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Enchant

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Enchant

Summary

Enchant is a free software[1]. Enchant ranks in the top 9% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Enchant's instance of is recorded as free software[3].
  • Enchant's developer is recorded as Dominic Lachowicz[4].
  • Enchant's developer is recorded as Reuben Thomas[5].
  • Enchant's copyright license is recorded as GNU Lesser General Public License[6].
  • Enchant's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[7].
  • Enchant's operating system is recorded as Linux[8].
  • Enchant's software version identifier is recorded as 1.6.1[9].
  • Enchant's software version identifier is recorded as 2.0.0[10].
  • Enchant's software version identifier is recorded as 2.1.0[11].
  • Enchant's software version identifier is recorded as 2.1.1[12].
  • Enchant's software version identifier is recorded as 2.1.2[13].
  • Enchant's software version identifier is recorded as 2.1.3[14].
  • Enchant's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.0[15].
  • Enchant's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.1[16].
  • Enchant's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.2[17].
  • Enchant's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.3[18].
  • Enchant's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.4[19].
  • Enchant's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.5[20].
  • Enchant's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.6[21].
  • Enchant's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.7[22].
  • Enchant's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.8[23].
  • Enchant's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.9[24].
  • Enchant's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.10[25].
  • Enchant's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.11[26].
  • Enchant's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.12[27].

Why It Matters

Enchant ranks in the top 9% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36 views/month).[2] Enchant is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

free software Linux Reuben Thomas

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] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. 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.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 1.6.1, 2.0.0, 2.1.0 +55
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/7a1a1b00c3e9|details]])"
  2. 21d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 1.6.1, 2.0.0, 2.1.0 +55
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/b5539461b879|details]])"
  3. 25d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 1.6.1, 2.0.0, 2.1.0 +55
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/81f037c4e759|details]])"
  4. 12w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    License → —
    Operating system → Linux
    Debian stable package → —
    Aur package → enchant1.6, enchant-pure, enchant-hspell
    + 47 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ [[Property:P1324]]: https://github.com/rrthomas/enchant, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/b67efbefc0d9|details]])"
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