Template:Infobox software

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Usage

The following is the base code required to generate an infobox. One can copy and paste the base code into an article and insert relevant information in front of the = signs. Removing HTML comments (<!-- anything -->) is optional. To avoid accidental misuse, this base code does not have a handful of parameters that must be handled with absolute care and are not normally needed, such as {{{bodystyle}}}.

{{{name}}}
[[File:{{{logo}}}|{{{logo size}}}|alt={{{logo alt}}}|upright={{{logo upright}}}]] {{{logo caption}}}
[[File:{{{screenshot}}}|{{{screenshot size}}}|alt={{{screenshot alt}}}|upright={{{screenshot upright}}}]] {{{caption}}}
Other names	{{{other_names}}}
Original author	{{{author}}}
Developer	{{{developer}}}
Release	{{{released}}}
Stable release	{{{latest release version}}} / {{{latest release date}}}
Preview release	{{{latest preview version}}} / {{{latest preview date}}}
Written in	{{{programming language}}}
Middleware	{{{middleware}}}
Engine	{{{engine}}}
Operating system	{{{operating system}}}
Platform	{{{platform}}}
Included with	{{{included with}}}
Predecessor	{{{replaces}}}
Successor	{{{replaced_by}}}
Service name	{{{service_name}}}
Size	{{{size}}}
Standard	{{{standard}}}
Available in	{{{language count}}} languages{{{language footnote}}}
List of languages {{{language}}}
Type	{{{genre}}}
License	{{{license}}}
Website	{{{website}}}
Repository	{{{repo}}}
As of	{{{AsOf}}}

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" style="overflow:auto;">

Infobox software
Engine	Template:EditAtWikidata
Repository	{{URL|example.com|optional display text}}Template:EditAtWikidata

</syntaxhighlight>

Example

The following markup is included only for illustration purposes. It is not intended to provide up-to-date information about GIMP software and should not be updated for the sake of truth.

GIMP
GIMP version 2.10
Original authors	Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis
Developer	GIMP Development Team
Release	2 June 1998 (1998-06-02)
Written in	C
Engine	Template:EditAtWikidata
Operating system	Linux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSD, Solaris, AmigaOS 4
Available in	82 languages
List of languages Amharic, Arabic, Asturian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bosnian, Brazilian Portuguese, Breton, British English, Bulgarian, Burmese, Canadian English, Catalan, Central Kurdish, Chinese (China), Chinese (Hong Kong), Chinese (Taiwan), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Dzongkha, Esperanto, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Kabyle, Kannada, Kashubian, Kazakh, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Kirghiz, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Low German, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Occitan, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Serbian (Cyrillic script), Serbian (Latin script), Sinhala, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Tatar, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Valencian, Vietnamese, Xhosa, Yiddish
Type	Raster graphics editor
License	GPL-3.0-or-later
Website	gimp.org
Repository	gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">{{Infobox software

| title = GIMP | logo = The GIMP icon - gnome.svg | screenshot = GIMP 2.10.jpg | caption = GIMP version 2.10 | author = Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis | developer = GIMP Development Team | released = {{Start date and age|1998|06|02|df=yes}} | latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q8038|P348|P548=Q2804309}} | latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q8038|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}} | latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q8038|P348|P548=Q51930650}} | latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q8038|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}} | repo = {{URL|https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp}} | programming language = C | operating system = Linux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSD, Solaris, AmigaOS 4 | language count = 82 | language footnote = <ref>{{cite web |url=https://l10n.gnome.org/module/gimp/ |title=Module Statistics: gimp |website=l10n.gnome.org |publisher=GNOME Project |access-date=7 March 2022}}</ref> | language = Amharic, Arabic, Asturian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bosnian, Brazilian Portuguese, Breton, British English, Bulgarian, Burmese, Canadian English, Catalan, Central Kurdish, Chinese (China), Chinese (Hong Kong), Chinese (Taiwan), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Dzongkha, Esperanto, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Kabyle, Kannada, Kashubian, Kazakh, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Kirghiz, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Low German, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Occitan, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Serbian (Cyrillic script), Serbian (Latin script), Sinhala, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Tatar, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Valencian, Vietnamese, Xhosa, Yiddish | genre = Raster graphics editor | license = GPL-3.0-or-later | website = {{URL|https://www.gimp.org/%7Cgimp.org}} }}</syntaxhighlight>

Conditional formatting parameters

The following shows the effect of three parameters which change the formatting of certain infobox fields: <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|collapsible=, <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|discontinued=, <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|ver layout=.

