Importance scale[edit]
| Importance | Criteria | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Top | Articles that are fundamental to free and open-source software and provide key information about a major topic of the subject; or pieces of software and technology that achieved international notability; or major organizations and people. | Signal, Open-source software, Richard Stallman |
| High | Most people interested in FOSS will be familiar with the topic, and the article gives context to a number of other FOSS articles; or anything that covers a general area of knowledge; or is mentioned by many books and academic papers, and discussed in detail in more than one. | Krita, TensorFlow, Youtube-dl |
| Mid | Known to many people interested in FOSS, even if not in detail; or anything that provides more specific knowledge of areas that a serious reader would need to understand. | Etcher, Lutris, Ghidra, Orbot |
| Low | More specific and specialized content known only to some people interested in FOSS. Most individuals, standards and software projects will be low importance unless they are well known or have high adoption. Anything that is an obscure piece of trivia. | Anbox, GParted, Okular |