SquashFS

compressed, read-only file system for Linux
CreativeWork file_system Q389314
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SquashFS

Summary

SquashFS is a file system[1]. SquashFS draws 36 Wikipedia views per month (file_system category, ranking #21 of 85).[2]

Key Facts

  • SquashFS's instance of is recorded as file system[3].
  • SquashFS's instance of is recorded as free software[4].
  • SquashFS's instance of is recorded as archive file format[5].
  • SquashFS's developer is recorded as Robert Lougher[6].
  • SquashFS's developer is recorded as Phillip Lougher[7].
  • SquashFS's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later[8].
  • SquashFS's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[9].
  • SquashFS's operating system is recorded as Linux[10].
  • +2009-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of SquashFS[11].
  • +2002-10-23T00:00:00Z marks the founding of SquashFS[12].
  • SquashFS's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b6xzj[13].
  • SquashFS's official website is recorded as https://github.com/plougher/squashfs-tools[14].
  • SquashFS's described at URL is recorded as https://www.sweetscape.com/010editor/repository/files/SquashFS.bt[15].
  • SquashFS's described at URL is recorded as https://github.com/AgentD/squashfs-tools-ng/blob/master/doc/format.txt[16].
  • SquashFS's readable file format is recorded as SquashSF image file (big endian)[17].
  • SquashFS's readable file format is recorded as SquashSF image file (little endian)[18].
  • SquashFS's writable file format is recorded as SquashSF image file (big endian)[19].
  • SquashFS's writable file format is recorded as SquashSF image file (little endian)[20].
  • SquashFS's source code repository URL is recorded as git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/squashfs[21].
  • SquashFS's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as Squashfs[22].
  • SquashFS's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[23].
  • SquashFS's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 148485284[24].
  • SquashFS's Gentoo Wiki article is recorded as SquashFS[25].
  • SquashFS's Gentoo Wiki article is recorded as SquashFS/hu[26].
  • SquashFS's Gentoo Wiki article is recorded as SquashFS/ja[27].

Why It Matters

SquashFS draws 36 Wikipedia views per month (file_system category, ranking #21 of 85).[2] SquashFS has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Open Hub. Retrieved . sourceforge.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Open Hub. Retrieved . sourceforge.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . 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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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_squashfs_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{SquashFS}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/squashfs}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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