Note: GIMP is not discontinued; <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|discontinued=yes is used in the example below solely for demonstration purposes.

GIMP
Screenshot GIMP version 2.10
Engine	Template:EditAtWikidata
Repository	{{URL|example.com|optional display text}}Template:EditAtWikidata

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">{{Infobox software

| title = GIMP | logo = The GIMP icon - gnome.svg | screenshot = GIMP 2.10.jpg | caption = GIMP version 2.10 | collapsible = yes | ver layout = stacked | discontinued = yes | latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q8038|P348|P548=Q2804309}} | latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q8038|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}} | latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q8038|P348|P548=Q51930650}} | latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q8038|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}} }}</syntaxhighlight>

Parameters

All parameters are optional.

bodystyle

CSS styling for the infobox as a whole

title

Name of the software as displayed above the infobox. Defaults to <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>Infobox software</syntaxhighlight>

logo

Code for a small image to be displayed as the logo or computer icon of the software. You may specify a file name, with or without namespace prefix. In other words, the following examples are all acceptable:

The GIMP icon - gnome.svg

File:The GIMP icon - gnome.svg

logo upright

Scaling size factor of the logo. This allows the size of the logo to be controlled by a multiple of the user thumbnail size preference. For examples, see MOS:UPRIGHT.

logo size

Size of the logo.

logo caption

Caption of the logo that appears below it. Should not be used to provide trivial captions, such as "This is the logo of X", which is automatically assumed. Reserved for special cases when a description beyond telling the obvious is needed, or for inserting {{ffdc}} or {{deletable image-caption}}.

logo alt

Alternative text of the logo; very important.

collapsible

Whether this screenshot is by default hidden and is only shown when user clicks on a minuscule "Expand" button. Can be set to "yes". Especially useful in case of long vertical screenshot

screenshot

Code for an image to be displayed as a screenshot of the software. You may specify a file name, with or without namespace prefix. In other words, the following examples are all acceptable:

GIMP screenshot.png

File:GIMP screenshot.png

screenshot upright

Scaling size factor of the screenshot. This allows the size of the screenshot to be controlled by a multiple of the user thumbnail size preference.

screenshot size

Size of the screenshot.

screenshot alt

Alternative text of the screenshot; very important. Defaults to image caption.

caption

A caption for screenshot that appears below it. Please include this parameter only when there is an image to display.

other_names

Other names for the software.

author

Name of the original author(s) or publisher(s) of the software. It can be an individual or organization. Most of the time, it only needs to be specified when <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|developer= field is populated.

developer

Name of the current developer of the software. It can be an individual or organization. Using a list will change the label to "Developers".

released

The date in which version 1.0 (or closely-matching release) of the software in question reaches its release to manufacturing (RTM) stage. In case the article is about a specific major release of a piece of software (for instance Internet Explorer 8 or Microsoft Office 2007), this field should contain the date in which that specific major release reached RTM stage. In case the software is still in development and has not reached its RTM stage, please ignore this field; do not use this field to specify the release date of the first preview/test release of the software; there is already another parameter for that use.

