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Summary

root is a software library[1]. root draws 641 Wikipedia views per month (software library category, ranking #70 of 200).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: CERN[3]
  • Instance of: data serialization format[4], programming language[5], free software[6], software[7]
  • Founder: CERN[8]
  • Follows: Physics Analysis Workstation[9]
  • Developer: CERN[10]
  • Copyright license: GNU Lesser General Public License[11], GNU General Public License[12]
  • Programmed in: C++[13], Python[14]
  • Operating system: Linux[15], FreeBSD[16], macOS[17], OpenBSD[18], Microsoft Windows[19]
  • Software version identifier: 5.34/15[20], 6.02/08[21], 6.06/02[22], 6.04/16[23], 6.04/14[24], 5.34/34[25], 6.06/06[26], 6.06/08[27], 6.08/00[28], 5.34/36[29], 6.08/02[30], 6.08/04[31], 6.12/04[32], 6.12/06[33]

Why It Matters

root has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34]

Related Entities

astrophysics C++ FreeBSD free software Linux macOS Microsoft Windows OpenBSD Physics Analysis Workstation programming language Python science

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . GitHub. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . root.cern.ch. root.cern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . root.cern.ch. root.cern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . root.cern.ch. root.cern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . root.cern.ch. root.cern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . root.cern.ch. root.cern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . root.cern.ch. root.cern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . root.cern.ch. root.cern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . d35c7d8c.web.cern.ch. d35c7d8c.web.cern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . root.cern.ch. root.cern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . root.cern.ch. root.cern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . root.cern.ch. root.cern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . root.cern.ch. root.cern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . root.cern.ch. Retrieved . root.cern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . root.cern.ch. Retrieved . root.cern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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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. 22h ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-10-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 5.34/15, 6.02/08, 6.06/02 +80
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Software version identifier: 6.36.14, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/15d5d38d8d8a|details]])"
  2. 13w ago · Francesco Tosoni (SSSA) · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → BLUE: Combining correlated estimates of physics observables within ROOT using the Best Linear Unbiased Estimate method
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: BLUE: Combining correlated estimates of physics observables within ROOT using the Best Linear Unbiased Estimate method, adding cross-reference for Sof"
  3. 13w ago · Francesco Tosoni (SSSA) · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → software library, data serialization format, programming language +2
    Software hash id → swh:1:dir:63cba66665405e06bb11e0db92c75a613bda8c5d;origin=ht
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||en */ uploading SoftwareX data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/195949e4552|details]])"
  4. 19w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 5.34/15, 6.02/08, 6.06/02 +80
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Software version identifier: 6.28.16, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/90348e8bfeff|details]])"
  5. 20w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 5.34/15, 6.02/08, 6.06/02 +80
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Software version identifier: 6.38.06, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/98b418a15de5|details]])"
  6. 20w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 5.34/15, 6.02/08, 6.06/02 +80
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Software version identifier: 6.26.20, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/2da2bf848d2d|details]])"
  7. 23w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 5.34/15, 6.02/08, 6.06/02 +80
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/96c383e09430|details]])"
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