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awesome

tiling window manager for X Window System
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Summary

awesome is a free software[1]. awesome ranks in the top 6% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,067 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • awesome's instance of is recorded as free software[3].
  • awesome's instance of is recorded as tiling window manager[4].
  • awesome's instance of is recorded as Dynamic window manager[5].
  • awesome's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later[6].
  • awesome's programmed in is recorded as C[7].
  • awesome's programmed in is recorded as Lua[8].
  • awesome's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[9].
  • awesome's software version identifier is recorded as 3.5.9[10].
  • awesome's software version identifier is recorded as 4.1[11].
  • awesome's software version identifier is recorded as 4.2[12].
  • awesome's software version identifier is recorded as 4.0[13].
  • awesome's software version identifier is recorded as 4.3[14].
  • awesome is used for window manager[15].
  • awesome's Commons category is recorded as Awesome (window manager)[16].
  • September 18, 2007 marks the founding of awesome[17].
  • awesome's official website is recorded as http://awesome.naquadah.org[18].
  • awesome's official website is recorded as https://awesomewm.org/[19].
  • awesome's source code repository URL is recorded as https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome[20].
  • awesome's issue tracker URL is recorded as https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome/issues[21].
  • awesome's depends on software is recorded as XCB[22].
  • awesome's depends on software is recorded as Pango[23].
  • awesome's different from is recorded as Awesome[24].
  • awesome's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[25].
  • awesome's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[26].

Why It Matters

awesome ranks in the top 6% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,067 views/month).[2] awesome has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] awesome is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

free software Lua Unix-like operating system

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). awesome. Retrieved October 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/awesome
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  1. 16d ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Operating system → Unix-like operating system
    Programmed in → C, Lua
    Instance of → —
    Inception → +2007-09-18T00:00:00Z
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Alpine linux package: awesome, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/324999308|awesome (#324999308)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8507|Alpine Linux package]]"
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