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Xfce

open-source desktop environment for Linux and BSD
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Xfce

Summary

Xfce is a desktop environment[1]. Xfce ranks in the top 4% of desktop_environment entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,674 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Xfce is the creator of Olivier Fourdan[3].
  • Xfce's instance of is recorded as desktop environment[4].
  • Xfce's instance of is recorded as free and open-source software[5].
  • Xfce's instance of is recorded as user interface[6].
  • Xfce's developer is recorded as Olivier Fourdan[7].
  • Xfce's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License[8].
  • Xfce's copyright license is recorded as GNU Lesser General Public License[9].
  • Xfce's copyright license is recorded as BSD licenses[10].
  • Xfce's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[11].
  • Xfce's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[12].
  • Xfce's software version identifier is recorded as 4.10[13].
  • Xfce's software version identifier is recorded as 4.12[14].
  • Xfce's software version identifier is recorded as 4.14[15].
  • Xfce's software version identifier is recorded as 4.16[16].
  • Xfce's software version identifier is recorded as 4.18[17].
  • Xfce's software version identifier is recorded as 4.20[18].
  • Xfce's Commons category is recorded as Xfce[19].
  • 1996 marks the founding of Xfce[20].
  • Xfce's mascot is recorded as Xue[21].
  • Xfce's official website is recorded as https://xfce.org[22].
  • Xfce's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Xfce[23].
  • Xfce's web feed URL is recorded as https://xfce.org/feed[24].
  • Xfce's web feed URL is recorded as https://blog.xfce.org/feed[25].
  • Xfce's source code repository URL is recorded as https://gitlab.xfce.org/[26].
  • Xfce's GUI toolkit or framework is recorded as GTK[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Xfce is the creator of Olivier Fourdan[3].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Xfce include Xubuntu[28], a Linux distribution[29], founded in 2006[30].

Why It Matters

Xfce ranks in the top 4% of desktop_environment entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,674 views/month).[2] Xfce has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Xfce is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for Xfce include Xubuntu[28], a Linux distribution[29], founded in 2006[30].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Creator → Olivier Fourdan
    Developer → Olivier Fourdan
    Aliases → —
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    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14655]]: xfce, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/300145073|Xfce (#300145073)]] for {{P|14655}}"
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