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title 📜 Scroll is a language for scientists of all ages

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# Evolve and publish your most intelligent ideas

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> The World Wide Scroll beta is live! Buy your folder now
 link https://wws.scroll.pub Buy your folder now

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? Where can I try without installing?
ScrollHub or try.scroll.pub.
 http://hub.scroll.pub/ ScrollHub
 https://try.scroll.pub/ try.scroll.pub

? Where are the docs?
- Leet sheet
 link leetsheet.html
- Official Blog
 link blog/index.html
- Release Notes
 link releaseNotes.html

? What can I build with Scroll?

### Blogs
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 link https://breckyunits.com/
 caption This screenshot is from a blog powered by Scroll.
  https://breckyunits.com/ a blog powered by Scroll

### Knowledge Bases
Scroll powers PLDB, a knowledge base with over 100 contributors who have added over 100,000 cells of structured data and thousands of pages.
 https://pldb.io PLDB

### Static Sites
This site you are reading is powered by Scroll.
 link index.html This site

? What makes Scroll different?
Scroll has an unusually simple syntax called Scroll Notation, an extensive set of parsers and commands needed by researchers, bloggers, knowledge bases and sites of all sizes, is highly expandable, and is familiar to anyone who knows Markdown.

? What is the Scroll command line app?
The command line app builds static blogs, websites, CSVs, text files, and more.
 link blog/textFiles.html text files
 link blog/scrollsets.html CSVs
 link blog/index.html static blogs
 link index.html websites

? How do I install the command line app?
Scroll currently requires Node.js.
 https://nodejs.org/ Node.js
After Node.js is installed, install the npm package with:
 https://www.npmjs.com/package/scroll-cli npm package
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 npm install -g scroll-cli

? How do I install the developer version?
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 git clone https://github.com/breck7/scroll.git
 cd scroll
 npm install -g .
 npm test

? How how I run the CLI?
 scroll build
 scroll delete
 scroll format
 scroll help
 scroll init
 scroll list
 scroll test

? Is Scroll open source?
Yes. Breck's Lab publishes Scroll to the public domain.
 https://breckyunits.com/lab.html Breck's Lab

The source code is hosted on GitHub.
 https://github.com/breck7/scroll source code

? Can I write Parsers in my browser?
Yes. You can use Scroll Designer to write Parsers in your browser.
 https://sdk.scroll.pub/designer#url%20https%3A%2F%2Fround-lake.dustinice.workers.dev%3A443%2Fhttps%2Ftry.scroll.pub%2Fscroll.parsers Scroll Designer

? Any more docs?
- FAQ
 link faq.html
- Tutorial
 link tutorial.html
- Roadmap
 link roadmap.html

? Did the latest version of Scroll pass the automated tests?
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