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SWIG

open-source tool for generating programming language bindings
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Summary

SWIG is a free software[1].

Key Facts

  • Creator: David M. Beazley[2]
  • Instance of: programming tool[3]
  • Developer: William S Fulton[4], Shengqiu Li[5]
  • Copyright license: GNU General Public License, version 3.0[6], X11 license[7]
  • Programmed in: C[8], C++[9]
  • Operating system: Linux[10], Microsoft Windows[11], Berkeley Software Distribution[12], Unix-like operating system[13]
  • Software version identifier: 3.0.12[14], 1.3.6[15], 1.3.7[16], 1.3.15[17], 1.3.17[18], 1.3.18[19], 1.3.22[20], 1.3.23[21], 1.3.24[22], 1.3.25[23], 1.3.26[24], 1.3.27[25]

Body

Publication

SWIG is part of Software Freedom Conservancy[26].

Related Entities

C++ free software Linux Microsoft Windows Unix-like operating system

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . SourceForge. Retrieved . sourceforge.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . directory.fsf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . sourceforge.net. Retrieved . sourceforge.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . sfconservancy.org. Retrieved . sfconservancy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · Tom Morris · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'pl', 'ru', 'uk', 'zh', 'zh_yue']
    Alpine linux package → swig
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Alpine linux package: swig, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/324918773|swig (#324918773)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8507|Alpine Linux package]] #mix'"
  2. 10w ago · SoloUnEditor · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Copyright status → copyrighted
    License → —
    Writable file format → SWIG source code file
    Copyright license → GNU General Public License, version 3.0, X11 license
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 4.5.0"
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