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Meson

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Meson

Summary

Meson is a free and open-source software[1]. Meson draws 327 Wikipedia views per month (free_and_open_source_software category, ranking #51 of 170).[2]

Key Facts

  • Meson's instance of is recorded as free and open-source software[3].
  • Meson's instance of is recorded as build system[4].
  • meson is named after Meson[5].
  • subatomic particle is named after Meson[6].
  • Meson's developer is recorded as Jussi Pakkanen[7].
  • Meson's copyright license is recorded as Apache Software License 2.0[8].
  • Meson's programmed in is recorded as Python[9].
  • Meson's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[10].
  • Meson's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[11].
  • Meson's software version identifier is recorded as 0.35.0[12].
  • Meson's software version identifier is recorded as 0.43.0[13].
  • Meson's software version identifier is recorded as 0.42.1[14].
  • Meson's software version identifier is recorded as 0.42.0[15].
  • Meson's software version identifier is recorded as 0.41.2[16].
  • Meson's software version identifier is recorded as 0.41.1[17].
  • Meson's software version identifier is recorded as 0.41.0[18].
  • Meson's software version identifier is recorded as 0.40.1[19].
  • Meson's software version identifier is recorded as 0.40.0[20].
  • Meson's software version identifier is recorded as 0.39.1[21].
  • Meson's software version identifier is recorded as 0.39.0[22].
  • Meson's software version identifier is recorded as 0.38.1[23].
  • Meson's software version identifier is recorded as 0.38.0[24].
  • Meson's software version identifier is recorded as 0.37.1[25].
  • Meson's software version identifier is recorded as 0.37.0[26].
  • Meson's software version identifier is recorded as 0.36.0[27].

Why It Matters

Meson draws 327 Wikipedia views per month (free_and_open_source_software category, ranking #51 of 170).[2] Meson has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Meson is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

cross-platform Déjà Dup GEGL Jussi Pakkanen libadwaita Microsoft Windows Picom Python Unix-like operating system Zrythm

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . mesonbuild.com. Retrieved . mesonbuild.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . mesonbuild.com. Retrieved . mesonbuild.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . openhub.net. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . mesonbuild.com. Retrieved . mesonbuild.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . 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 sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Programming language → —
    Instance of → free and open-source software, build system
    Language of work or name → English
    Website → —
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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