The content of this field should look like the following:

{{Start date and age|year|month|day}}

In case the article uses DMY as date format, use this code instead:

{{Start date and age|year|month|day|df=yes}}

If you are unsure which date format to use, please consult WP:MOSDATES.

ver layout

Defines how version number information appear in the infobox. Can be set to "simple" (default) or "stacked". "Simple" allocates an ordinary row to "latest release version" and another to "latest preview version". But "stacked" gives the full width of the row the info and adds a header, so that several version numbers can appear and use the infobox space more efficiently. Additionally, "stacked" could automately generate an edit link at the header to allow editors to update the version number.

discontinued

Whether this software is no longer being developed, thus changing the phrase "Latest release" in the infobox to "Last release". For technical reasons, anything for this parameter has the same effect, be it "yes", "no" or anything else. To nullify the effect of this parameter, you need to omit it.

latest release version

The version number of the latest release of the software. Please observe the following examples:

• Example #1: If the article is about Example Software whose latest version is 1.5, specify:

  1.5

• Example #2: If the article is about Example Software whose latest release is called Example Software 2008 and whose latest version number is 12.2, specify:

  2008 (12.2)

• Example #3: If the article is about Famous Example Software 2010, which is a significant release of Famous Example Software and whose latest version number is 14.0.0.25, just specify:

  14.0.0.25

• Example #4: If the article is about Famous Example Software 2010 for which no update is released since its initial release-to-manufacturing (RTM), please omit this parameter unless there is an evidence that it is necessary for the reader to know this number. One reason would be the presence of preview releases of the software which can only be distinguished from the RTM by their version number.

latest release date depends on this parameter.

latest release date

The release date of the latest released version. If no update is released for the software since its initial release, please omit this field; filling in the released field would be enough. The content of this field should look like the following:

{{Start date and age|year|month|day}}

In case the article uses DMY as date format, use this code instead:

{{Start date and age|year|month|day|df=yes}}

If you are unsure which date format to use, please consult WP:MOSDATES.

This parameter only works when a latest release version is present.

latest preview version

The version number of the latest preview version or development branch. Should only be specified when development of a new version of the software in question (newer than one specified in latest release version) is in progress. Please consult descriptions for latest release version provided above for best practices of specifying this parameter.

latest preview date

Specifies the release date of the latest preview version or development branch. Should only be specified when development of a new version of the software in question (newer than one specified in latest release version) is in progress. Please consult descriptions for latest release date provided above for best practices of specifying this parameter.

repo

The online source code repository, if available. For example, the sourceforge or github project page. As with the website parameter, this should use the {{URL}} template. In the absence of this parameter, infobox attempts to acquire the repository link from Wikidata. This parameter overrides the Wikidata link.

qid

Q-identifier from Wikidata.

programming language

The programming language of that subject of the article. If the program language of the software has a corresponding article in Wikipedia, please link to it. Here is an example:

Code: <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>C++ and C#</syntaxhighlight>

Result: C++ and C#

When specifying the name of the programming language please make sure that you cite your source. Unreferenced assertions in Wikipedia may be challenged or removed. If you do not have a source, do not include this parameter.

middleware

Middleware for the software.

engine

Software engine that is used by this software. In absence of this parameter, infobox attempts to acquire the (P408) from Wikidata. This parameter overrides the Wikidata engine.

engines

List of software engines, if multiple are used.

operating system

The operating system on which the given software works. Please be as accurate as possible but also be mindful of the length and avoid specifying vague phrases such as "Cross-platform", "Multi-platform", "all" or "none". If the project is a web app or if only an OS-agnostic source code is released, ignore. Please consider these examples:

• If the software works on all incarnations of Unix, Linux and derived operating systems, please specify:
  • <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>Unix-like</syntaxhighlight>
• If the software works unconditionally on ALL incarnations of Microsoft Windows, please specify:
  • <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>Microsoft Windows</syntaxhighlight> or simply <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>Windows</syntaxhighlight>
• If the software works only on Windows XP and all subsequent releases of Microsoft Windows, please specify:
  • <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>Windows XP and later</syntaxhighlight>
• If the software is released for various families of different operating systems, (such as specific versions of BSD, Linux, macOS and Microsoft Windows) so that listing them in the infobox gives it undue length, please leave the details to article body and specify:
  • <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>BSD, Linux, macOS and Windows</syntaxhighlight>

platform

The computing platform on which the software runs. You might like to include the following information:

• Processor architecture: Some software runs on a certain processor architecture such as IA-32 (also known as x86 an i386), x86-64 (also known as x64, AMD64 and EM64T), Itanium, ARM and MIPS.
• Software frameworks: Some software runs on Java platform, .NET Framework, Adobe Flash, Adobe AIR, Microsoft Silverlight or XUL without regard to the processor architecture. If so, you may ignore processor architecture and instead specify the framework.

