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Upstart

former event-based replacement for the traditional init daemon
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Upstart

Summary

Upstart is a free software[1]. Upstart ranks in the top 7% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (70 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Upstart authored Scotty James[3].
  • Upstart is the creator of Scott James Remnant[4].
  • Upstart's instance of is recorded as free software[5].
  • Upstart's instance of is recorded as init[6].
  • Upstart's logo image is recorded as Upstart daemon logo.svg[7].
  • Upstart's developer is recorded as Canonical Ltd.[8].
  • Upstart's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0[9].
  • Upstart's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[10].
  • Upstart's operating system is recorded as Linux[11].
  • Upstart's software version identifier is recorded as 1.11[12].
  • Upstart's software version identifier is recorded as 1.12[13].
  • Upstart's software version identifier is recorded as 1.12.1[14].
  • Upstart's software version identifier is recorded as 1.13[15].
  • Upstart's software version identifier is recorded as 1.13.1[16].
  • Upstart's software version identifier is recorded as 1.13.2[17].
  • Upstart's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gjjg5[18].
  • Upstart's official website is recorded as https://upstart.ubuntu.com/[19].
  • Upstart's source code repository URL is recorded as https://code.launchpad.net/upstart[20].
  • Upstart's Open Hub ID is recorded as upstart[21].
  • Upstart's Quora topic ID is recorded as Upstart[22].
  • Upstart's Debian stable package is recorded as upstart[23].
  • Upstart's Ubuntu package is recorded as upstart[24].
  • Upstart's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[25].
  • Upstart's Pro-Linux.de DBApp ID is recorded as 10765[26].
  • Upstart's Repology project name is recorded as upstart[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Upstart authored Scotty James[3]. Upstart is the creator of Scott James Remnant[4].

Why It Matters

Upstart ranks in the top 7% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (70 views/month).[2] Upstart has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

Canonical Ltd. free software Linux

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . bazaar.launchpad.net. Retrieved . bazaar.launchpad.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . upstart.ubuntu.com. upstart.ubuntu.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . launchpad.net. launchpad.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . launchpad.net. launchpad.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . launchpad.net. launchpad.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . launchpad.net. launchpad.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . launchpad.net. launchpad.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Quora. 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.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Upstart. Retrieved August 23, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/upstart-q934224
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