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Evolution

personal information manager software and workgroup information management tool for GNOME
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Summary

Evolution is an email client[1]. Evolution draws 911 Wikipedia views per month (email client category, ranking #11 of 24).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Ximian[3]
  • Instance of: collaborative software[4], personal information manager[5], free and open-source software[6]
  • Developer: The GNOME Project[7], Novell[8]
  • Copyright license: GNU Lesser General Public License[9], GNU General Public License[10]
  • Programmed in: C[11]
  • Operating system: GNU/Linux[12], FreeBSD[13]
  • Software version identifier: 3.20.5[14], 3.24[15], 3.26[16], 3.26.3[17], 3.26.4[18], 3.26.5[19], 3.27.90[20], 3.27.91[21], 3.28.0[22], 3.28.1[23], 3.28.2[24], 3.29.2[25], 3.28.5[26], 3.32.1[27]

Why It Matters

Evolution has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Evolution is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

FreeBSD Maildir Novell

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wiki.gnome.org. Retrieved . wiki.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . git.gnome.org. git.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . git.gnome.org. Retrieved . git.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . download.gnome.org. Retrieved . download.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. Retrieved . gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. Retrieved . gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . download.gnome.org. download.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. Retrieved . gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. Retrieved . gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. Retrieved . gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. Retrieved . gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. Retrieved . gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. Retrieved . gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. Retrieved . gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. Retrieved . gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. Retrieved . gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. Retrieved . gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: 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.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Evolution. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/evolution-q336251
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_evolution-q336251_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Evolution}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/evolution-q336251}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-15}}
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Edit History

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. 3d ago · S8321414 · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 3.20.5, 3.24, 3.26 +68
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 3.62.0"
  2. 4w ago · MichielN · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 3.20.5, 3.24, 3.26 +68
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 3.59.2"
  3. 4w ago · S8321414 · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 3.20.5, 3.24, 3.26 +68
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 3.60.2"
  4. 23w ago · Wikipedian1989 · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Evolution (software)
    License → —
    Operating system → GNU/Linux, FreeBSD
    Inception → —
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 3.60.1"
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