GRASS

free and open-source geospatial processing engine
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Summary

GRASS is an application software[1]. GRASS draws 78 Wikipedia views per month (application_software category, ranking #67 of 451).[2]

Key Facts

  • GRASS's instance of is recorded as application software[3].
  • GRASS's instance of is recorded as free software[4].
  • GRASS's instance of is recorded as geographic information system[5].
  • GRASS's developer is recorded as Open Source Geospatial Foundation[6].
  • GRASS's developer is recorded as Construction Engineering Research Laboratory[7].
  • GRASS's collection is recorded as Social Sciences and Humanities Open Marketplace[8].
  • GRASS's collection is recorded as Text Analysis Portal for Research[9].
  • GRASS's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later[10].
  • GRASS's programmed in is recorded as C++[11].
  • GRASS's programmed in is recorded as C[12].
  • GRASS's programmed in is recorded as Python[13].
  • GRASS's operating system is recorded as Mac OS operating systems[14].
  • GRASS's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[15].
  • GRASS's operating system is recorded as Linux[16].
  • GRASS's software version identifier is recorded as 6.4.3[17].
  • GRASS's software version identifier is recorded as 6.4.4[18].
  • GRASS's software version identifier is recorded as 7.0.1[19].
  • GRASS's software version identifier is recorded as 7.2.2[20].
  • GRASS's software version identifier is recorded as 7.0.5[21].
  • GRASS's software version identifier is recorded as 7.5[22].
  • GRASS's software version identifier is recorded as 7.4.0[23].
  • GRASS's software version identifier is recorded as 7.6.1[24].
  • GRASS's software version identifier is recorded as 7.8.0[25].
  • GRASS's software version identifier is recorded as 7.8.1[26].
  • GRASS's software version identifier is recorded as 7.8.2[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include application software[3], free software[4], and geographic information system[5].

History and Context

1983 marks the founding of GRASS[28].

Why It Matters

GRASS draws 78 Wikipedia views per month (application_software category, ranking #67 of 451).[2] GRASS has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] GRASS is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . directory.fsf.org. Retrieved . directory.fsf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . tapor.ca. tapor.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . svn.osgeo.org. svn.osgeo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . openhub.net. openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . openhub.net. openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . grass.osgeo.org. Retrieved . grass.osgeo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . grass.osgeo.org. Retrieved . grass.osgeo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . grass.osgeo.org. Retrieved . grass.osgeo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . grass.osgeo.org. grass.osgeo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . trac.osgeo.org. Retrieved . trac.osgeo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . trac.osgeo.org. Retrieved . trac.osgeo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . grass.osgeo.org. Retrieved . grass.osgeo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . trac.osgeo.org. Retrieved . trac.osgeo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . github.com. 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.
  26. [28] ↑ . geni.isnew.info. geni.isnew.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . 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. 25d ago · Tom Morris · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Code of conduct url → https://numfocus.org/code-of-conduct
    Translation contribution url → https://weblate.osgeo.org/projects/grass-gis/
    Readable file format → Protocolbuffer Binary Format
    Alpine linux package → grass
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Alpine linux package: grass, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/325019069|grass (#325019069)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8507|Alpine Linux package]] #mi"
  2. 5w ago · PizzaToast · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official donation page url → https://numfocus.org/donate-to-grass
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Official donation page url: https://numfocus.org/donate-to-grass"
  3. 24w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Issue tracker url → —
    Freebsd port → databases/grass8
    Gui toolkit or framework → —
    Fedora package → grass
    + 80 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/1dd90a1831b2|details]])"
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