Please avoid specifying vague phrases such as "cross-platform" unless the following conditions meet:

1. The software has been released for numerous different platforms, so much so that including all of them causes the infobox size to grow unduly large.
2. The article body lists the platforms under which the software runs.

If the above do not meet, then specifying such a vague phrase is the same as not specifying it.

included with

Devices and operating systems that come preloaded with this browser.

replaces

What the software replaces, if applicable.

replaced_by

What the software has been replaced with.

service_name

Service name for the software.

size

Size of the installer package. Only applies to software available via download. For software distributed physically in boxes or other packages, ignore this parameter. Do not forget to include your unit of measurements (i.e. kilobytes, megabytes or gigabytes).

Note: Use a non-breaking space ("&nbsp;") to prevent numbers and units of measurements from separating when "word wrapping" occurs. You can also use {{Nowrap}} template to produce the same effect.

Observe the following examples:

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>760&nbsp;KB</syntaxhighlight> → 760 KB <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>32&nbsp;MB</syntaxhighlight> → 32 MB

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>842 KB</syntaxhighlight> → 842 KB <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>48.5 MB</syntaxhighlight> → 48.5 MB

For more information, visit WP:UNITS

standard

Technical standard of the subject of the article adheres.

language

Lists the natural languages in which the software's user interface can interact with user. Please do not supply vague phrases, such as "multilingual", which do not add to the knowledge of the reader. Also please do not wikilink the name of languages; readers are most likely uninterested in reading about those languages. For a comprehensive list of items that should not be generally linked to, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking § What generally should not be linked. A large list of languages can disrupt the natural flow of the article. When the list of languages grows large, consider one of the following measures:

• Use <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|language count= parameter in conjunction with this parameter. This will allow the list of languages to be hidden and revealed with the click of a mouse. This method is not printer-friendly: A collapsed list does not appear on print and an expanded list may disrupt the natural flow of the article.
• Add a link to a section of the article which lists languages. Please keep the link printer-friendly. For example, instead of "<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>Click here to see the list of languages</syntaxhighlight>", consider "<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>35 languages; see § Localization</syntaxhighlight>". This solution is useful when the inclusion of a list of languages is important or when the localization of the subject of the article is discussed.
• Ignore this parameter and use <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|language count= and <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|language footnote= instead. This approach is useful when the article is short and inclusion of the list of languages is unwanted or contested.

language count

Number of natural languages in which the software's user interface can interact with user. Please supply a number only. Don't use this parameter if the list of languages includes fewer than five entries. (Please see: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers § Numbers)

If both <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|language= and <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|language count= parameters are present, the value of <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|language= will be collapsed under "List of languages" title.

language footnote

Use this parameter to supply citation on available translations, especially when <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|language= is not specified. Use of this parameter is not mandatory, as long as appropriate citation information is attached to the text. For instance, citation information may be attached to text itself in the article body or <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|language=, especially when there are more than one source for it information given. (E.g. when one source includes full translations and another includes partial translations; or when one source specifies the translations of one given version and another discusses what is added to that version after an update.) As a general rule, avoid citing automatically generated reports, statements about development versions or other sources of time-sensitive information.

genre

Type of program. Should be wikilinked to an article such as Geographic information system. For more information, consult List of software categories. Please do not use this field to briefly describe the role and function of the subject of the article. For example, instead of "SVG creator, editor and converter", consider using "Vector graphics editor". Instead of "PDF creator, editor, converter and viewer", consider using "Desktop publishing software". Instead of "DWG creator/editor", consider using "Computer-aided design".

license

Further information: Wikipedia:Software licenses

The software license under which the user is allowed to use the software. It is recommended to specify the specific license the software is released under by name. See Category:Software licensing. For example:

