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GNU social

Summary

GNU social is a GNU package[1]. It draws 261 Wikipedia views per month (gnu_package category, ranking #9 of 29).[2]

Key Facts

  • GNU social is the creator of Evan Prodromou[3].
  • GNU social is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • GNU social's instance of is recorded as GNU package[5].
  • GNU social's instance of is recorded as server software[6].
  • GNU social's instance of is recorded as communications media[7].
  • GNU social's instance of is recorded as distributed social network[8].
  • GNU social's instance of is recorded as free software[9].
  • GNU social's maintained by is recorded as GNU Project[10].
  • GNU social is associated with the free software movement movement[11].
  • GNU social's developer is recorded as Evan Prodromou[12].
  • GNU social's copyright license is recorded as GNU Affero General Public License, version 3.0 or later[13].
  • GNU social's programmed in is recorded as PHP[14].
  • GNU social's operating system is recorded as cross-platform[15].
  • GNU social's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1.3[16].
  • GNU social's software version identifier is recorded as 1.2.0[17].
  • GNU social's software version identifier is recorded as 2.0.0beta0[18].
  • GNU social's software version identifier is recorded as 1.20.9[19].
  • GNU social is part of Fediverse[20].
  • GNU social is used for microblogging[21].
  • GNU social's Commons category is recorded as GNU social[22].
  • GNU social's platform is recorded as World Wide Web[23].
  • GNU social's official website is recorded as https://gnusocial.rocks/[24].
  • GNU social's source code repository URL is recorded as https://notabug.org/diogo/gnu-social.git[25].
  • GNU social's source code repository URL is recorded as https://code.undefinedhackers.net/GNUsocial/gnu-social.git[26].
  • GNU social's source code repository URL is recorded as https://codeberg.org/GNUsocial/gnu-social[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

GNU social is the creator of Evan Prodromou[3].

Publication

GNU social is part of Fediverse[20].

Subject and Themes

GNU social is associated with the free software movement movement[11].

Why It Matters

GNU social draws 261 Wikipedia views per month (gnu_package category, ranking #9 of 29).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

cross-platform distributed social network Fediverse free software GNU GNU Project MySQL PHP United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . notabug.org. notabug.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . notabug.org. notabug.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . notabug.org. notabug.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . notabug.org. Retrieved . notabug.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . notabug.org. Retrieved . notabug.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 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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  1. 20d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → GNU package, server software, communications media +2
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  2. 28d ago · JhowieNitnek · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Developer → Evan Prodromou
    Creator → —
    Official website → https://gnusocial.rocks/
    License → —
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q140653599]]"
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