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LyX

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Summary

LyX is an application software[1]. LyX draws 977 Wikipedia views per month (application software category, ranking #52 of 451).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: free software[3], desktop publishing software[4]
  • Copyright license: GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later[5]
  • Programmed in: C++[6]
  • Operating system: cross-platform[7], Microsoft Windows[8], macOS[9], Linux[10]
  • Software version identifier: 2.2.3[11], 2.3[12], 2.3.1[13], 2.3.2[14], 1.0[15], 2.3.3[16], 2.3.4[17], 2.3.5[18], 2.3.6[19], 2.3.6.1[20], 2.3.7[21], 2.3.8[22], 2.4.0[23], 2.4.1[24]
  • Has use: Document processor[25]
  • Commons category: LyX[26]
  • Platform: Microsoft Windows[27]
  • Publication date: 1995[28]
  • Official website: https://www.lyx.org/[29]
  • Source code repository URL: https://git.lyx.org[30]
  • GUI toolkit or framework: Qt (software)[31]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://tex.stackexchange.com/tags/lyx[32]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[33]

Why It Matters

LyX has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] LyX is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Related Entities

application C++ cross-platform free software Linux macOS Microsoft Windows

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] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . lyx.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . openhub.net. openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . lyx.org. lyx.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . lyx.org. Retrieved . lyx.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . lyx.org. Retrieved . lyx.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . lyx.org. Retrieved . lyx.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . lyx.org. lyx.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . mail-archive.com. Retrieved . mail-archive.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . lyx.org. Retrieved . lyx.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . lyx.org. lyx.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . lists.lyx.org. Retrieved . lists.lyx.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . lists.lyx.org. Retrieved . lists.lyx.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . lists.lyx.org. Retrieved . lists.lyx.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . lists.lyx.org. Retrieved . lists.lyx.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . LyX. Retrieved . lyx.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . 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. 1d ago · Virinas-code · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.2.3, 2.3, 2.3.1 +19
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 2.5.3"
  2. 10d ago · Tom Morris · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'gl', 'he', 'hi', 'h
    Alpine linux package → lyx
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Alpine linux package: lyx, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/324904885|lyx (#324904885)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8507|Alpine Linux package]] #mix'n'"
  3. 5w ago · ~2026-49437-22 · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.2.3, 2.3, 2.3.1 +19
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 2.5.2"
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