• Proprietary (<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>Proprietary</syntaxhighlight>): Software with a license which prohibits modifying the software and sharing copies, and where generally a copy of the source code cannot be obtained by the user. (As in this example, please be sure to link to <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>Proprietary license</syntaxhighlight>, which is an article about this type of software, and not to <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>Proprietary</syntaxhighlight>, which is a disambiguation page.)
• GNU General Public Licenses, GNU Lesser General Public Licenses, BSD Licenses, and other free software licenses: pieces of software released under a free software license provide copies of the source code to users, and give users the freedom to modify and share copies of their copy of the source code. The GNU licenses mentioned have multiple versions each; there are multiple BSD licenses. Please make sure to specify which one.

licence

Same as <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|license=. Pick either license (American English) or licence (Commonwealth English), not both – select the one which matches the content of the article the template is used in.

website

The web site URL of the software package, if one wants to override the Wikidata official URL value. This URL must be readable in print. Therefore, you should use {{URL}} template like this: "{{URL|http://www.example.com}}". Avoid using printer-hostile forms like "<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>Example website</syntaxhighlight>". In addition, the special value "hide" suppresses this field, even in presence of a Wikidata link. This is useful for articles with several infoboxes, to avoid repeating one Wikidata link. If left blank, the Wikidata official website value will display by default.

AsOf

A pseudo-parameter populated by bots and users tending to maintenance categories. The intricacies of this parameter are not included here. If you don't know what it does, please do not touch.

module

For embedding other templates (see WP:IEmbed).

Moving release data outside the article

<section begin="release version data" /> The subject's latest release version, latest release date, latest preview version and latest preview date can be moved outside the article.

Template method (single wiki)

Users visiting the article may click the version number or "[±]" link in the infobox to edit that external source. This mode is very useful for articles about software products whose vendors keep releasing updates or newer versions. With this mode is enabled, users can quickly and effectively edit the release data without editing the article proper (and cluttering its edit history with inconsequential edits).

Note, however, that if <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|latest release version= or <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|latest preview version= parameters are explicitly specified, the infobox does not look for external sources. (This can be useful if, for example, the preview version is frequently updated, but the release version is not.)

To make the infobox retrieve release data from outside the article:

1. Create an external source that supplies data for latest stable release. To do so:
   1. Copy and paste the following URL into your browser's address bar, replacing INFOBOX_NAME with the value supplied in <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|name= parameter of the infobox:
      https://bestpressey.net/index.php?title=Template:Latest_stable_software_release/INFOBOX_NAME&action=edit&preload=Template:LSR/syntax
   2. In the page that opens, fill in the required information.
   3. Save the page.
2. Create an external source that supplies data for latest preview release. To do so:
   1. Copy and paste the following URL into your browser's address bar, replacing INFOBOX_NAME with the value suppplied in <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|name= parameter of the infobox:
      https://bestpressey.net/index.php?title=Template:Latest_preview_software_release/INFOBOX_NAME&action=edit&preload=Latest preview release/syntax
   2. In the page that opens, fill in the required information.
   3. Save the page.
3. In the main article, delete <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|latest release version=, <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|latest release date=, <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|latest preview version= or <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|latest preview date= parameters.
4. Save the article.
5. Refresh the article.

Wikidata method (multi-language, potentially all wikis)

With a Wikidata entry, OS version information can be input once, and then automatically transcluded to any Wikipedia in any language, as long as they are using a Wikidata template for their data.

• See: Template:Wikidata for usage information<section end="release version data" />
• See: Template:Infobox software#Example for a usage example. (The Infobox:software example uses this method.)

Microformat

The HTML mark-up produced by this template includes an hCalendar microformat that makes event details readily parsable by computer programs. This aids tasks such as the cataloguing of articles and maintenance of databases. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please visit the Microformat WikiProject.

Classes used

The HTML classes of this microformat include:

• attendee
• contact
• description
• dtend
• dtstart
• location
• organiser
• summary
• url
• vevent

Please do not rename or remove these classes
nor collapse nested elements which use them.

