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POV-Ray

ray tracing program
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POV-Ray
I raytraced it myself this evening using POV-Ray 3.5, and assert no copyright whatever over it. -- Finlay McWalter 23:27, 12 Nov 2003 (UTC) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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POV-Ray

Summary

POV-Ray is a free software[1]. POV-Ray ranks in the top 5% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (103 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • POV-Ray's image is recorded as Utah teapot.png[3].
  • POV-Ray's instance of is recorded as free software[4].
  • POV-Ray's logo image is recorded as Povray logo sphere.png[5].
  • POV-Ray's copyright license is recorded as Q27017232[6].
  • POV-Ray's programmed in is recorded as Q2407[7].
  • POV-Ray's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[8].
  • POV-Ray's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[9].
  • POV-Ray's operating system is recorded as macOS[10].
  • POV-Ray's operating system is recorded as Q11368[11].
  • POV-Ray's software version identifier is recorded as 3.6.1[12].
  • POV-Ray's software version identifier is recorded as 3.6.2[13].
  • POV-Ray's software version identifier is recorded as 3.7.0.0[14].
  • POV-Ray's software version identifier is recorded as 3.7.0.3[15].
  • POV-Ray's software version identifier is recorded as 3.7.0.2[16].
  • POV-Ray's software version identifier is recorded as 3.7.0.1[17].
  • POV-Ray's software version identifier is recorded as 3.7.0.4[18].
  • POV-Ray's software version identifier is recorded as 3.7.0.5[19].
  • POV-Ray's software version identifier is recorded as 3.7.0.6[20].
  • POV-Ray's software version identifier is recorded as 3.7.0.7[21].
  • POV-Ray's software version identifier is recorded as 3.7.0.8[22].
  • POV-Ray's software version identifier is recorded as 3.7.0.10[23].
  • POV-Ray's software version identifier is recorded as 3.8.0-beta.2[24].
  • POV-Ray's has use is recorded as rendering[25].
  • POV-Ray's Commons category is recorded as POV-Ray[26].
  • +1991-07-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of POV-Ray[27].

Why It Matters

POV-Ray ranks in the top 5% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (103 views/month).[2] POV-Ray has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

C++ free software macOS Microsoft Windows

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . povray.org. povray.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . povray.org. povray.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . povray.org. povray.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . povray.org. povray.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . povray.org. povray.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . povray.org. povray.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . povray.org. povray.org. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 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.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). POV-Ray. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/pov-ray
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