In progress: In progress: a shared font dialog grouping Arabic faces by styles such as Naskh, Kufi and Diwani, with appropriate previews. Integration here is pending.
  • A consistent XiKey welcome — In progress: In progress: XiKey splash, About and message dialogs, including upstream credit and licences. These are not yet a verified integrated release of this product.
  • Choose your workspace and scale — Planned: Planned: Classic and Modern layouts, Retina scaling and user-controlled interface scale.
  • Arabic details for captions and marks — In progress: In progress: shared tools for kashida, tashkeel, Arabic digit styles and Hijri dates. Their usable placement in XiLight is pending integration; Arabic watermarks are not promised today.
  • Extend through XiLauncher — Planned: Planned: installation and management of sandboxed add-ons through XiLauncher. No compatible add-on catalogue is promised for this Alpha.
  • Receive verified updates — In progress: In progress: signed update delivery through XiLauncher. Publishing and installer integration remain unfinished.

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