TemplateData

TemplateData documentation used by VisualEditor and other tools

See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox software in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Infobox software

An infobox for computer software

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Body style (CSS)	bodystyle	CSS styling for the infobox as a whole	String	optional
Title	title name	Name of the computer program. Displayed at the top of the infobox. Default {{PAGENAMEBASE}}	String	optional
Logo	logo	Filename for the image e.g. 'The GIMP icon - gnome.svg' Default {{#Property:P154}}	File	optional
Logo scaling	logo upright logo_upright	Size of the logo as a scaling factor of user thumbnail size preference.	String	optional
Logo size	logo size logo_size	Size of the logo.	String	optional
Logo title	logo title	no description	String	optional
Logo alternative text	logo alt logo_alt	Alternative text for the logo (used by the blind and when web browsers cannot or do not load the image)	String	optional
Logo caption	logo caption logo_caption	Caption for the logo. Must only be used to provide anything far more important than 'This is the logo of X'. e.g. used for inserting {{ffdc}} or {{deletable image-caption}}.	String	optional
Screenshot	screenshot	File name for a screenshot of the image, e.g. 'GIMP screenshot.png'	File	optional
Collapsible?	collapsible	Whether this screenshot is hidden by default, set to 'yes' to place the screenshot in a collapsible section	String	optional
Collapsed text title	collapsetext	no description	String	optional
Collaped text background colour	background	no description	String	optional
Screenshot scaling	screenshot upright screenshot_upright	Size of the screenshot as a scaling factor of user thumbnail size preference.	String	optional
Screenshot size	screenshot size screenshot_size	Size of screenshot	String	optional
Screenshot alternative text	screenshot alt screenshot_alt	Alternative text for the screenshot (used by the blind and when web browsers cannot or do not load the image)	String	optional
Screenshot title	screenshot title	no description	String	optional
Caption	caption	Caption for the screenshot	String	optional
Other names	other_names	Other (or former) names for the software	String	optional
Original author	author	Name of the original author or publisher of the software. It can be either an individual or an organization/business. Most of the time, it only needs to be specified when developer field is populated.	String	optional
Developer	developer	Name of the current developer of the software. It can be either an individual or an organization/business.	String	optional
Initial release date	released	The date in which version 1.0 (or closely-matching release) of the software in question reaches its release to manufacturing (RTM) stage. In case the article is about a specific major release of a piece of software (for instance Internet Explorer 8 or Microsoft Office 2007), this field should contain the date in which that specific major release reached RTM stage. In case the software is still in development and has not reached its RTM stage, please ignore this field; do not use this field to specify the release date of the first preview/test release of the software; there is already another parameter for that use. The content of this field should look like the following: {{Start date and age|year|month|day}} In case the article uses DMY as date format, use this code instead: {{Start date and age|year|month|day|df=yes}} If you are unsure which date format to use, please consult WP:MOSDATES.	String	optional
Version info layout	ver layout	Defines how version number information appear in the infobox. Can be set to "simple" (default) or "stacked". "Simple" allocates an ordinary row to "latest release version" and another to "latest preview version". But "stacked" gives the full width of the row the info and adds a header, so that several version numbers can appear and use the infobox space more efficiently. Additionally, "stacked" could automately generate an edit link at the header to allow editors to update the version number. Suggested values simple stacked Auto value simple	String	optional
Discontinued?	discontinued	Whether this software is no longer being developed, thus changing the phrase 'Latest release' in the infobox to 'Final release'. For technical reasons, anything for this parameter has the same effect, be it 'yes', 'no' or anything else. To nullify the effect of this parameter, you need to omit it.	Boolean	optional
Latest release version	latest release version latest_release_version	The version number of the latest release of the software. E.g. 'v1.5', '2008 (v12.2)',	String	optional
Latest release date	latest release date latest_release_date	The release date of the latest released version. If no update is released for the software since its initial release, please omit this field; filling in the released field would be enough. The content of this field should look like the following: {{Start date and age|year|month|day}}	String	optional
Latest preview version	latest preview version latest_preview_version	The version number of the latest preview version or development branch. Should only be specified when development of a new version of the software in question (newer than one specified in latest release version) is in progress. Please consult descriptions for latest release version provided above for best practices of specifying this parameter.	String	optional
