Template:Infobox Software

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1 Usage
2 Example
3 Parameters
4 See also

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
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	author
developer	Yes	developer
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.