Comparison of open-source and closed-source software

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Comparison of open-source and closed-source software

Quality:

Article "Comparison of open-source and closed-source software" in English Wikipedia has 37 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 23 references and 11 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

Since the creation of article "Comparison of open-source and closed-source software", its content was written by 167 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 178 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 286 times in English Wikipedia and cited 443 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #23897 in September 2005
  • Global: #69941 in April 2025

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #71129 in November 2014
  • Global: #142365 in November 2014

There are 2 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Comparison of open-source and closed-source software
37.0175
2Japanese (ja)
オープンソースソフトウェアとクローズドソースソフトウェアの比較
30.0449
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Comparison of open-source and closed-source software" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Comparison of open-source and closed-source software
962 065
2Japanese (ja)
オープンソースソフトウェアとクローズドソースソフトウェアの比較
553
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Comparison of open-source and closed-source software" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Comparison of open-source and closed-source software
1 577
2Japanese (ja)
オープンソースソフトウェアとクローズドソースソフトウェアの比較
153
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Comparison of open-source and closed-source software" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Comparison of open-source and closed-source software
167
2Japanese (ja)
オープンソースソフトウェアとクローズドソースソフトウェアの比較
11
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Comparison of open-source and closed-source software" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Japanese (ja)
オープンソースソフトウェアとクローズドソースソフトウェアの比較
2
2English (en)
Comparison of open-source and closed-source software
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Comparison of open-source and closed-source software" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Comparison of open-source and closed-source software
286
2Japanese (ja)
オープンソースソフトウェアとクローズドソースソフトウェアの比較
157
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Quality measures

Interwikis

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Comparison of open-source and closed-source software
jaJapanese
オープンソースソフトウェアとクローズドソースソフトウェアの比較

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#71129
11.2014
Global:
#142365
11.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#23897
09.2005
Global:
#69941
04.2025

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Comparison of open source and closed source from Wikipedia articles about Linux, Proprietary software, Open-source software, Unix and List of Linux adopters. Whereas reading the article about Comparison of open source and closed source people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Proprietary software, Free and open-source software, Linux adoption, Halloween Documents and Open-source software.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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