Template:Infobox Software

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Contents

Usage

{{Infobox Software
| name                   = 
| logo                   = 
| screenshot             = 
| caption                = 
| collapsible            = 
| author                 = 
| developer              = 
| released               = 
| latest release version = 
| latest release date    = 
| latest preview version = 
| latest preview date    = 
| frequently updated     = 
| programming language   = 
| operating system       = 
| platform               = 
| size                   = 
| language               = 
| status                 = 
| genre                  = 
| license                = 
| website                = 
}}

Example

Example: Yoyodyne

Yoyodyne v0.9 screenshot
Developed by Yoyodyne Industries Inc.
Latest release 0.9 / 1 January 2006
OS Microsoft Windows
Size 25MB
Genre Yoyonics
License GNU General Public License
Website example.org 
{{Infobox Software
| name                   = Example: Yoyodyne
| logo                   = 
| screenshot             = [[Image:Yoyo patent 1866.png|200px]]
| caption                = Yoyodyne v0.9 screenshot
| developer              = Yoyodyne Industries Inc.
| latest_release_version = 0.9
| latest_release_date    = [[1 January]] [[2006]]
| operating_system       = [[Microsoft Windows]]
| operating_system_desc  =
| size                   = 25MB
| genre                  = Yoyonics
| license                = [[GNU General Public License]]
| website                = [http://www.example.org example.org]
}}


Parameters

parameter optional? description
name No name of software (note: if you don't put the right thing here it breaks the latest release / latest preview fields)
logo Yes logo
screenshot Yes screenshot image
caption Yes caption for screenshot
collapsible Yes can be set to "yes" in case of long vertical screenshot (see QQ for example)
author Yes original author of the program
developer Yes current developer of the program
released Yes the release date of version 1.0 (or closely-matching release). For subsequent or prior releases, use latest release date.
latest release version Yes latest released version number
latest release date Yes release date of the latest released version
latest preview version Yes version number of preview version
latest preview date Yes preview date
frequently updated Yes if set to "yes", latest release/preview date and version have to be defined in subtemplate by clicking the numbers directly in the infobox
programming language Yes programming language
operating system Yes operating system. For Unix-like multi-OS programs use: Any [[Unix-like]]
platform Yes platform (Java, .NET). For multi-platform programs use: [[Cross-platform]]
size Yes in megabytes
language Yes natural language (English, French)
status Yes Should probably be one of: Planned, Active, Unmaintained
genre No Type of program. Probably wikilinked to an article such as Geographic information system.
license No License such as proprietary, [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]. 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 No Web site of software package.

See also