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awesome

Summary

awesome is a free software[1]. awesome ranks in the top 6% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (113 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • awesome's image is recorded as Awesome screenshot.png[3].
  • awesome's instance of is recorded as free software[4].
  • awesome's instance of is recorded as tiling window manager[5].
  • awesome's instance of is recorded as Dynamic window manager[6].
  • awesome's logo image is recorded as Awesome logo.svg[7].
  • awesome's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later[8].
  • awesome's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[9].
  • awesome's programmed in is recorded as Lua[10].
  • awesome's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[11].
  • awesome's software version identifier is recorded as 3.5.9[12].
  • awesome's software version identifier is recorded as 4.1[13].
  • awesome's software version identifier is recorded as 4.2[14].
  • awesome's software version identifier is recorded as 4.0[15].
  • awesome's software version identifier is recorded as 4.3[16].
  • awesome's has use is recorded as window manager[17].
  • awesome's Commons category is recorded as Awesome (window manager)[18].
  • +2007-09-18T00:00:00Z marks the founding of awesome[19].
  • awesome's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0415z60[20].
  • awesome's official website is recorded as https://awesomewm.org/[21].
  • awesome's source code repository URL is recorded as https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome[22].
  • awesome's issue tracker URL is recorded as https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome/issues[23].
  • awesome's depends on software is recorded as XCB[24].
  • awesome's depends on software is recorded as Q591485[25].
  • awesome's different from is recorded as Awesome[26].
  • awesome's Open Hub ID is recorded as awesome[27].

Why It Matters

awesome ranks in the top 6% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (113 views/month).[2] awesome has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] awesome is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . awesomewm.org. awesomewm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . awesomewm.org. Retrieved . awesomewm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . api.github.com. Retrieved . api.github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). awesome. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/awesome
MLA “awesome.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/awesome.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_awesome_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{awesome}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/awesome}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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