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Blacklight

open source Ruby on Rails Engine for creating search interfaces on top of Apache Solr indices
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Blacklight

Summary

Blacklight is an open-source software[1]. Blacklight draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (open_source_software category, ranking #40 of 60).[2]

Key Facts

  • Blacklight's instance of is recorded as open-source software[3].
  • Blacklight's instance of is recorded as software component[4].
  • Blacklight's developer is recorded as University of Virginia[5].
  • Blacklight's collection is recorded as Social Sciences and Humanities Open Marketplace[6].
  • Blacklight's collection is recorded as Text Analysis Portal for Research[7].
  • Blacklight's copyright license is recorded as Apache License[8].
  • Blacklight's programmed in is recorded as Q161053[9].
  • Blacklight's software version identifier is recorded as 4.0.0[10].
  • Blacklight's software version identifier is recorded as 4.1.0[11].
  • Blacklight's software version identifier is recorded as 4.2.0[12].
  • Blacklight's software version identifier is recorded as 4.2.1[13].
  • Blacklight's software version identifier is recorded as 4.2.2[14].
  • Blacklight's software version identifier is recorded as 4.3.0[15].
  • Blacklight's software version identifier is recorded as 4.4.0[16].
  • Blacklight's software version identifier is recorded as 4.4.1[17].
  • Blacklight's software version identifier is recorded as 4.4.2[18].
  • Blacklight's software version identifier is recorded as 4.5.0[19].
  • Blacklight's software version identifier is recorded as 4.6.0[20].
  • Blacklight's software version identifier is recorded as 4.6.3[21].
  • Blacklight's software version identifier is recorded as 4.7.0[22].
  • Blacklight's software version identifier is recorded as 5.0.0[23].
  • Blacklight's software version identifier is recorded as 5.0.1[24].
  • Blacklight's software version identifier is recorded as 5.0.2[25].
  • Blacklight's software version identifier is recorded as 5.1.0[26].
  • Blacklight's software version identifier is recorded as 5.2.0[27].

Why It Matters

Blacklight draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (open_source_software category, ranking #40 of 60).[2]

Related Entities

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References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Scholarly Communication Technology Catalogue. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . tapor.ca. tapor.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. 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] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 25d ago · Vicartb · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Has use → information retrieval, creating, publishing +2
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2037]]: projectblacklight"
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