Template:Infobox software/doc

Usage

{{Infobox software
| name                   = 
| title                  = 
| logo                   = <!-- [[File: ]] -->
| screenshot             = <!-- [[File: ]] -->
| caption                = 
| collapsible            = 
| author                 = 
| developer              = 
| released               = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| discontinued           = 
| latest release version = 
| latest release date    = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| latest preview version = 
| latest preview date    = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| frequently updated     = <!-- DO NOT include this parameter unless you know what it does -->
| programming language   = 
| operating system       = 
| platform               = 
| size                   = 
| language               = 
| status                 = 
| genre                  = 
| license                = 
| website                = [http://www.example.org/ www.example.org]
}}

Example

Example: Yoyodyne
Yoyodyne v0.9 screenshot
Developer(s)	Yoyodyne Industries Inc.
Initial release	Template:Start date
OS	Unix-like
Size	25MB
Type	Yoyonics
License	GNU General Public License
Website	www.example.org

{{Infobox software
| name                   = Example: Yoyodyne
| logo                   = 
| screenshot             = [[File:Yoyo patent 1866.png|200px]]
| caption                = Yoyodyne v0.9 screenshot
| developer              = Yoyodyne Industries Inc.
| released               = {{Start date|1911}}
| latest release version = 0.9
| latest release date    = {{Start date and age|2006|01|01}}
| latest preview version = 
| latest preview date    = 
| operating system       = [[Unix-like]]
| operating system desc  = 
| size                   = 25MB
| genre                  = Yoyonics
| license                = [[GNU General Public License]]
| website                = [http://www.example.org/ www.example.org]
}}

Parameters

All parameters are optional.

name

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. If you want the title at the top of the infobox to be different than the software templates, use the "title" parameter instead.)

title

title

logo

logo

screenshot

screenshot image

caption

caption for screenshot

collapsible

can be set to "yes" in case of long vertical screenshot (see QQ for example)

author

original author of the program

developer

current developer of the program

released

the release date of version 1.0 (or closely-matching release). For subsequent or prior releases, use latest release date.
Can use {{Start date}} template.

discontinued

whether this product is no longer being developed (changes the words 'Latest release' to 'discontinued). Any value will do, though 'yes' or 'true' are preferred for clarity. Use the last release version and date in the 'latest release' parameters, below.

latest release version

latest released version number

latest release date

release date of the latest released version; suggested use of {{Start date and age}} template

latest preview version

version number of preview version or development branch

latest preview date

preview date; suggested use of {{Start date and age}} template

frequently updated

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

programming language

operating system

operating system. For Unix-like multi-OS programs use: Any Unix-like

platform

platform (Java, .NET). For multi-platform programs use: Cross-platform

size

in megabytes

language

natural language (English, French)

status

Should probably be one of: Planned, Active, Unmaintained, Discontinued, Abandonware

genre

Type of program. Probably wikilinked to an article such as Geographic information system. For more information, consult List of software categories.

license

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

Web site of software package.

See also

• Template:Lts for operating systems
• Template:Lts for games