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Polkit

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Summary

Polkit is a free software[1]. Polkit ranks in the top 7% of free software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (619 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Developer: Freedesktop.org[3], Red Hat[4]
  • Copyright license: X11 license[5], GNU General Public License, version 2.0[6]
  • Programmed in: C[7]
  • Operating system: Unix-like operating system[8]
  • Software version identifier: 0.105[9], 0.106[10], 0.107[11], 0.108[12], 0.109[13], 0.110[14], 0.111[15], 0.112[16], 0.113[17], 0.114[18], 0.115[19], 0.118[20], 0.119[21], 121[22]
  • Commons category: Polkit[23]
  • Inception: June 20, 2007[24]
  • Official website: https://github.com/polkit-org/polkit[25]
  • Source code repository URL: https://github.com/polkit-org/polkit[26]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[27]

Why It Matters

Polkit has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Polkit is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

free software GNOME Shell Red Hat Unix-like operating system

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . freedesktop.org. Retrieved . freedesktop.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . freedesktop.org. Retrieved . freedesktop.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . freedesktop.org. Retrieved . freedesktop.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . gitlab.freedesktop.org. Retrieved . gitlab.freedesktop.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . gitlab.freedesktop.org. gitlab.freedesktop.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . gitlab.freedesktop.org. gitlab.freedesktop.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . lists.freedesktop.org. Retrieved . lists.freedesktop.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . mail-archive.com. Retrieved . mail-archive.com. Provenance: 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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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Polkit. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/polkit
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  1. 15h ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Copyright license → X11 license, GNU General Public License, version 2.0
    Operating system → Unix-like operating system
    Website → —
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