Jiten is a Perl DICT server, implementing the protocol as specified in RFC 2229 by Rik Faith and Bret Martin. It features a convenient scheme for extending its functionality, both searching strategies and database support.
Recent releases


Release Notes: Increased efficency, the '*' database works much better, and an experimental XMATCH command has been added.


Release Notes: Supports compressed databases if you have dictzip installed. Internal changes allow DEFINE and MATCH to work much better. No longer uses Getopt::Long


Release Notes: Initial release.