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Summary

fortune is a software[1]. fortune ranks in the top 5% of software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (69 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • fortune's instance of is recorded as software[3].
  • fortune's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02l9rg[4].
  • fortune's source code repository URL is recorded as http://openbsd.su/src/games/fortune/[5].
  • fortune's Free Software Directory entry is recorded as fortune[6].
  • fortune's Homebrew formula name is recorded as fortune[7].
  • fortune's Gentoo Wiki article is recorded as Fortune[8].
  • fortune's ArchWiki article is recorded as Fortune[9].
  • fortune's ArchWiki article is recorded as Fortune_(Português)[10].

Why It Matters

fortune ranks in the top 5% of software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (69 views/month).[2] fortune has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). fortune. Retrieved April 8, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/fortune-q491498
MLA “fortune.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 8 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/fortune-q491498.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_fortune-q491498_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{fortune}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/fortune-q491498}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-08}}
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