Template:Infobox software/doc

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

{{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 when frequently_updated is enabled)
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 (make sure the "name" parameter above exactly matches the name of the subtemplate pages)
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

• Template:Lts for operating systems
• Template:Lts (differences unknown; no documentation)
• Template:Lts for games