Wikifunctions is a
collaboratively edited catalog of
computer functions to enable the creation, modification, and reuse of
source code
In computing, source code, or simply code, is any collection of code, with or without comments, written using a human-readable programming language, usually as plain text. The source code of a program is specially designed to facilitate the wo ...
. It is closely related to
Abstract Wikipedia, an extension of
Wikidata
Wikidata is a collaboratively edited multilingual knowledge graph hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. It is a common source of open data that Wikimedia projects such as Wikipedia, and anyone else, can use under the CC0 public domain license. ...
to create a language-independent version of
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a multilingual free online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and using a wiki-based editing system. Wikipedia is the largest and most-read refer ...
using its
structured data
A data model is an abstract model that organizes elements of data and standardizes how they relate to one another and to the properties of real-world entities. For instance, a data model may specify that the data element representing a car be co ...
.
Provisionally named ''Wikilambda'', the definitive name of ''Wikifunctions'' was announced on 22 December 2020 following a naming contest.
The Wikifunctions website is expected to launch in 2022 and will be the first new
Wikimedia
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project to launch since 2012.
A public demonstration system was set up at and announced in October 2020. However, it retired "on 30 October 2022".
The Wikifunctions Beta was
announced in August 2022 and is available at .
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