Pandoc

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Pandoc

Summary

Pandoc is a file converter[1]. Pandoc draws 2,943 Wikipedia views per month (file_converter category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pandoc is the creator of John MacFarlane[3].
  • Pandoc's instance of is recorded as file converter[4].
  • Pandoc's instance of is recorded as free software[5].
  • Pandoc's instance of is recorded as software package[6].
  • Pandoc's developer is recorded as John MacFarlane[7].
  • Pandoc's collection is recorded as Social Sciences and Humanities Open Marketplace[8].
  • Pandoc's collection is recorded as Text Analysis Portal for Research[9].
  • Pandoc's collection is recorded as Q139831077[10].
  • Pandoc's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0[11].
  • Pandoc's programmed in is recorded as Q34010[12].
  • Pandoc's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[13].
  • Pandoc's operating system is recorded as macOS[14].
  • Pandoc's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[15].
  • Pandoc's software version identifier is recorded as 1.12.4.2[16].
  • Pandoc's software version identifier is recorded as 1.17.2[17].
  • Pandoc's software version identifier is recorded as 1.18[18].
  • Pandoc's software version identifier is recorded as 1.19.1[19].
  • Pandoc's software version identifier is recorded as 1.19[20].
  • Pandoc's software version identifier is recorded as 1.17.1[21].
  • Pandoc's software version identifier is recorded as 1.17.0.2[22].
  • Pandoc's software version identifier is recorded as 1.17.0.1[23].
  • Pandoc's software version identifier is recorded as 1.17[24].
  • Pandoc's software version identifier is recorded as 1.16.0.2[25].
  • Pandoc's software version identifier is recorded as 1.16.0.1[26].
  • Pandoc's software version identifier is recorded as 1.16[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Pandoc is the creator of John MacFarlane[3].

Why It Matters

Pandoc draws 2,943 Wikipedia views per month (file_converter category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] Pandoc has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Pandoc is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Scholarly Communication Technology Catalogue. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . source code repository. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . openhub.net. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . pandoc.org. Retrieved . pandoc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . johnmacfarlane.net. Retrieved . johnmacfarlane.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . pandoc.org. Retrieved . pandoc.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.

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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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. 4d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bn', 'bs', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'io', 'ja', 'ko', 'pt', 'ru', '
    Sitelink count → 15
    Software version identifier → 1.12.4.2, 1.17.2, 1.18 +158
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/bc19f2395d96|details]])"
  2. 4w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 1.12.4.2, 1.17.2, 1.18 +158
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/9f0bc28b0c64|details]])"
  3. 7w ago · Pmartinolli · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → https://tapor.ca/tools/1009, https://marketplace.sshopencloud.eu/tool-or-service/9x0XmY, https://pandoc.org/twenty-years-of-pandoc.html
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P973]]: https://pandoc.org/twenty-years-of-pandoc.html"
  4. 7w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 1.12.4.2, 1.17.2, 1.18 +158
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/8e683d2fc3c3|details]])"
  5. 10w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 1.12.4.2, 1.17.2, 1.18 +158
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/5f6bb84a06f8|details]])"
  6. 17w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 1.12.4.2, 1.17.2, 1.18 +158
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/b28240b893c2|details]])"
  7. 19w ago · FuReSH2 · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Creator → John MacFarlane
    Inception → +2006-08-14T00:00:00Z
    Inception → —
    Writable file format → Simple Standards-Based Slide Show System, Jupyter notebook file, Q1193600 +36
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P195]]: [[Q139831077]]"
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