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Boost

Summary

Boost is a software library[1]. Boost draws 209 Wikipedia views per month (software_library category, ranking #23 of 200).[2]

Key Facts

  • Boost's instance of is recorded as software library[3].
  • Boost's instance of is recorded as free software[4].
  • Boost's copyright license is recorded as Boost Software License[5].
  • Boost's programmed in is recorded as Q2407[6].
  • Boost's operating system is recorded as cross-platform[7].
  • Boost's software version identifier is recorded as 1.57.0[8].
  • Boost's software version identifier is recorded as 1.58.0[9].
  • Boost's software version identifier is recorded as 1.59.0[10].
  • Boost's software version identifier is recorded as 1.60.0[11].
  • Boost's software version identifier is recorded as 1.61.0[12].
  • Boost's software version identifier is recorded as 1.62.0[13].
  • Boost's software version identifier is recorded as 1.65.0[14].
  • Boost's software version identifier is recorded as 1.65.1[15].
  • Boost's software version identifier is recorded as 1.66.0[16].
  • Boost's software version identifier is recorded as 1.67.0[17].
  • Boost's software version identifier is recorded as 0.7.0[18].
  • Boost's software version identifier is recorded as 0.7.2[19].
  • Boost's software version identifier is recorded as 0.7.8[20].
  • Boost's software version identifier is recorded as 0.7.9[21].
  • Boost's software version identifier is recorded as 0.8.1[22].
  • Boost's software version identifier is recorded as 0.8.2[23].
  • Boost's software version identifier is recorded as 0.9.0[24].
  • Boost's software version identifier is recorded as 0.9.1[25].
  • Boost's software version identifier is recorded as 0.9.2[26].
  • Boost's software version identifier is recorded as 0.9.3[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include software library[3] and free software[4].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Boost include Boost Software License[28], a permissive free software license[29], founded in 2003[30].

Why It Matters

Boost draws 209 Wikipedia views per month (software_library category, ranking #23 of 200).[2] Boost has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Boost is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for Boost include Boost Software License[28], a permissive free software license[29], founded in 2003[30].

Related Entities

C++ cross-platform free software Scan Tailor Universal SCons++

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . SourceForge. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . boost.org. Retrieved . boost.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . boost.org. Retrieved . boost.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . boost.org. Retrieved . boost.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . boost.org. Retrieved . boost.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . boost.org. Retrieved . boost.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . boost.org. Retrieved . boost.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . boost.org. Retrieved . boost.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . boost.org. Retrieved . boost.org. 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.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · ~2026-28894-26 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Copyright status → copyrighted
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