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Compiz

compositing window manager for the X Window System
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Compiz

Summary

Compiz is a compositing manager[1]. Compiz draws 48 Wikipedia views per month (compositing_manager category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Compiz's instance of is recorded as compositing manager[3].
  • Compiz's instance of is recorded as free software[4].
  • Compiz's developer is recorded as Matthias Hopf[5].
  • Compiz's copyright license is recorded as MIT License[6].
  • Compiz's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License[7].
  • Compiz's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[8].
  • Compiz's operating system is recorded as Linux[9].
  • Compiz's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[10].
  • Compiz's software version identifier is recorded as 0.9.12.2[11].
  • Compiz's software version identifier is recorded as 0.9.13[12].
  • Compiz's software version identifier is recorded as 0.9.14.0[13].
  • Compiz's software version identifier is recorded as 0.9.14.1[14].
  • Compiz's software version identifier is recorded as 0.9.14.2[15].
  • Compiz is used for X window manager[16].
  • Compiz's Commons category is recorded as Compiz[17].
  • August 2006 marks the founding of Compiz[18].
  • Compiz's official website is recorded as http://www.compiz.org/[19].
  • Compiz's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Compiz[20].
  • Compiz's Commons gallery is recorded as Compiz[21].
  • Compiz's source code repository URL is recorded as https://code.launchpad.net/compiz[22].
  • Compiz's GUI toolkit or framework is recorded as OpenGL[23].
  • Compiz's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[24].

Why It Matters

Compiz draws 48 Wikipedia views per month (compositing_manager category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] Compiz has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Compiz is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Compiz has been cited as an influence by macOS[27], a proprietary operating system[28], founded in 2001[29].

FAQs

Who did Compiz influence?

Compiz has been cited as an influence by macOS[27].

Related Entities

Fedora Linux free software Linux macOS Unix-like operating system

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . 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. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Developer → Matthias Hopf
    Operating system → Linux, Unix-like operating system
    Programmed in → Q15777
    Instance of → —
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9045]]: compiz, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/324974374|compiz (#324974374)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8507|Alpine Linux package]] #mi"
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