It consists of the spreadsheet SIAG ("Scheme In A Grid"), the word processor Pathetic Writer (PW), the animation program Egon Animator, the text editor XedPlus, the file manager Xfiler and the previewer Gvu.

Support for RTF (Rich Text Format) allows documents to be exchanged between Pathetic Writer and legacy Windows applications.

External converters such as Caolan McNamara's wv can be used to read virtually any format, including Microsoft Word.

HTML pages can be loaded and saved, making it possible to instantly publish PW documents on the web.

The idea is that "objects" (rectangles, lines, pixmaps and so on) are added to a "stage" where they are then made to perform by telling them where they should be and when.