 | This is a failed guideline. Consensus in its favor was not established within a reasonable amount of time. |
 | This is an essay on notability. It contains the advice and/or opinions of one or more WikiProjects on how notability may be interpreted within their area of interest. This information is not a formal Wikipedia policy or guideline, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community. |
 | This page in a nutshell: Before it rises to the level of being an encyclopedia subject, software must be notable, with significant coverage in multiple independent, notable and reliable third-party sources |
For the purpose of this essay, meant to provide commentary on the notability of software by measuring its technical or commercial achievements, software includes all code or programming meant to be operated by a computer or dedicated computing device such as a game console.
Software applications are products, and fall under Wikipedia:Notability (companies and corporations). This page gives rough suggestions which a number of Wikipedia editors use to decide if certain software applications should have an article on Wikipedia.
That Wikipedia is not a primary source, nor a free wiki host, is a long-established fact. Wikipedia articles are not intended to be locations where primary source documentation for software packages is hosted. Wikipedia is also not a directory of all software packages that exist or that have ever existed.