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Friendica

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Friendica

Summary

Friendica is a free software[1]. Friendica has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Friendica is in the country of Canada[3].
  • Friendica's instance of is recorded as free software[4].
  • Friendica's instance of is recorded as distributed social network[5].
  • Friendica's instance of is recorded as fediverse server software[6].
  • Friendica's instance of is recorded as online community[7].
  • Friendica's developer is recorded as Mike Macgirvin[8].
  • Friendica's copyright license is recorded as GNU Affero General Public License, version 3.0 or later[9].
  • Friendica's programmed in is recorded as PHP[10].
  • Friendica's programmed in is recorded as Q2005[11].
  • Friendica's software version identifier is recorded as 3.5[12].
  • Friendica's software version identifier is recorded as 3.4.3[13].
  • Friendica's software version identifier is recorded as 3.4.2[14].
  • Friendica's software version identifier is recorded as 3.4.1[15].
  • Friendica's software version identifier is recorded as 3.4[16].
  • Friendica's software version identifier is recorded as 3.3.3[17].
  • Friendica's software version identifier is recorded as 3.3.2[18].
  • Friendica's software version identifier is recorded as 3.5.1[19].
  • Friendica's software version identifier is recorded as 3.5.2[20].
  • Friendica's software version identifier is recorded as 3.5.3[21].
  • Friendica's software version identifier is recorded as 3.5.4[22].
  • Friendica's software version identifier is recorded as 3.6[23].
  • Friendica's software version identifier is recorded as 2018.05[24].
  • Friendica's software version identifier is recorded as 2018.09[25].
  • Friendica's software version identifier is recorded as 2019.01[26].
  • Friendica's software version identifier is recorded as 2019.03[27].

Body

Publication

Friendica was released on July 1, 2010[28]. Friendica is part of Fediverse[29].

Why It Matters

Friendica has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Friendica is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Canada diaspora* distributed social network Fediverse free software JavaScript Mike Macgirvin PHP

References

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

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] ↑ . friendi.ca. friendi.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . friendi.ca. Retrieved . friendi.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . friendi.ca. Retrieved . friendi.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 9w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → free software, distributed social network, fediverse server software +1
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q80261011]], дублирующееся значение / duplicate value"
  2. 10w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → free software, distributed social network, fediverse server software +1
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q80261011]], разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect [[Q140653599]] → [[Q80261011]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q140653599_Q80"
  3. 11w ago · JhowieNitnek · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Developer → Mike Macgirvin
    Official website → https://friendi.ca
    License → —
    Instance of → —
    + 61 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q140653599]]"
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