Editing Quicksilver (software) (section)

==History==

Nicholas Jitkoff started development of Quicksilver in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blacktree.com/apps/index.html |title=Blacktree OS X Apps |date=2003-12-02 |access-date=2013-06-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031202023437/http://www.blacktree.com/apps/index.html |archive-date=December 2, 2003 }}</ref> He released several versions to the public until 2006 and maintained an [[internet forum]] for the tool from the beginning.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forums.blacktree.com/ |title=Blacktree :: Index |access-date=2013-06-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031122140840/http://forums.blacktree.com/ |archive-date=November 22, 2003 }}</ref>

On October 30, 2007, the source code for Quicksilver was made available via [[Google Code]].<ref>{{Citation
  | last = jnjLu
  | first = Mat
  | title = google code project blacktree-alchemy - "Initial import to GC"
  | date = 2007-10-30
  | url = http://code.google.com/p/blacktree-alchemy/source/detail?r=5
  | access-date = 2012-08-18 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation
  | last = Lu
  | first = Mat
  | title = Quicksilver goes Open Source
  | date = 2007-11-06
  | url = http://www.tuaw.com/2007/11/06/quicksilver-goes-open-source/
  | access-date = 2007-11-06 }}</ref>
In November 2009, development shifted to using [[GitHub]].<ref>{{Cite mailing list
  |author=André
  |title=Bug fixes to latest - svn/branches/B5X B56a7 (3825)
  |mailing-list=blacktree-quicksilver
  |date=10 November 2009
  |url=http://groups.google.com/group/blacktree-quicksilver/msg/f3ffca725a6d5d33
  |access-date=17 November 2009 }}</ref>
Quicksilver is now developed by a team of volunteers known collectively as ''QSApp''.<ref>{{Citation
| url = https://github.com/quicksilver/Quicksilver/
| access-date = 10 June 2011 
| title = Quicksilver GitHub
}}</ref>

At the end of 2010, the new website QSApp.com was launched, with the aim of unifying and collating all of Quicksilver's fragmented builds, plugins and support groups. Since its launch, the site has included a new Plugins Repository, Wiki and Downloads section. After several months of development, the milestone version β59 was released. On March 25, 2013, Quicksilver v1.0 was released after ten years of beta testing. On March 25, 2022, Quicksilver v2.0 was released, which runs natively on Apple Silicon (M1) Macs.

Quicksilver's [[icon (computer)|icon]] is based on the [[alchemical symbol]] for [[Mercury (element)|mercury]], "quicksilver" being an archaic name for the element.