Latest preview date	latest preview date latest_preview_date	Specifies the release date of the latest preview version or development branch. Should only be specified when development of a new version of the software in question (newer than one specified in latest release version) is in progress. Please consult descriptions for latest release date provided above for best practices of specifying this parameter.	String	optional
Source code repository	repo	The online source code repository, if available. For example, the sourceforge or github project page. As with the website parameter, this should use the {{URL}} template. In the absence of this parameter, infobox attempts to acquire the repository link from Wikidata. This parameter overrides the Wikidata link.	String	optional
qid	qid	Wikidata QID	String	optional
Programming language	programming language programming_language	The programming language in which the subject of the infobox is created. If the programming language of the software has a corresponding article on Wikipedia, please link to it. E.g. '[[C++]] and [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]]'. Be advised that Wikipedia policies such as [[Wikipedia:Verifiability]] and [[Wikipedia:No original research]] also apply here.	String	optional
Middleware	middleware	The middleware used by the software Example Havok	String	optional
Software engine	engine engines	[[Software engine]] used by this program. In absence of this parameter, infobox attempts to acquire the engine from Wikidata. This parameter overrides the Wikidata engine. May also use plural.	Page name	optional
Operating system	operating system operating_system	The operating system on which the given software works. E.g. '[[Microsoft Windows]]' or '[[Windows]]', '[[Windows XP]] and later'. If the subject of the article is a web app, library or an SO-agnostic source code, ignore this parameter. Please be as accurate as possible in specifying this parameter (but also be mindful of the length) and avoid specifying vague phrases such as 'Cross-platform' (or its redirect, Multi-platform) or 'Unix-like' (implies that the subject runs on most desktops, server and mobile devices).	String	optional
Platform	platform	The computing platform on which the software runs. Can be specific processors like '[[IA-32]]' (i386), '[[x86-64]]' 'Itanium', 'ARM' or 'MIPS'.	String	optional
Included with	included with	Devices and operating systems that come preloaded with this browser.	String	optional
Replaces	replaces	What the software replaces	String	optional
Replaced by	replaced_by	Software that replaces this one	Page name	optional
Service name	service_name	The service name for the software	String	optional
Size	size	Size of the installer package. Only applies to software available via download. E.g. '{{Nowrap|48 MB}}'.	String	optional
Standard(s)	standard	Technical standard of the software.	String	optional
Language	language	Lists the natural languages in which the software's user interface can interact with user. Please do not supply 'Multilingual' or such vague phrases.	String	optional
Language count	language count	Number of natural languages in which the software's user interface can interact with user.	Number	optional
Language footnote	language footnote	Use this parameter to supply citation on available translations.	String	optional
Genre	genre	Type of program. Should be wikilinked to an article such as '[[Geographic information system]]'. For more information, consult List of software categories.	Page name	optional
License	license licence	Name of the software license under which the user is allowed to use the software. E.g. '[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]', '[[GNU General Public License]] version 3', '[[Modified BSD License]]'. May also use Commonwealth English spelling.	String	optional
Website	website	The web site URL of the software package. This URL must be readable in print. Therefore, you should use '{{URL}}' template like this: '{{URL|http://www.example.com}}'. Avoid using printer-hostile forms like '[http://www.example.com Example website]'. In absence of this parameter, infobox attempts to acquire the website link form Wikidata. This parameter overrides the Wikidata link. (It is useful when a second infobox for something different is defined on a page.) In addition, the special value 'hide' suppresses this field, even in presence of a Wikidata link. This is useful for articles with several infoboxes, to avoid repeating one Wikidata link.	String	optional
Infobox timestamp (AsOf)	AsOf	Infobox timestamp in the form of month name, space character, year (four digits). Used by maintenance procedures and bots.	String	optional

Tracking categories

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See also

Compatible derivatives

• Template:Infobox programming language(edit talk links history) – programming languages, integrated development environments and development tools

Related

• Template:Infobox OS(edit talk links history) for operating systems
• Template:Infobox software platform(edit talk links history) for software platforms
• Template:Infobox video game(edit talk links history) for video games
• Template:Infobox website(edit talk links history) for websites and web applications
• WP:IB - list of infoboxes

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